Leading the business by going digital

The mission of most IT organisations is to serve the business by focusing on ways to cut costs, enhance productivity and streamline processes, says Lee Naik, MD: IT Strategy and Transformation at Accenture SA. There are good reasons for this, as more efficient...

Retailers run DDoS risks

Retailers around the world are at risk of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks over the festive season and into the new year. Prolexic, the global leader in Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection services, has announced the results of a survey of...

Neotel targets SMMEs with wireless broadband

Neotel has launched NeoBroadband Omni – a wireless broadband service aimed at small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs), with both capped and uncapped options. Abid Qadiri, chief of business solutions and excellence at Neotel says that NeoBroadband Omni has...

Mobile malware comes of age

The third quarter of 2013 was a turning point for malware writers specialising in mobile platforms, according to the latest review of the cyber-threats by Kaspersky Lab. In June experts discovered the new Svpeng Trojan, capable of gaining access to a victim’s bank...

Jasco wins Medscheme IT support contract

Jasco has entered into a three-year agreement to provide IT support to Helios IT Solutions, which provides IT services to one of South Africa’s largest health administration and managed care service providers, Medscheme. In terms of the contract, Jasco Electronics...