SA women get rough deal

South African women are more likely to be unemployed than men – and they are less likely to work in formal occupations, or to earn as much as their male counterparts. These are among the findings of a Stats SA survey on how men and women fare in South Africa. An...

Gijima CFO quits

The chief financial officer of Gijima, Carlos Ferreira, has resigned. Ferreira reportedly handed in his resignation yesterday. In a statement, Gijima says it has appointed Liesl Tweedie as acting chief financial officer “in order to facilitate the process of...

Big Blue buys SoftLayer for cloud

IBM has completed the acquisition of cloud infrastructure company SoftLayer to supplement its cloud service division for an undisclosed amount. IBM had previously announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement with the Dallas-based company in June....

The network as we know it due for a facelift

Disruptive technology trends such as enterprise mobility, cloud computing and ICT outsourcing are changing the way organisations deliver and consume ICT services which means that the architecture of the communications network as we know it will need to undergo a...

NetApp, Microsoft in $15m collaboration

NetApp has announced at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference that it is investing up to $15-million in new ecosystem sales collaboration and continued technology integration with Microsoft to accelerate the adoption of enterprise cloud deployments.  The NetApp...