How companies can counter poor economy

In the current difficult economic climate, many industries are performing poorly as growth stagnates and consumers remain cash-strapped; yet there are measures that companies can deploy to perform counter-cyclical to the economy. According to Douw van der Walt:...

.za on track for 1m domain names

There are currently 969 190 registered domain names ending in .za, South Africa’s designation in cyberspace, and the country is set to reach the one-million mark in the first quarter of 2015. That’s according to Lucky Masilela, CEO of the ZA Central...

Free WhatsApp for Cell C customers

In what it believes is a first for South African mobile customers, Cell C will be offering free WhatsApp services to its customers. “I have said before that we as mobile carriers have to embrace the over the top (OTT) players and partner with them to provide customers...

Virtualisation security key for businesses

Financial services and healthcare are the two business sectors most likely to see security concerns as a barrier to implementing IT virtualisation technology, according to a Kaspersky Lab survey of 3 900 IT professionals worldwide.When asked about attitudes toward...

Enterprise client devices see Q2 growth

According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Client Device Tracker, worldwide thin client and terminal client device shipments totalled 1,4-million units in the second quarter of 2014 (2Q14). This is an increase of 10,8% from...