SA cloud set to reach $2,8bn

The value of the combined IS outsourcing, managed services and hosted services market in South Africa is expected to increase 10,9% year-on-year in 2014 to total $2,8-billion, according to the latest insights from global IT market intelligence firm International Data...

Yahoo Webcam users recorded

Millions of Internet users have been observed by the UK surveillance agency GCHQ, with assistance from the US National Security Agency (NSA), a report in the Guardian reveals. The agency has likely intercepted and stored images from Yahoo Webcam chats between 2008 and...

Slow reactions thwart business

Businesses do not react to changes fast enough, and only 24% can rapidly take advantage of new opportunities or adapt to unexpected changes. This was true for three-quarters of respondents to an Economist Intelligence Unit study, sponsored by Ricoh, which shows that...

What can you earn in IT?

IT professionals in Gauteng can expect to earn about 11% more than the national average. This is one of the findings from CareerJunction’s latest South African Salary Review, which uses actual data based on the salaries as advertised by recruiters and employers,...

Internet impact on the new world

Although the Internet is the backbone of the knowledge economy, only one out of every three people have online access. Facebook, acting for Internet.org, commissioned Deloitte to assess the economic and social impact of extending Internet access in the developing...

Microsoft’s next move

After Microsoft’s new CEO, Satya Nadella, settles into his new position, Microsoft’s efforts at reinvention will accelerate, creating both opportunities and risks. In a blog post, Merv Adrian, research vice-president at Gartner, lays out some of the first actions...