Kaspersky lights up ‘Darkhotel’ bug
The “Darkhotel” espionage campaign, which has lurked in the shadows for at least four years while stealing sensitive data from selected corporate executives travelling abroad, has been uncovered by Kaspersky Lab. “Darkhotel” hits its targets while they are staying in...Boxer rolls out promotions engine
Bytes Managed Solutions’ professional services division has developed a promotions engine for national supermarket group Boxer Superstores’ new promotion, “Win a trip to Idols with Khaya”, which has been integrated into the group’s point-of-sale (POS) system. The...Africa prepares for a VoD future
The rapid rise of video-on-demand (VoD) presents an opportunity for African telecom operators as well as content producers and distributors to grow their revenues and position themselves at the forefront of an emerging technology that will disrupt multiple industries...Application economy changes business rules
Applications now define a business’ relationship with its customers and fuel the productivity of its employees. This is the word from Mike Gregoire, CEO of CA, in his CA World keynote address where he discussed the new dynamics of the Application Economy and the...Lower MTRs cut into Vodacom revenue
ICASA’s 50% cut in mobile termination rates (MTRs) reduced Vodacom’s service revenue by almost R1-billion in the six months ended September 2014. According to the group’s interim results released today, Vodacom’s South African service revenue declined by 1,3%, mainly...