FNB boosts Silicon Cape with 3m funding
First National Bank (FNB) and Silicon Cape have announced a three-year strategic partnership worth R1-million per annum in funding and resource support to boost business activity in South Africa. The Silicon Cape initiative is a non-profit organisation that aims to...The hybrid cloud in the real world
Kathy Gibson reports from VMworld 2014 in Barcelona – In an increasingly liquid world, IT professionals need to be confident and brave to meet the challenges ahead. Carl Eschenbach, president and chief operating officer of VMware, tells delegates to VMworld 2014...IT professionals drive SDDC
Kathy Gibson reports from VMworld 2014 in Barcelona – In the same way that IT professionals embraced virtualisation, they are also driving the software-defined data centre. Raghu Raghuram, executive vice-president: SDDC at VMware, points out that SDDC technology...SA families cough up for kids online
At least 18% of users in South Africa have lost either money or important information as a result of their children’s online activity. This number suggests that, in addition to the risk of children encountering cyberthreats, they can also cause inadvertant problems...Senior citizens are ready for e-banking
Just as a growing number of older people are exploring Facebook and other social media, many are also willing to consider electronic banking services – provided their misgivings about the security and trustworthiness of banking technologies are addressed. An...