Deon Fredericks appointed Telkom CFO

Telkom has appointed Deon Fredericks as chief financial officer (CFO) with immediate effect. Fredericks has held senior positions at Telkom since 1993 including the position of deputy CFO since in 2011. He has been in the acting capacity as CFO since the suspension of...

Oracle buys content management company

Oracle has signed an agreement to acquire Front Porch Digital, a provider of content storage management solutions that help companies migrate, manage and monetise large-scale media assets. Front Porch Digital’s big data technologies help enterprises easily handle...

Employees slow to report stolen devices

As the rate of stolen mobile devices increases, the average time it takes IT departments to respond to this security threat grows. This is according to a Kaspersky Lab survey of global IT security professionals. The cause of this delay is employees becoming slower to...

Why Apple just gets stronger

Despite facing criticism over recent product releases being uninspiring or lacking innovation, there are four good reasons why Apple has strengthened its position in the market. Loizos Heracleous of Warwick Business School says that Apple has again shown that, rather...

Ukufunda puts education in learners’ hands

A new tool has been launched to support classroom activities in South Africa’s public schools. The Deputy Minister of Basic Education, Enver Surty, and the MEC for Education in Gauteng, Panyaza Lesufi, unveiled the Ukufunda Virtual School in partnership with Mxit...

Flexible solutions to manage global talent

Increasingly, diverse global business scenarios and workforce demographics are driving the need for more flexible, business-enabling mobility policies and practices. This was one of the key findings of the Managing Variety in International Mobility survey conducted by...