HP buys Eucalyptus, accelerates hybrid cloud

HP has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Eucalyptus, a provider of open source software for building private and hybrid enterprise clouds. After the transaction closes, Eucalyptus CEO Marten Mickos, a respected leader in the cloud industry and a long-time...

$3,8bn revenue for storage software market

Results from the IDC Worldwide Storage Software QView show the worldwide storage software market increased 6,3% year-over-year during the second calendar quarter of 2014 (2Q14). Revenue during the quarter totalled nearly $3,8-billion. EMC, IBM and Symantec were the...

SA’s PayGate partners with PayPal

With the announcement of a partnership between PayPal and local payment service provider PayGate, it is now easier for merchants to accept online payments in South Africa. “PayGate customers can now add PayPal to the list of payment methods they accept simply by...

Who is this year’s ISPA SuperTeacher?

The 10 South African teachers competing for the title of ISPA SuperTeacher 2014 have been named in the run-up to iWeek this week. The country’s premier Internet industry annual event has culminated in the ISPA SuperTeacher of the Year Award for the past...

Financial phishing rockets, says Kaspersky

Kaspersky Lab’s experts have reported a substantial increase in the amount of financial phishing in spam globally. According to Andrew Potgieter, security solutions director at Westcon, “Recent data released from Kaspersky Lab suggests that there was recently a 7,9%...

LFP shipments grow

The large format printer (LFP) market recorded year-over-year growth of 5,3% in the second quarter of 2014 (2Q14), with more than 77 000 units shipped. This is according to the latest data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Large Format...