Surprise VMware exit for Bhat

Ravi Bhat has resigned as regional director for VMware, after just seven months on the job. It is not clear what Bhat’s reasons are for leaving, nor where he will be going. A statement from VMware reads: “We confirm that after seven months service with the company,...

Esquire sees huge leap in online sales

Distributor Esquire Technologies has announced it has reached a milestone of 30 000 online orders placed on its Web site to date. Esquire distributes a range of IT, mobility, digital and consumer lifestyle products from international vendors, and currently has about...

Neotel to roll out Western Cape broadband

The Western Cape government, State Information Technology Agency (SITA) and Neotel have concluded an agreement to provide broadband services to more than 2 000 government sites across the Western Cape over the next two to three years, initially with speed of 10Mbps,...

Tenth anniversary of mobile malware

Ten years ago, Kaspersky Lab reported the discovery of Cabir – the first ever worm designed to attack mobile phones. Unlike most modern malware samples, Cabir wasn’t equipped with a wide range of malicious functions. Instead, it made history by proving that it was...

Windows XP end of life drives thin clients

In Western Europe (WE), end of support for Windows XP was one of the main driving forces of thin-client shipments in Q1 2014, according to the EMEA Quarterly Enterprise Client Device Tracker published by global IT market research firm International Data Corporation...

New iMac to hit SA shelves in July

The new 21,5-inch iMac will be available in South Africa in early July. With a recommended retail price of R14 999.00, it will be available from Apple premium resellers (iStore and Digicape), selected Apple authorised retailers and Apple authorised resellers. The new...