Online festive sales set to increase

Forrester forecasts $78,7-billion in US online sales this holiday season, including mobile and tablet sales. It projects double-digit growth rates for the third year in a row, with a 15% increase over 2012’s $68,4-billion in sales. This year, 167-million...

MWeb increases data speeds, holds prices

MWeb has announced changes to its Standard Uncapped Shaped ADSL and Business Basic products, whereby data speeds will be increased at no additional cost to customers. In addition, MWeb will introduce a 6Mbps product, and reduce pricing on their 10Mbps and 20Mbps...

Businesses respond inefficiently to phishing

Most companies do not have efficient security processes in place to respond to phishing e-mails, which are often the precursor to specific attacks where a company can be seriously hacked. “Spear-phishing attacks against organisations are nothing new, but they are...

IBM unlocks big data in the cloud

IBM inventors have patented a technique for combining big data from distributed cloud services with data stored on local IT systems, to gain new insights that can enable businesses to more efficiently and effectively market and serve their customers. The cloud...

BT invests in emerging market growth

BT is to increase its focus on Africa, as part of a new drive into the economies of Asia Pacific, Turkey, Middle East and Africa (AMEA) – a combined market valued at more than GBP32-billion. BT Global Services CEO Luis Alvarez says he region will benefit from the...

Beware the cost of holiday roaming

Travellers who are planning to take their smartphones, tablets or laptops overseas this festive season and haven’t factored in the cost of data roaming could find their trip turning out to be a lot more expensive than they expected. People still tend to think they...