Ngcaba on panel to steer global Internet

Andile Ngcaba, founder of Convergence Partners, and executive chairman of Dimension Data Middle East and Africa, has been named to an international panel on the Future of Global Internet Cooperation, to address the issue of Internet governance. The panel will meet for...

Telkom interconnecting with itself

The Internet Service Providers’ Association of South Africa (ISPA) supports the court action initiated by one of its members, MWeb, against Telkom relating to the irregular charging of a “transit fee” for the “transiting” of calls between its fixed and mobile...

SA inventor lights up Africa

For inventor Michael Suttner, the eureka moment in his search to invent a low-cost lighting source came when he spotted a simple water filter screwed into a plastic bottle. He realised that before him was the solution to the conundrum that brought together the...

Resellers must adapt or die in cloud era

By Mark Davison at NetApp Insight, Dublin – Resellers who cling to their traditional ways of doing business face the very real danger of going out of business as the new era of cloud computing starts to take hold in the market. Thomas Ehrlich, NetApp’s vice-president...

Lack of legacy systems frees up Africa

By Mark Davison at NetApp Insight, Dublin – Africa, continually touted by major IT multinationals as “the next big market”, could have a distinct advantage over more traditional markets in the US and western Europe because many countries on the continent are not tied...

Knott-Craig recovers from minor stroke

Alan Knott-Craig, the CEO of Cell C, has suffered a minor stroke. According to a statement from Cell C, he is currently recovering in hospital and responding well to treatment. He is expected to make a full recovery. Cell C chief commercial officer, Jose Dos Santos...