Consumers under fire as malware increases

Consumers are in the firing line as the volume of Apple iOS phishing attacks is set to peak, along with a sizable uptick in online banking malware. These are some of the finding of Trend Micro’s Q3 2013 Security Roundup Report, which closely map the Q2 report where...

Education gets a boost from Microsoft

They don’t wear capes in the classroom. But give them an educational problem that needs a dash of technology, and their super-powers emerge. They’re Microsoft’s Expert Educators and Mentor Schools, and they’re coming soon to a school near you. Microsoft has just...

Electricity, transport drive cloud adoption

Despite its nebulous name, the cloud is solidifying in South Africa with adoption of cloud services accelerating among businesses of all sizes. That’s according to Debbie Pretorius, GM of MWeb Business, who says that like their counterparts in other countries, South...

Countries urged to reserve dotAfrica domains

As the date for the launch of the new dotAfrica (.Africa) domain draws closer, it’s vitally important that African governments reserve names that are important to them. In this regard, the government Reserved Names List for the African Union Commission (AUC) and ZA...

Teraco expands Cape Town facility

Teraco’s Cape Town data centre continues to grow on the back of strong demand for vendor neutral data centre co-location services and the company will soon increase its capacity. The facility, situated in Rondebosch, first opened its doors in February 2009 and is now...

Afrihost to double mobile data offering

Afrihost is giving away double data on its standard mobile data packages until the end of February 2014. In September, the ISP entered the mobile data market offering data at less than R29.00 per Gb and is now doubling its data from 1 December. Any client on a...