Security threat keeps getting bigger

Kathy Gibson reports from London – Organisations are already battling to stay ahead of the IT security game – and millions of new hackers are poised to enter the market as emerging markets become connected. Andrzej Kawalec, global chief technology officer:...

White hat hackers on the front line

Kathy Gibson reports from London – White hat hackers are leading the charge against cyber threats, having uncovered well over 2 000 threats and earning over $8-billion in the last eight years on the HP Zero Day Initiative alone. Jacob West, chief technology...

Cisco, Facebook to work together

Cisco has announced a collaboration with Facebook that helps businesses increase brand recognition and proactively target promotions and advertisements based on customer preferences and demographics using WiFi. The Cisco Connected Mobile Experience (CMX) with Facebook...

Massive growth for integrated storage

The worldwide integrated infrastructure and platforms market experienced an impressive 50,2% year-over-year factory value growth during the second calendar quarter of 2013 (2Q13), totalling $1,3-billion in system sales. According to the International Data Corporation...

Cape Town welcomes fibre network

Conduct Telecommunications has launched its first fibre-ready area in Cape Town. Having provisioned open-access fibre to several businesses in Claremont, Conduct plans to soon expand to commercial precincts in Stellenbosch, Westlake, Muizenburg, Tygerberg, Bellville...

Plastic is fantastic in electronics

Although Apple’s iPhone line is a latecomer to the plastic party – with the company introducing its first polycarbonate-enclosed model just last week – the use of plastic resin in the cellphone market is already a multibillion-dollar business, with...