Turning point for SA e-commerce

The upcoming public holidays in South Africa will be the turning point for local online retail. This is according to Mark Chirnside, CEO of online and mobile payment service provider PayU, who says: “Traditionally, South Africa has always been out of step with global...

Why a mobile workforce is important

Gartner’s technology and business priorities survey of leading CIOs highlights the importance of mobile technology in an increasingly global economy, and the need for executives to travel internationally in search of new markets and potential customers. Craig Lowe,...

Altech, Huawei create collaboration firm

Allied Technologies Limited (Altech) and Huawei have announced the creation of a new business entity to drive future growth initiatives in the enterprise market. Altech Collab and will reside within Altech’s new business development division. Altech recently signed a...

Liquid Telecoms adds VSAT across Africa

Netherlands-based satellite communications specialist Newtec has signed an agreement to provide a VSAT broadband hub and thousands of VSAT terminals to Liquid Telecom, to be installed in Johannesburg. Liquid Telecom has built Africa’s largest single fibre network...

WAPA makes waves in SA broadband arena

The Wireless Access Providers Association (WAPA) is becoming a force to be reckoned with in the local broadband industry, having announced a 25% increase in its membership for the year ended. “The increase in our membership to 164 dynamic wireless operators...

Security breaches often happen by mistake

Employee error is one of the main causes of internal IT security incidents which lead to the leakage of confidential corporate data, according to the findings of the Global Corporate IT Security Risks 2013 survey by B2B International in collaboration with Kaspersky...