Fibre lying fallow throughout Africa

Contrary to popular belief, there is plenty of fibre lying fallow in Africa – and the right commercial models could make it viable to use this fibre to deploy better broadband services to people throughout the continent. That’s the word from Suveer Ramdhani,...

Hard copy market returns to growth

According to research released by International Data Corporation (IDC), in the second quarter of 2013 the overall hardware market returned to growth, with commercial markets leading the way as laser shipments increased year-on-year by 11,6%, while inkjet shipments...

Esquire signs up Arctic distribution

Esquire Technologies has signed an exclusive southern Africa distribution agreement – effective from 1 July this year – with Arctic Switzerland, formerly known as Arctic Cooling. Arctic is well-known as a manufacturers of computer cooling components,...

Spam traffic shows growth

During the second quarter of 2013, the percentage of spam in total e-mail traffic increased by 4,2% from the first quarter, reaching 70,7% of total volume. The percentage of phishing e-mails in global mail traffic fell by 0,0016% and came to 0,0024%, according to...

BlackBerry gains defence authorisation

The US Defense Information System Agency (DISA) has given BlackBerry Z10 and BlackBerry Q10 smartphones, with BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10, the authority to operate (ATO) on Department of Defense (DoD) networks. BlackBerry is the first mobile device management...

Working women face challenges

Even as we celebrate Women’s Day (9 August 2013), women still face a number of challenges and disparities in the workplace. “Though the workforce and perceptions have changed dramatically over the years and many employers prefer female superiors, there are still a few...