Security concerns plague cloud services

Buyers of commercial cloud services, especially software as a service (SaaS), are finding security provisions inadequate. Gartner says that SaaS contracts often have ambiguous terms regarding the maintenance of data confidentiality, data integrity and recovery after a...

All change for new Altron TMT division

Allied Electronics (Altron) has announced that a new division, Altron TMT (Telecommunications, Multimedia and Information Technology), will be created following the operative date of the acquisition of the minority shares in Allied Technologies (Altech). Approval has...

SA’s Internet traffic set to quadruple

South Africa’s Internet Protocol (IP) traffic will quadruple between 2012 and 2017, at a compound growth rate of 31%. This is one of the findings from Cisco’s Visual Networking Index (VDI) Forecast (2012-2017), which predicts that South Africa’s IP traffic (fixed and...

Telkom fills out uncapped SME range

Telkom has launched its Business Uncapped Internet usage plan, filling out its range of uncapped Internet products catering to the small business market. “Business Uncapped consists of a range of affordable uncapped internet offers suitable for small offices with up...

Security breaches cost big money

The average cost incurred by large companies in the wake of a cyber-attack is $649 000, according to the 2013 Global Corporate IT Security Risks Survey conducted by B2B International, in conjunction with Kaspersky Lab. In 2013, experts at B2B International calculated...

Internet of Things alive with possibility

The Internet plays an increasingly central role in the modern world – not only at the level of infrastructure, but also in culture, society and business. The Internet of Things extends that role to encompass an increasingly diverse range of devices and...