Carlton Centre toppled as tallest in Africa
Towering 270m over the Algerian capital, the new Great Mosque of Algiers will be the tallest building in Africa once it is completed later this year. The new Great Mosque will surpass Africa’s current tallest building, the 223m Carlton Centre in Johannesburg. The...Oracle unveils new engineered systems
Oracle executive chairman and CTO Larry Ellison has outlined Oracle’s strategy for reducing customer costs and increasing value with a new generation of engineered systems. These include Oracle’s new Virtual Compute Appliance X5, Oracle FS1 Series Flash Storage...Windows 10 to be free upgrade
Microsoft will make Windows 10 available as a free upgrade to customers who upgrade in the first year that the upcoming operating system is available. This will apply to users who run Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.1. Microsoft yesterday unveiled its new...SA’s digital future hangs in the balance
South Africa’s digital future looks bleak as the current Internet growth trajectory won’t support the exploding Internet of Everything – and the accompanying devices and digital services that will become mainstream in the next five years. Steven Ambrose,...SA firms urged to take security seriously
South African organisations must adopt an “all hands on deck” approach to defend against cyber-attacks. Attackers have become more proficient at taking advantage of gaps in security to evade detection and conceal malicious activity, as evidenced by the recent attacks...