IT spending set to pick up
Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $3,8-trillion in 2013, a 4,1% increase from 2012 spending of $3,6-trillion, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. Currency effects are less pronounced this quarter with growth in constant dollars forecast at 4% for...DoS attacks make a comeback
Despite lurking in the shadows for nearly a decade, denial of service (DoS) and distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks are resurgent. Several high-profile assaults on the world’s leading financial firms and other industries have recently been experienced....Impact of Dell’s privatisation deal
Although the full consequences of Dell’s leveraged buyout (LBO) will take time to become clear, Adrian O’Connell, research director at Gartner, lays out some of the key impacts of the deal. In the research note, Dell’s Leverage Buyout Necessitates Scenario...Maseko is new Telkom GCEO
The Telkom board has announced the appointment of telecommunications executive Sipho Maseko as group CEO and executive director of Telkom Group, with effect from 1 April 2013. Telkom also announced that it is appointing MD of Telkom Business, Dr Brian Armstrong, as...Sahara is official WD distributor
WD, a Western Digital company, has appointed Sahara Computers as the official distributor for its range of internal and external hard drives, as well as its storage solutions for the connected life. “For the past few years Sahara has been a sub-distributor for a...