Young entrepreneurs graduate
Fifteen young entrepreneurs have graduated from the Dimension Data Enterprise Development Incubator Programme. The Enterprise Development Incubation Programme was developed to promote entrepreneurial skills and to broaden the supplier base in the ICT industry. It is...Comztek drives gateprotect expansion
German IT security specialist gateprotect has appointed Comztek as its value-added distributor for the African region. The agreement, effective since January 2013, addresses the African growth regions and is another step for gateprotect’s expansion of its sales...Data heads back in-house
Data is increasingly being brought back in-house following a brief foray to third-party providers. This is one of the findings of Oracle’s Next Generation Data Centre Index, which indicates that businesses are bringing their data back in-house following a year in...Teraco gains security certification
Teraco Data Environments has successfully achieved the Level 1 Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) certification for its co-location data centres throughout South Africa. CEO Lex Van Wyk says that, “with this accreditation, and the largest...Weaker rand not all bad news
Since the beginning of this year, the South African rand had depreciated by 6% against the USD, and is currently the weakest of EFFS tracked currencies. Contrary to popular view, this is not likely as a result of the recent Fitch downgrade of South Africa’s sovereign...