Global growth for backup appliances

Worldwide purpose-built backup appliance (PBBA) factory revenues grew 11.2% year over year totaling $789,2-million in the third quarter of 2014 (3Q14), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Purpose-Built Backup Appliance (PBBA)...

BlackBerry completes acquisition of Secusmart

BlackBerry has announced that, following regulatory approval it completed its acquisition of Secusmart, a leader in high-security voice and data encryption and anti-eavesdropping solutions for government organisations, enterprises and telecommunications service...

Misfortune Cookie hits home users

The so-called Misfortune Cookie is a critical vulnerability that allows an intruder to remotely take over a residential gateway device and use it to attack the devices connected to it. Researchers in Check Point’s Malware and Vulnerability Research Group uncovered a...

Cartrack lists on the JSE

Fleet management, stolen vehicle recovery and insurance telematics group Cartrack Holdings today (19 December) began trading on the main board of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). The listing follows a successful capital raising of R510-million through a private...

Zetes helps to monitor Ebola patients

Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) is launching a project at its largest treatment centre, in Monrovia (Liberia), to monitor patients infected with the Ebola virus. Zetes is participating in this initial phase by providing a mobile application that will track the...

Scammed? Here’s what to do

Online interactions are probably safer today than they’ve ever been – the South African police are better equipped to handle cases, technology has evolved to anticipate needs and most importantly, consumers are better educated and thus more able to spot red flags. But...