Beware of e-toll phishing scams
Motorists across South Africa have been receiving e-mails and SMSes demanding payment for...
The Internet of Things is here to stay
If you have had anything to do with technology in the past three months, chances are that you...
BCX’s Benjamin Mophatlane dies
Benjamin Mophatlane, CEO of Business Connexion, has died. Mophatlane, 41 years old, succumbed to...
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Meru’s market share grows by 7,9%
Meru Networks has announced that its 802.11ac Gigabit WiFi market share jumped more than six-fold from Q3 to Q4 2013, moving from 1,5%% to 9,4% of industry revenues for wireless access points, according to a report issued by from Dell’Oro Group on February 27, 2014....
Oracle announces Q3 results
Oracle has announced that 2014 Q3 total revenues were up 4% to $9,3-billion. New software licenses and cloud software subscriptions revenues were up 4% to $2,4-billion. Software license updates and product support revenues were up 5% to $4,6-billion. Hardware systems...
Trustwave acquires Cenzic
Trustwave has acquired Cenzic. The acquisition brings together Cenzic’s dynamic application security testing technologies with Trustwave’s cloud-based application, database and network penetration testing and scanning services. The combination will create one of the...
TeleMasters grows operating profits
Communications group TeleMasters has posted a significant increase in operating profits for the six months to 31 December 2013 (up to R3,5-million, from R107 028 in the comparative period). This is despite a decline in revenue, down to R55,1-million from R70,7-million...
Tyco appoints new MD for sub-Saharan Africa
Juan Mogollon, president of Growth Markets for Tyco, the world’s largest dedicated fire protection and security company, has announced that Danna Strydom, group MD for Tyco sub-Saharan Africa had left the organisation in pursuit of semi-retirement and Stuart Clarkson...
New CEO for Powertech System Integrators
Powertech, a wholly owned subsidiary of the JSE-listed Altron Group, has appointed Hennie Du Plessis as the new CEO of Powertech System Integrators (PTSI) with effect from 3 March 2014. Du Plessis is registered as a professional Engineer (Pr Eng) with the Engineering...
Miro builds a new head office
Since its inception in 2001, Miro has grown into one of South Africa’s leading distributors of IP communication products, including wireless networks, voice over IP, data networking and IP video products. Miro’s growth has resulted in an expansion of its workforce and...
NewOrder Industries extends infosec services
Local information security provider NewOrder Industries has recently acquired shares in KaosKorp, a governance and compliance services company. This acquisition enhances NewOrder Industries’ already broad range of specialised services, which include security...
Quintica appoints new MD for Africa
Global ICT specialist company Quintica is pleased to announce the appointment of Kerry Evans as MD for its African operations, Quintica Africa. Evans previously held the position of managing director of the company’s South African operation. The announcement will see...
VMware completes acquisition of AirWatch
VMware, the global leader in virtualisation and cloud infrastructure, has announced it has completed its acquisition of AirWatch, the leading provider of enterprise mobile management and security solutions. Originally announced on 22 January, 2014, VMware acquired...