Technology News
Government leaders not trusted
Less than one in five respondents in the 2013 Edelman Trust Barometer believes a business or governmental leader will actually tell the truth when confronted with a difficult issue. “We’re clearly experiencing a crisis in leadership,” says Richard Edelman, president...
Cisco sells off Linksys
Belkin has entered into an agreement to acquire Cisco’s Home Networking Business Unit, taking on products, technology, the Linksys brand and employees. “We’re very excited about this announcement,” says Chet Pipkin, CEO of Belkin. “Our two organisations share many...
DiData partners with AirWatch
$5,8-billion global company, Dimension Data, has signed a global partnership with AirWatch, the largest mobile device management provider and leader in mobile security. The global availability of the solution has already been welcomed by a number of Dimension Data’s...
Telkom lowers uncapped pricing
Telkom Internet will lower the prices on its uncapped offerings, effective from 1 February 2013. Customers can look forward to price reductions of up to 40% for consumer uncapped products and up to 35% for business uncapped products depending on the relevant package....
Sony fined for cyber-attack
Sony has been hit with a fine for failing to prevent the 2011 cyber-attack that compromised users’ personal information. The 250 000 pound fine was levied by Britain’s Information Commissioner, relating to the attack by Anonymous on Sony’s PlayStation Network. The...
New direction for Symantec
Symantec has announced a new strategy that will streamline and simplify the company so it can deliver significantly improved performance for customers and partners. “Symantec’s strategy is clear: we want to enable people, businesses and countries to focus their...
Record lows for spam traffic
The share of spam in e-mail traffic decreased steadily throughout 2012 to hit a five-year low. According to Kaspersky Lab data, the average for the year stood at 72,1% - 8,2 percentage points less than in 2011. Such a prolonged and substantial decrease in spam levels...
SA to see rise of t-commerce
The growth of Internet penetration and online shopping in South Africa has seen the rapid adoption of e-commerce, and specifically m-commerce, strategies among retailers and businesses in South Africa. However, the potential value of what is dubbed t-commerce, that...
No ambush marketing at Afcon
The 2013 African Cup of Nations (Afcon) football tournament that launched last week was recently declared a “protected event” in terms of the Merchandise Marks Act by Trade and Industry Minister, Rob Davies. The upshot is that companies that are not an official...
Fujitsu achieves record benchmark
Fujitsu has announced that the ETERNUS DX8700 S2 disk storage system has scored the highest ever Storage Performance Council (SPC) Benchmark 2 results for both processing throughput and price-performance ratio for high-end systems, as of 3 December, 2012. For...
Collaboration in the IT channel
In this lingering tough economic climate, it is increasingly important for businesses to maintain a competitive edge and to have a leg up on the competition. To many companies, this means jealously guarding their ideas. Yet in the IT channel, quite the contrary...
Festive tablet sales surge
A post-festive season sales report by online retailer kalahari.com reveals that tablets were the second most purchased electronic devices on the site. While the e-tailer’s pre-festive season shopping survey predicted the Apple iPad and Samsung Galaxy tablets as the...
Goodbye Softline, hello Sage…
South African group Softline – makers of the popular Pastel accounting and HR software products – will officially become Sage from 4 February. The Softline group, which was formed by entrepreneurs Steven Cohen, Ivan Epstien and Alan Osrin, was bought out by UK-based...
Government leaders not trusted
Less than one in five respondents in the 2013 Edelman Trust Barometer believes a business or governmental leader will actually tell the truth when confronted with a difficult issue. “We’re clearly experiencing a crisis in leadership,” says Richard Edelman, president...
Cisco sells off Linksys
Belkin has entered into an agreement to acquire Cisco’s Home Networking Business Unit, taking on products, technology, the Linksys brand and employees. “We’re very excited about this announcement,” says Chet Pipkin, CEO of Belkin. “Our two organisations share many...
DiData partners with AirWatch
$5,8-billion global company, Dimension Data, has signed a global partnership with AirWatch, the largest mobile device management provider and leader in mobile security. The global availability of the solution has already been welcomed by a number of Dimension Data’s...
Telkom lowers uncapped pricing
Telkom Internet will lower the prices on its uncapped offerings, effective from 1 February 2013. Customers can look forward to price reductions of up to 40% for consumer uncapped products and up to 35% for business uncapped products depending on the relevant package....
Sony fined for cyber-attack
Sony has been hit with a fine for failing to prevent the 2011 cyber-attack that compromised users’ personal information. The 250 000 pound fine was levied by Britain’s Information Commissioner, relating to the attack by Anonymous on Sony’s PlayStation Network. The...
New direction for Symantec
Symantec has announced a new strategy that will streamline and simplify the company so it can deliver significantly improved performance for customers and partners. “Symantec’s strategy is clear: we want to enable people, businesses and countries to focus their...
Record lows for spam traffic
The share of spam in e-mail traffic decreased steadily throughout 2012 to hit a five-year low. According to Kaspersky Lab data, the average for the year stood at 72,1% - 8,2 percentage points less than in 2011. Such a prolonged and substantial decrease in spam levels...