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Threats set to be more sophisticated in 2015
Kaspersky Lab has compiled a list of the top emerging threats in the APT (advanced persistent threat) world. The company’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) has spent several years studying APT campaigns and closely observing more than 60 threat actors...
Try before you buy with Vodacom, WDS
Deciding on which smartphone to choose is not always easy. But now a virtual try-before-you-buy tool is helping Vodacom customers in South Africa answer the question while encouraging smartphone adoption. Partnering with Xerox customer care company WDS, Vodacom has...
UberSleigh takes to CT streets this Xmas
Uber, the app that connects riders with drivers, is partnering with online store, Kalahari.com, to make Christmas shopping easier for Capetonians this festive season. From 18 to 24 December, between 10am and 4pm daily, Uber riders will be able to do all their...
Prepaid airtime users get R750k back
Net1 Mobile Solutions (N1MS) has rolled out its Umoya Manje promotion, which will run until 31 December 2014. There is no participation fee and users become eligible to win their share of R750 000 in cash prizes by using the service during this time. “The festive...
Ekurhuleni improves service with technology
The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality (EMM) covers 15,6% of Gauteng’s land mass and accounts for 26% of the population of Gauteng, making it sub-Saharan Africa’s most economically powerful region. Considering the scope of the Ekurhuleni municipality, the processes...
Continuity and disaster recovery
Companies still using tape back-ups should prepare themselves for possible data loss. With a failure rate of up to 65% and the fact that these back-ups are generally archived off site in a warehouse requiring manual processes to search for data, tape back-ups are a...
Taneja report lauds Tintri solution
Tintri has announced the findings of a Taneja Group Field Report. The report, Massively Scalable, Intrinsically Simple: Tintri’s Low TCO for the Virtualised Data Centre, is based on in-depth interviews with Tintri customers across a broad range of industries. Customer...
Datacentrix honoured by VMware
Virtualisation and cloud infrastructure solutions company, VMware has honoured Datacentrix, a provider of high performing and secure ICT solutions, at its recent annual partner awards event for South Africa and West East Central Africa (WECA), held in Johannesburg....
DiData scoops Cisco awards
Dimension Data, the $6-billion ICT solutions and services provider, has announced that it has been awarded four prestigious awards at the Cisco Collaboration Summit in Los Angeles. These include Global Collaboration Partner of the Year; EMEAR Theatre Collaboration...
Betting World rolls out Microsoft solution
Founded in 2000, Betting World is one of South Africa’s most exciting operators in the fixed odds horseracing and sports betting market. Wholly-owned by JSE-listed Phumelela Gaming and Leisure, Africa’s largest horse racing and tote betting company, Betting World’s...
Global economic growth set to increase
The global economy is expected to expand at a rate of 3% or slightly higher in 2015 after three years of global growth stuck in the 2,5% range, according to a forecast from Nariman Behravesh, chief economist for HIS. Solid and improving growth in the US and a slight...
Wearables to become inconspicuous
As the smart wearables market continues to grow and evolve, Gartner predicts that by 2017, 30% of smart wearables will be completely unobtrusive to the eye. "Already, there are some interesting developments at the prototype stage that could pave the way for consumer...
African communications set to boom
The communications market in Africa has been characterised as “highly competitive”. ICT infrastructure is now more developed in urban areas and the voice market is rapidly reaching maturity. The demand for fast Internet and data services is also beginning to increase....
Threats set to be more sophisticated in 2015
Kaspersky Lab has compiled a list of the top emerging threats in the APT (advanced persistent threat) world. The company’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) has spent several years studying APT campaigns and closely observing more than 60 threat actors...
Try before you buy with Vodacom, WDS
Deciding on which smartphone to choose is not always easy. But now a virtual try-before-you-buy tool is helping Vodacom customers in South Africa answer the question while encouraging smartphone adoption. Partnering with Xerox customer care company WDS, Vodacom has...
UberSleigh takes to CT streets this Xmas
Uber, the app that connects riders with drivers, is partnering with online store, Kalahari.com, to make Christmas shopping easier for Capetonians this festive season. From 18 to 24 December, between 10am and 4pm daily, Uber riders will be able to do all their...
Prepaid airtime users get R750k back
Net1 Mobile Solutions (N1MS) has rolled out its Umoya Manje promotion, which will run until 31 December 2014. There is no participation fee and users become eligible to win their share of R750 000 in cash prizes by using the service during this time. “The festive...
Ekurhuleni improves service with technology
The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality (EMM) covers 15,6% of Gauteng’s land mass and accounts for 26% of the population of Gauteng, making it sub-Saharan Africa’s most economically powerful region. Considering the scope of the Ekurhuleni municipality, the processes...
Continuity and disaster recovery
Companies still using tape back-ups should prepare themselves for possible data loss. With a failure rate of up to 65% and the fact that these back-ups are generally archived off site in a warehouse requiring manual processes to search for data, tape back-ups are a...
Taneja report lauds Tintri solution
Tintri has announced the findings of a Taneja Group Field Report. The report, Massively Scalable, Intrinsically Simple: Tintri’s Low TCO for the Virtualised Data Centre, is based on in-depth interviews with Tintri customers across a broad range of industries. Customer...