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Telkom begins initial roll-out of LTE-A
Telkom will begin the roll-out of its LTE Advanced (LTE-A) connectivity in more than 50 suburbs across South Africa, by the end of this year.
Adapt IT grows SAP solution offering
Adapt IT has added another SAP fast start solution to its existing Business-All-in-One solution offering, removing the traditional complexity and lengthy timelines of SAP implementations. Designed to work in mid-tier to large enterprises, and co-created with Adapt IT...
Oracle programme to enhance African skills
Oracle has announced an initiative designed to enrich and increase the skills capacity of IT practitioners in Africa. The four-pronged program is devised as a response to the rapid adoption of new technologies by governments and businesses in Africa, exacerbating the...
Who tops the FinTech rankings in 2014?
IDC Financial Insights has announced the final 2014 FinTech Rankings Top 100 and Top 25 Enterprise. For more than a decade, IDC Financial Insights has evaluated the revenues of the leading global technology and service providers to the financial services industry in...
Trend signs up to support Interpol
Trend Micro has announced a three-year agreement with international police organisation, Interpol, to help support its 190 member countries with additional knowledge, resources and tactics to decrease cybercrime on a global scale. “We are proud to support Interpol in...
Oracle puts data analytics into the cloud
Oracle has announced Oracle Analytics Cloud, a portfolio of analytics offerings built for the cloud; deployed in the cloud; and enabling data analysis for cloud, on-premises, traditional and big data sources. Oracle Analytics Cloud is a comprehensive offering that...
Oracle debuts cloud application suite
At Oracle OpenWorld, Oracle introduced Oracle Applications Cloud Release 9, including significant additions and updates to its full portfolio of software as a service (SaaS) offerings. To help customers adopt its cloud applications, Oracle has expanded the Oracle...
Phishing rages on in August
Analysing the evolution of spam in August, Kaspersky Lab has seen phishing activity increase almost 1,5 times, with 32-million detections. Yahoo! was attacked so often (6,4%) that it displaced Windows Live as one of the top three organisations attacked by phishers,...
Beachhead Solutions expands into SA
Beachhead Solutions, provider of cloud-managed mobile device security and data access control for businesses of all sizes, has announced its expansion into the South African region, along with the appointment of Amit Parbhucharan as the new country manager for South Africa and Mauritius.
Deloitte posts record revenue
Deloitte member firms (Deloitte) reported record aggregate revenues today of US $34,2-billion for the fiscal year ending 31 May 2014. In its fifth consecutive year of growth, Deloitte saw accelerated demand for its range of services in all regions of the world. The...
Why Jobs was so charismatic
Steve Jobs provides business leaders with a perfect template of how to deliver expertly tailored rhetoric, according to new research. The late Apple boss was a master of the art of effective and persuasive speaking, employing various strategies to adapt to differing scenarios and situations, while still delivering a constant constant set of messages or themes across the different scenarios, about his company’s products, future journey and exceptional people.
SA workers not fulfilling their desires
South Africans would choose to work multiple jobs to gain more/different skills and experience, save extra money for the future and meet regular household expenses.
Business doesn’t trust cloud security
Data security and trust in cloud-based services are a rapidly growing concern for IT decision-makers within large organisations, according to a new global study from BT. While 54% of those surveyed in South Africa are adopting cloud storage and Web applications within...
Telkom begins initial roll-out of LTE-A
Telkom will begin the roll-out of its LTE Advanced (LTE-A) connectivity in more than 50 suburbs across South Africa, by the end of this year.
Adapt IT grows SAP solution offering
Adapt IT has added another SAP fast start solution to its existing Business-All-in-One solution offering, removing the traditional complexity and lengthy timelines of SAP implementations. Designed to work in mid-tier to large enterprises, and co-created with Adapt IT...
Oracle programme to enhance African skills
Oracle has announced an initiative designed to enrich and increase the skills capacity of IT practitioners in Africa. The four-pronged program is devised as a response to the rapid adoption of new technologies by governments and businesses in Africa, exacerbating the...
Who tops the FinTech rankings in 2014?
IDC Financial Insights has announced the final 2014 FinTech Rankings Top 100 and Top 25 Enterprise. For more than a decade, IDC Financial Insights has evaluated the revenues of the leading global technology and service providers to the financial services industry in...
Trend signs up to support Interpol
Trend Micro has announced a three-year agreement with international police organisation, Interpol, to help support its 190 member countries with additional knowledge, resources and tactics to decrease cybercrime on a global scale. “We are proud to support Interpol in...
Oracle puts data analytics into the cloud
Oracle has announced Oracle Analytics Cloud, a portfolio of analytics offerings built for the cloud; deployed in the cloud; and enabling data analysis for cloud, on-premises, traditional and big data sources. Oracle Analytics Cloud is a comprehensive offering that...
Oracle debuts cloud application suite
At Oracle OpenWorld, Oracle introduced Oracle Applications Cloud Release 9, including significant additions and updates to its full portfolio of software as a service (SaaS) offerings. To help customers adopt its cloud applications, Oracle has expanded the Oracle...