Technology News
Rockefeller grant drives BPO development
The Rockefeller Foundation has provided the South African BPO and contact centre industry association, BPeSA, with a grant of R3,7-million for a skills development initiative set to provide training to thousands of disadvantaged youth across the country. Known as...
Financial phishing attacks on the increase
Over the past few months, Kaspersky Lab’s experts have reported a substantial increase in the amount of financial phishing in spam. There was a 7.9 percentage points increase in the amount of scam e-mails exploiting the names of reputable banks, payment services,...
Philips and UJ open medical simulation lab
Royal Philips, in collaboration with the University of Johannesburg (UJ), have inaugurated a state-of-the-art medical training simulation lab on the University premises during the Johannesburg stopover of Philips’ fifth consecutive pan-African Cairo to Cape Town...
Realtime business becomes a reality
For the past 20 years, readers and viewers of business and technology publications have repeatedly been told how business is increasingly looking to technology to drive the modern business transformation agenda, and not simply implement it. The good news is that for...
VMware delivers Windows on Mac experience
VMware has announced the release of VMware Fusion 7 that is optimised for the latest Mac hardware and software to deliver the ultimate Windows on Mac experience. VMware is also releasing VMware Fusion 7 Pro with state-of-the-art features for advanced users, developers...
Circular reference in new tax law
The draft 2014 Taxation Laws Amendment Bill (TLAB) brings with it some important proposed changes to the formula that employers use to calculate the fringe benefit value of their contributions to employees’ defined benefit funds. The TLAB raises the possibility of...
Soarsoft focuses on information governance
Information volumes continue to grow at an unprecedented rate, particularly randomly generated and unstructured data belonging to the modern information worker. This is also a result of the way we interact and transact with the many new business and electronic...
Integr8 ranked as empowered company
Leading South African ICT management and managed services provider Integr8 has earned qualification from Topco Media as one of the country’s Top Empowered Organisations and recognition in Impumelelo: SA’s Top Empowered Companies as a front-runner in its sector. Topco...
Q-KON solution for Africa’s POS headache
Leading South African telecommunications engineering firm Q-KON, has demonstrated the advantages of using the StarLight Satellite Access Service to deliver reliable connectivity for POS applications and to provide support to service providers who need to address...
Employees waste time, says survey
Between Facebook and smoking breaks, it’s a wonder any work gets done in South African businesses. In Salary.com’s 2014 Wasting Time at Work Survey, a staggering 89% of employees admitted to wasting time in their work environment. The results show that 62% of respondents waste between 30 to 60 minutes per day, 26% waste two to five hours a day and 4% waste over half-a-day on non-work related tasks.
Seacom expands presence in Uganda
Seacom has moved to strengthen its pan-African presence with the direct deployment of two points of presence (PoPs) in Uganda. With the Uganda Communications Commission giving its clearance to Seacom Uganda by issuing the Public Infrastructure Provider licenses,...
Super-fast broadband for business parks
Internet Solutions has announced that 50 sites across Gauteng will benefit from super-fast broadband as part of its planned roll out of fibre to selected sites by the end of this year.
FNB aims to reward innovative companies
FNB Business, in partnership with Endeavor South Africa, has announced the launch of the FNB Business Innovation Awards, which aims to recognise and celebrate companies that continue to innovate. “The purpose of these Awards is to recognise the growth that the...
Rockefeller grant drives BPO development
The Rockefeller Foundation has provided the South African BPO and contact centre industry association, BPeSA, with a grant of R3,7-million for a skills development initiative set to provide training to thousands of disadvantaged youth across the country. Known as...
Financial phishing attacks on the increase
Over the past few months, Kaspersky Lab’s experts have reported a substantial increase in the amount of financial phishing in spam. There was a 7.9 percentage points increase in the amount of scam e-mails exploiting the names of reputable banks, payment services,...
Philips and UJ open medical simulation lab
Royal Philips, in collaboration with the University of Johannesburg (UJ), have inaugurated a state-of-the-art medical training simulation lab on the University premises during the Johannesburg stopover of Philips’ fifth consecutive pan-African Cairo to Cape Town...
Realtime business becomes a reality
For the past 20 years, readers and viewers of business and technology publications have repeatedly been told how business is increasingly looking to technology to drive the modern business transformation agenda, and not simply implement it. The good news is that for...
VMware delivers Windows on Mac experience
VMware has announced the release of VMware Fusion 7 that is optimised for the latest Mac hardware and software to deliver the ultimate Windows on Mac experience. VMware is also releasing VMware Fusion 7 Pro with state-of-the-art features for advanced users, developers...
Circular reference in new tax law
The draft 2014 Taxation Laws Amendment Bill (TLAB) brings with it some important proposed changes to the formula that employers use to calculate the fringe benefit value of their contributions to employees’ defined benefit funds. The TLAB raises the possibility of...
Soarsoft focuses on information governance
Information volumes continue to grow at an unprecedented rate, particularly randomly generated and unstructured data belonging to the modern information worker. This is also a result of the way we interact and transact with the many new business and electronic...