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Datacentrix SA’s most empowered IT company
The Mail & Guardian’s Most Empowered Companies study has revealed that Datacentrix is South Africa’s most empowered company within the ICT services sector. The survey, conducted by ratings and research agency, Empowerdex, rated all JSE-listed companies, assessing...
Metrofile appoint new CFO
Mark McGowan has officially joined JSE-listed Metrofile Holdings Limited, as a director and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective 1 August 2014. According to Graham Wackrill, CEO of Metrofile Holdings Limited, McGowan is well known to Metrofile having been the...
Tshivhase’s bribery charges dropped
The bribery charges against Pinnacle Holding’s executive director Takalani Tshivhase, which earlier this year triggered a sell-off of the company’s stock and an estimated R1,2-billion slashing of its value, have been dropped. The Specialised Commercial Crimes Unit of the National Directorate of Public Prosecutions withdrew all charges against Tshivhase after concluding that there was no basis upon which to pursue the allegations against him.
PayPal hits 1m SA milestone
More than 1-million South Africa accounts have been opened on the global payments platform PayPal, just four years after the first deal with First National Bank (FNB) made it possible for people and businesses in South Africa to make and accept PayPal payments.
CIOs need to embrace digital ethics
The need for CIOs to consider digital ethics has become paramount as the pace of technology change accelerates, according to Gartner. Digital business has dramatically shifted the impact of corporate IT. Corporate IT now affects people's work and lives more directly...
Specialised DaaS set for steady growth
Service providers around the world who deliver desktops as a service (DaaS) and other hosted mobile workspaces anticipate steady revenue growth, particularly through business-ready service bundles that target specific vertical markets. Citrix revealed those insights...
Hardcopy market sees global decline
The worldwide hardcopy peripherals (HCP) market declined for the first time in the past three quarters to 25,5-million units shipped in the second quarter of 2014 (2Q14), resulting in a -2,3% year-over-year decrease, according to the International Data Corporation...
New threats drive security spend growth
Worldwide spending on information security will reach $71,1-billion in 2014, an increase of 7,9% over 2013, with the data loss prevention segment recording the fastest growth at 18,9%, according to the latest forecast from Gartner. Total information security spending...
City of London Police focus on cybercrime
Cybercrime plays a huge part in fraud offence numbers today, with seven out of 10 scams now Internet-related, according to the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau. The complex and alien nature of such crimes however, means that they are not only difficult to combat,...
Cell C’s Daily Data offering boosts data
Cell C has released a new range of exceptionally priced Daily and Nite data offerings, which will be available to all prepaid and hybrid customers immediately. “Our strategic objective is to offer an enjoyable customer experience and exceptional value when using the...
Software indispensable to IoT
The Internet of Things (IoT) promotes a globally connected device network. But for this to work, it requires a solid foundation built on software, says Malcolm Rabson, MD of Dariel. For the uninitiated, TechTarget defines IoT as a scenario in which objects, animals,...
Software AG expands executive board
Software AG’s Supervisory Board has appointed Eric Duffaut (52) as member of the executive board (Vorstand), effective as of October 1st, 2014. He will be responsible, as chief customer officer, for Software AG’s global sales, consulting services and marketing....
Flash adoption improves efficiencies
Flash technology has become a reliable, revolutionary performance-driving storage option for the most demanding and mission-critical enterprise data sets. Servaas Venter, country manager of EMC Southern Africa, says flash has enabled the IT industry to provide the...
Datacentrix SA’s most empowered IT company
The Mail & Guardian’s Most Empowered Companies study has revealed that Datacentrix is South Africa’s most empowered company within the ICT services sector. The survey, conducted by ratings and research agency, Empowerdex, rated all JSE-listed companies, assessing...
Metrofile appoint new CFO
Mark McGowan has officially joined JSE-listed Metrofile Holdings Limited, as a director and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective 1 August 2014. According to Graham Wackrill, CEO of Metrofile Holdings Limited, McGowan is well known to Metrofile having been the...
Tshivhase’s bribery charges dropped
The bribery charges against Pinnacle Holding’s executive director Takalani Tshivhase, which earlier this year triggered a sell-off of the company’s stock and an estimated R1,2-billion slashing of its value, have been dropped. The Specialised Commercial Crimes Unit of the National Directorate of Public Prosecutions withdrew all charges against Tshivhase after concluding that there was no basis upon which to pursue the allegations against him.
PayPal hits 1m SA milestone
More than 1-million South Africa accounts have been opened on the global payments platform PayPal, just four years after the first deal with First National Bank (FNB) made it possible for people and businesses in South Africa to make and accept PayPal payments.
CIOs need to embrace digital ethics
The need for CIOs to consider digital ethics has become paramount as the pace of technology change accelerates, according to Gartner. Digital business has dramatically shifted the impact of corporate IT. Corporate IT now affects people's work and lives more directly...
Specialised DaaS set for steady growth
Service providers around the world who deliver desktops as a service (DaaS) and other hosted mobile workspaces anticipate steady revenue growth, particularly through business-ready service bundles that target specific vertical markets. Citrix revealed those insights...
Hardcopy market sees global decline
The worldwide hardcopy peripherals (HCP) market declined for the first time in the past three quarters to 25,5-million units shipped in the second quarter of 2014 (2Q14), resulting in a -2,3% year-over-year decrease, according to the International Data Corporation...