Technology News
Promoting brands in Africa isn’t easy
For brands eager to tap into the growing African markets and the region’s estimated 350-million middle class consumers, relying solely on macro-economic data such as GDP growth, population trends and regulatory governance data to identify opportunities and predict...
Telkom: ICTU misrepresents court order
The Information Communication and Technology Union (ICTU) has misrepresent the facts contained within yesterday’s order by the Labour Court of South Africa, says Telkom. The company has issued a statement that its restructuring process has not in any way been halted by the order. The Court granted the relief as neither Telkom nor the other unions oppose the application. “The ICTU will be included in all the current formal consultation processes, once the formal consultation process begins,” Telkom states.
African engagement needs to be long-term
Ecobank Group CEO Albert Essien has urged investors to engage with Africa for the long-term. Giving the keynote address in Munich at the fourth Conference on Managing Risk in Africa, Essien offered strategies for managing risk in Africa’s growth markets. Against the...
Labour, power issues limit SA’s growth
Labour unrest and the power crisis will work together to hamper South Africa’s growth in 2015. Global business risk consultancy Control Risks yesterday launched its annual RiskMap report at a briefing attended by South African business leaders in Johannesburg. RiskMap...
HP in talks to buy out Aruba
HP is believed to be talking to Aruba Networks about a possible acquisition, which could be announced next week. Aruba supplies wireless networking infrastructure, used largely by hotels, universities and shopping malls. As rumours about the proposed acquisition...
Employers under budget compliance pressure
South African employers must act fast to prepare their payroll systems and processes for the new tax brackets and calculations announced in Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene’s maiden budget speech. That’s the word from Madelein van der Watt, development manager at Sage...
Android, iOS sweep the smartphone boards
Android and iOS inched closer to total domination of the worldwide smartphone market in both the fourth quarter (4Q14) and the calendar year 2014 (CY14). According to data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, Android...
MTN demos video-on-demand offering
FrontRow’s capabilities on MTN’s new generation network were demonstrated at a media briefing held at the MTN head offices in Fairlands, Johannesburg. MTN has launched its subscription-based video-on-demand (VOD) service last year for the launch price of R179 or R399 a month inclusive of a 10Gb data bundle for streaming and viewing. FrontRow gives all customers, regardless of which network they subscribe to, access to thousands of movies and their favourite television series on up to five different devices, one device at a time.
CIOs must make security a top priority
For a country like South Africa that is visibly paranoid about security, the country's information security landscape is seriously lagging in terms of awareness and practical, relevant application. Today's chief information officer (CIO) needs to keep tabs not only on...
Fujitsu at MWC: human-centric innovation
At Mobile World Congress starting on 2 March 2015, Fujitsu’s theme is human-centric innovation. The Fujitsu booth (Hall 5, booth A40) showcases this across one of the industry’s broadest ranges of solutions, including some of the hottest new concepts that are...
Unemployment worries youth
Young people are concerned about their prospects of finding employment – and they are looking to employers that they perceive as stable.
A Universum survey finds that 63% of students are concerned about their prospects of finding a job after graduation, which is slightly down from 66% last year. Females (65%) and African black students (68%) are the most concerned. Government and parastatals are still perceived as offering secure and stable employment.
Europol takes down cybercriminal servers
European law enforcement agencies yesterday seized computer servers used by cybercriminals to infect hundreds of thousands of computers around the world with malware designed to steal personal and financial information, as well as money, from unsuspecting consumers....
Privacy breaches the top concern in SA
The number one concern among technology users in South Africa is the impact of technology on their privacy. This was the finding of the annual poll on How Personal Technology Is Changing Our Lives, which surveyed 12 000 Internet users, in 12 countries over 12 months....
Promoting brands in Africa isn’t easy
For brands eager to tap into the growing African markets and the region’s estimated 350-million middle class consumers, relying solely on macro-economic data such as GDP growth, population trends and regulatory governance data to identify opportunities and predict...
Telkom: ICTU misrepresents court order
The Information Communication and Technology Union (ICTU) has misrepresent the facts contained within yesterday’s order by the Labour Court of South Africa, says Telkom. The company has issued a statement that its restructuring process has not in any way been halted by the order. The Court granted the relief as neither Telkom nor the other unions oppose the application. “The ICTU will be included in all the current formal consultation processes, once the formal consultation process begins,” Telkom states.
African engagement needs to be long-term
Ecobank Group CEO Albert Essien has urged investors to engage with Africa for the long-term. Giving the keynote address in Munich at the fourth Conference on Managing Risk in Africa, Essien offered strategies for managing risk in Africa’s growth markets. Against the...
Labour, power issues limit SA’s growth
Labour unrest and the power crisis will work together to hamper South Africa’s growth in 2015. Global business risk consultancy Control Risks yesterday launched its annual RiskMap report at a briefing attended by South African business leaders in Johannesburg. RiskMap...
HP in talks to buy out Aruba
HP is believed to be talking to Aruba Networks about a possible acquisition, which could be announced next week. Aruba supplies wireless networking infrastructure, used largely by hotels, universities and shopping malls. As rumours about the proposed acquisition...
Employers under budget compliance pressure
South African employers must act fast to prepare their payroll systems and processes for the new tax brackets and calculations announced in Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene’s maiden budget speech. That’s the word from Madelein van der Watt, development manager at Sage...
Android, iOS sweep the smartphone boards
Android and iOS inched closer to total domination of the worldwide smartphone market in both the fourth quarter (4Q14) and the calendar year 2014 (CY14). According to data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, Android...