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Legalise software to avoid security threats
Computer users cite the risk of security threats from malware as the top reason not to use unlicensed software. Among their specific concerns are intrusions by hackers and loss of data. Yet a striking 34% of the software installed on personal computers in South Africa...
Connected cars: how secure are they?
The connected car is fast becoming a reality, but they contain a number of vulnerabilities which cybercriminals can use to launch attacks. Kaspersky Lab and IAB, Spain’s leading marketing and digital media company, have announced the launch of the First Annual...
Zapper app sees massive SA growth
Zapper has launched its secure payment app for smartphones in South Africa, enabling restaurants and outlets to add unique dynamic QR Codes to till slips, so that customers to make payments using their smartphones.
Airtime could be a loyalty incentive
Airtime could be used as an incentive to drive the uptake and usage of mobile money services in countries where its growth has been sluggish. This is the word from Ericsson’s head of mobile commerce sales: EMEA, speaking at a mobile money conference in Johannesburg....
More provinces shine in Applications Olympiad
The six winners of the 2014 Applications Olympiad represent five provinces, with the winner coming from Beaufort West in the Western Cape. Usually Olympiads are dominated by the two provinces with the most advanced schools: Gauteng and the Western Cape. This year the...
Small changes have big effect in government
When it comes to information technology, government CIOs and IT managers can attest to the fact that even small IT changes can create a domino effect across other systems. This is according to a new report from IDC Government Insights: The Last Domino: Metro Area...
Adverse events affect business confidence
Business confidence remained subdued in June 2014 as further adverse economic developments caused the SACCI Business Confidence Index, released this week, to linger below 90 index points. The index moved marginally to 89.7 in June from 88.9 in May 2014. The June 2014...
Software AG launches ideas contest
Software AG's University Relations department is inviting students and faculty members worldwide to participate in its idea contest, in order to create a showcase project for the next CeBIT. The project should illustrate Software AG's data management, integration and...
Enterprise applications drive public cloud
Worldwide public cloud services in 2013 reached a total market size of $45,7-billion - and this is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 23% until 2018. This is according to the International Data Corporate (IDC) Worldwide Semiannual Public Cloud...
The fiduciary duties of employees
For employees who think a fiduciary duty - a legal duty to act solely in another party’s interests - exists only between company directors and the company, this is not so, writes Gareth Cremen, partner at Ramsay Webber Attorneys. A fiduciary duty can exist between a...
Zetes goes green, wins ISO certification
Zetes has been awarded ISO 14001 certification for its travel and identity document and card production site. Zetes has already received recognition for its quality standards and holds accreditation under ISO 27001 for its secure document production site and under ISO...
A checklist for cloud readiness
South African companies are continuing a steady migration to cloud services in the wake of more reliable bandwidth, a maturing market driven by large multinational cloud services providers and a better understanding of the value proposition of cloud services. But,...
Sci-fi is coming to the workplace
Four out of five employees agree that the workplace will be transformed by 2036, using technology and processes that do not exist today.
Legalise software to avoid security threats
Computer users cite the risk of security threats from malware as the top reason not to use unlicensed software. Among their specific concerns are intrusions by hackers and loss of data. Yet a striking 34% of the software installed on personal computers in South Africa...
Connected cars: how secure are they?
The connected car is fast becoming a reality, but they contain a number of vulnerabilities which cybercriminals can use to launch attacks. Kaspersky Lab and IAB, Spain’s leading marketing and digital media company, have announced the launch of the First Annual...
Zapper app sees massive SA growth
Zapper has launched its secure payment app for smartphones in South Africa, enabling restaurants and outlets to add unique dynamic QR Codes to till slips, so that customers to make payments using their smartphones.
Airtime could be a loyalty incentive
Airtime could be used as an incentive to drive the uptake and usage of mobile money services in countries where its growth has been sluggish. This is the word from Ericsson’s head of mobile commerce sales: EMEA, speaking at a mobile money conference in Johannesburg....
More provinces shine in Applications Olympiad
The six winners of the 2014 Applications Olympiad represent five provinces, with the winner coming from Beaufort West in the Western Cape. Usually Olympiads are dominated by the two provinces with the most advanced schools: Gauteng and the Western Cape. This year the...
Small changes have big effect in government
When it comes to information technology, government CIOs and IT managers can attest to the fact that even small IT changes can create a domino effect across other systems. This is according to a new report from IDC Government Insights: The Last Domino: Metro Area...
Adverse events affect business confidence
Business confidence remained subdued in June 2014 as further adverse economic developments caused the SACCI Business Confidence Index, released this week, to linger below 90 index points. The index moved marginally to 89.7 in June from 88.9 in May 2014. The June 2014...