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Mobile malware exploits user trust
Mobile app developers need to be more vigilant about the security of their apps, being mindful when granting permission requests that criminals could exploit for profit. This is one of the recommendations in the McAfee Labs Threats Report: June 2014, which reveals...
Facelift for FNB banking app
The FNB banking app has published its latest version to app stores and it is packed with new features, a new look and feel, account opening, personalised customer offers and inward SWIFT payments from abroad. The refreshed look and feel makes the app visually more...
Calls for innovative tech company entries
South Africa’s most innovative technology company of the year will be announced on 18 September 2014 at PwC’s Vision to Reality Awards ceremony. PwC’s partner in charge of the Western Cape, Danie Fӧlscher, says: “PwC’s Vision to Reality Awards Programme acknowledges...
Red Hat to acquire Inktank
Red Hat has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Inktank, a leading provider of scale-out, open source storage systems. Inktank's flagship technology, Inktank Ceph Enterprise, delivers world class object and block storage software to...
Cloud ERP should not be new to vendors
For many enterprise resource planning companies, cloud computing is a big deal. That’s predominantly because, for most of them, cloud computing is something new – it just wasn’t the way they have done things until market forces have compelled them to make the shift....
BT simplifies threat monitoring
BT has announced a major upgrade to its BT Assure Threat Monitoring service, making it simpler for organisations and security analysts to identify and protect against security threats. BT Assure Threat Monitoring collects and analyses huge amounts of data and its...
Contact centres pay for illusion of control
Contact centres that opted for hosted technology solutions five years ago have saved 35% compared to those who keep everything in-house, says Jed Hewson of 1Stream. “The most successful contact centres keep their focus on people, not technology,” says Hewson. “The...
Bytes solution to looming FATCA deadline
Bytes offers a solution to the looming FATCA compliance deadline.
DCC wins Symantec award
Distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC) has been awarded the South African Distributor of the Year award at Symantec’s Vision Symposium 2014, held in Dubai recently. “The Distributor of the Year award is based not just on volume of sales, but the entire Symantec...
Microsoft adds Nokia X2 to portfolio
Microsoft Devices Group has unveiled the Nokia X2, the newest addition to the expanding Nokia X family of affordable smartphones designed to introduce the "next billion" people to the mobile Internet and cloud services. The Nokia X2 represents the rapid evolution of...
Kaspersky identifies new malware targets
Kaspersky Lab has published a new research report mapping a massive international infrastructure used to control remote control system (RCS) malware implants, and identifying previously undiscovered mobile Trojans that work on both Android and iOS. These modules are...
African operators need to go over the top
Africa - shortly to become a 1-billion person market - is becoming a major focus for over the top (OTT) players looking to exploit the growing mobile ecosystem. According to IDT Global's Jonah Fink, the continent's service providers have the capability to rise to the...
PBBA revenue sees year-on-year decline
Worldwide purpose-built backup appliance (PBBA) factory revenues declined -2,5% year-over-year to $664,5-million in the first quarter of 2014 (1Q14), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Purpose-Built Appliance Tracker. In...
Mobile malware exploits user trust
Mobile app developers need to be more vigilant about the security of their apps, being mindful when granting permission requests that criminals could exploit for profit. This is one of the recommendations in the McAfee Labs Threats Report: June 2014, which reveals...
Facelift for FNB banking app
The FNB banking app has published its latest version to app stores and it is packed with new features, a new look and feel, account opening, personalised customer offers and inward SWIFT payments from abroad. The refreshed look and feel makes the app visually more...
Calls for innovative tech company entries
South Africa’s most innovative technology company of the year will be announced on 18 September 2014 at PwC’s Vision to Reality Awards ceremony. PwC’s partner in charge of the Western Cape, Danie Fӧlscher, says: “PwC’s Vision to Reality Awards Programme acknowledges...
Red Hat to acquire Inktank
Red Hat has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Inktank, a leading provider of scale-out, open source storage systems. Inktank's flagship technology, Inktank Ceph Enterprise, delivers world class object and block storage software to...
Cloud ERP should not be new to vendors
For many enterprise resource planning companies, cloud computing is a big deal. That’s predominantly because, for most of them, cloud computing is something new – it just wasn’t the way they have done things until market forces have compelled them to make the shift....
BT simplifies threat monitoring
BT has announced a major upgrade to its BT Assure Threat Monitoring service, making it simpler for organisations and security analysts to identify and protect against security threats. BT Assure Threat Monitoring collects and analyses huge amounts of data and its...
Contact centres pay for illusion of control
Contact centres that opted for hosted technology solutions five years ago have saved 35% compared to those who keep everything in-house, says Jed Hewson of 1Stream. “The most successful contact centres keep their focus on people, not technology,” says Hewson. “The...