Technology News
Wyzetalk adds another R8m in funding
Clifftop Colony Capital Partner, a Cape Town-based financial services firm focused on African venture capital and private equity investments, has completed the Series A funding round of R8-million for African social business company Wyzetalk. This brings the total...
MEA bucks trends, posts record tablet growth
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) tablet market bucked the global trend to record 77,3% year-on-year growth in shipments during the first quarter of 2014, according to the latest results from International Data Corporation (IDC). Shipments reached a total of 4-million...
IBM invention makes cloud more secure
IBM has patented a technique that helps online and cloud-based businesses improve their ability to eliminate fraud. It does this by analysing browsing behaviour to determine whether customers are who they say they are after accessing a Web site or app via a computer,...
Where are your kids going online?
Pornography and erotica tops the list of undesirable sites that children visit. This is according to a Kaspersky study analysing the Internet search patterns of young users. Ten categories of undesirable Web site content were chosen for the investigation: pornography...
Ethernet market barely moves in Q1
The worldwide Ethernet switch market (Layer 2/3) reached $5,2-billion in the first quarter of 2014 (1Q14), representing year-over-year growth of 0,4% and a significant seasonal decline of -12,3% quarter-over-quarter. Meanwhile, the worldwide router market fared...
Seniors need online security education
McAfee has announced its Online Safety for Silver Surfers programme - a free initiative that uses McAfee and Intel employees as volunteers to teach seniors ways to stay safe and secure while interacting online. According to a McAfee study called Fifty-Plus Booms...
Apple users warned about ransom attacks
Apple users are being warned of recent cybercriminal attacks, where phones and tablets have been held for ransom. When it happens, users are woken with an alarm-like sound and then a message “Your device has been hacked by Oleg Pliss" is displayed on the device. For...
MWeb reduces the pain of failover
Few businesses can afford the cost of Internet downtime. It’s not just a case of not being able to browse favourite Web sites – it translates into an effective communication freeze between the business and its customers, suppliers and branches. In addition, as more...
Dismal quarter for VC, telepresence
The International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Enterprise Videoconferencing and Telepresence Equipment QView has shown declining results for the first quarter of 2014 (1Q14), with overall videoconferencing (VC) equipment revenue decreasing -20%...
IT must learn to stand up to business
IT departments who want to make an impact on business need to find their voice, add value to the business and be clear on what their role is in their organisation. This was the overarching message delivered by global ITSM expert Delores Maxwell at a series of Quintica...
Power management solution from Master Power
Most companies install power management solutions based on UPS (uninterruptible power supply) technology to ensure they can function at full capacity irrespective of the power supply. UPS systems rely on batteries to control the supply of power to electronic...
MTN buys stake in Afrihost
MTN South Africa is to acquire a majority shareholding in Afrihost. The company has signed an agreement with Brendan Armstrong, Angus MacRobert, Peter Meintjes, Greg Payne, Frank Payne and Gian Visser, and their family trusts and investment company, subject to the...
Translation in realtime looms
Near-realtime translation of a Skype call has been demonstrated, and the facility will be available as a downloadable app before the end of this year. Gurdeep Pall, corporate vice-president of Skype and Lync at Microsoft, writes in his corporate blog how he...
Wyzetalk adds another R8m in funding
Clifftop Colony Capital Partner, a Cape Town-based financial services firm focused on African venture capital and private equity investments, has completed the Series A funding round of R8-million for African social business company Wyzetalk. This brings the total...
MEA bucks trends, posts record tablet growth
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) tablet market bucked the global trend to record 77,3% year-on-year growth in shipments during the first quarter of 2014, according to the latest results from International Data Corporation (IDC). Shipments reached a total of 4-million...
IBM invention makes cloud more secure
IBM has patented a technique that helps online and cloud-based businesses improve their ability to eliminate fraud. It does this by analysing browsing behaviour to determine whether customers are who they say they are after accessing a Web site or app via a computer,...
Where are your kids going online?
Pornography and erotica tops the list of undesirable sites that children visit. This is according to a Kaspersky study analysing the Internet search patterns of young users. Ten categories of undesirable Web site content were chosen for the investigation: pornography...
Ethernet market barely moves in Q1
The worldwide Ethernet switch market (Layer 2/3) reached $5,2-billion in the first quarter of 2014 (1Q14), representing year-over-year growth of 0,4% and a significant seasonal decline of -12,3% quarter-over-quarter. Meanwhile, the worldwide router market fared...
Seniors need online security education
McAfee has announced its Online Safety for Silver Surfers programme - a free initiative that uses McAfee and Intel employees as volunteers to teach seniors ways to stay safe and secure while interacting online. According to a McAfee study called Fifty-Plus Booms...
Apple users warned about ransom attacks
Apple users are being warned of recent cybercriminal attacks, where phones and tablets have been held for ransom. When it happens, users are woken with an alarm-like sound and then a message “Your device has been hacked by Oleg Pliss" is displayed on the device. For...