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The malware threat in Africa
Algeria leads Africa in terms of local and Web threats - well ahead of Egypt in second place. South Africa, followed by Kenya, saw a significant number of security incidents, though the number of users affected is one of the lowest in the region. Africa accounted for...
SME cloud uptake slow and steady
As predicted by SME Survey 2012, cloud uptake among small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is progressing at a slow, but steady, pace. According to Arthur Goldstuck, MD of World Wide Worx and principal researcher for SME Survey, the interim results of the 2014 edition...
Governments pressured to cut IT budgets
Around the world, federal and national government agencies, including defence, remain under pressure to cut IT programme budgets and services, according to Gartner. Gartner's 2014 CIO survey found that 26% of government CIOs expect a budget decrease in 2014 compared...
Seacom rolls out Infinera platform
Seacom has deployed the Infinera DTN-X platform across its terrestrial network providing services to the African continent. The Infinera Intelligent Transport Network, featuring the DTN-X packet optical transport networking platform, enables Seacom to differentiate...
Modest growth for global supply chain
With the supply chain continuing to be a key source of competitive advantage in driving business growth objectives, the worldwide supply chain management (SCM) and procurement software market grew 7,3% to $8,9-billion in 2013. The market performed well as supply chain...
Africa’s top start-ups face off in Milan
Africa’s top five tech and digital start-ups - unveiled at U-Start’s conference in Cape Town this March – have jetted off to Milan for the global final of 2014. After a continent-wide hunt, Africa will be represented by the top tier front runners in the tech and...
Jordaan and Uys join investment company
Former FNB CEO Michael Jordaan and Pieter Uys, current Remgro investment executive and previously Vodacom CEO, have become non-executive directors of Invenfin, the venture capital division of investment holding company Remgro. "Both Michael and Pieter are highly...
Service management goes open source
OSCOSM, launched in 2013, has partnered with publicly listed German-based company, OTRS AG, the world's leading provider of open source help desk software, which includes OTRS Help Desk and ITSM suite, OTRS ITSM. OSCOSM, a company that consults and specialises in...
Work collaboration made easier
Today's global economy is an information economy and the workers that drive it are knowledge workers more than anything else. Jobs consisting of knowledge work make up nearly half the workforce in some markets. At the same time as the Internet connects us anytime and...
EMC announces ECS Appliance
At EMC World 2014, EMC Corporation announced the EMC ECS (Elastic Cloud Storage) Appliance (formerly known as Project Nile), a breakthrough hyperscale cloud storage infrastructure that redefines the economic benefits of cloud storage for service providers and...
Check Point joins AxizWorkgroup
Check Point Software Technologies recently joined forces with South African IT distributor AxizWorkgroup, in a bid to bolster their services to the African market. Advanced Technology, the AxizWorkgroup department that has taken the reins on the account, have a wealth...
Cell C’s new price offensive
Cell C has fired a new salvo in the mobile rates price war, slashing its per minute rate to an unprecedented 66 cents for its pre-paid customers. The announcement has just been made at a press conference currently underway at the company’s headquarters in Woodmead...
DiData boosts MSVC with Teliris buy
Looking to expand its managed services for visual communications (MSVC) operations, Dimension Data has acquired 100% of Teliris, a privately-owned cloud video managed services business with offices in London, Connecticut and New York, for an undisclosed sum. The...
The malware threat in Africa
Algeria leads Africa in terms of local and Web threats - well ahead of Egypt in second place. South Africa, followed by Kenya, saw a significant number of security incidents, though the number of users affected is one of the lowest in the region. Africa accounted for...
SME cloud uptake slow and steady
As predicted by SME Survey 2012, cloud uptake among small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is progressing at a slow, but steady, pace. According to Arthur Goldstuck, MD of World Wide Worx and principal researcher for SME Survey, the interim results of the 2014 edition...
Governments pressured to cut IT budgets
Around the world, federal and national government agencies, including defence, remain under pressure to cut IT programme budgets and services, according to Gartner. Gartner's 2014 CIO survey found that 26% of government CIOs expect a budget decrease in 2014 compared...
Seacom rolls out Infinera platform
Seacom has deployed the Infinera DTN-X platform across its terrestrial network providing services to the African continent. The Infinera Intelligent Transport Network, featuring the DTN-X packet optical transport networking platform, enables Seacom to differentiate...
Modest growth for global supply chain
With the supply chain continuing to be a key source of competitive advantage in driving business growth objectives, the worldwide supply chain management (SCM) and procurement software market grew 7,3% to $8,9-billion in 2013. The market performed well as supply chain...
Africa’s top start-ups face off in Milan
Africa’s top five tech and digital start-ups - unveiled at U-Start’s conference in Cape Town this March – have jetted off to Milan for the global final of 2014. After a continent-wide hunt, Africa will be represented by the top tier front runners in the tech and...
Jordaan and Uys join investment company
Former FNB CEO Michael Jordaan and Pieter Uys, current Remgro investment executive and previously Vodacom CEO, have become non-executive directors of Invenfin, the venture capital division of investment holding company Remgro. "Both Michael and Pieter are highly...