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Ericsson partners with Save the Children
ICT plays a critical role in global disaster response, where efficient and effective emergency communications contribute to saving lives and alleviating suffering. Ericsson and Save the Children today announced that the parties have signed a partnership agreement for...
Fujitsu supports in-memory research
Fujitsu is providing server technology to support research on in-memory technology being performed at Magdeburg Research and Competence Cluster (MRCC). The company's established relationship with the research institution has been extended by contributing its...
Turla and Agent.btz worms possibly related
Experts from G-Data and BAE Systems recently released information about a persistent cyber-espionage operation codenamed Turla (also referred to as Snake or Uroburos). Further to this, Kaspersky Lab's research and analysis team have now found an unexpected connection...
The future of software testing
It is an interesting time to be a software tester, as the speed at which technology is evolving means that the future is changing rapidly. Ruud Teunissen, who has been a passionate software tester since 1989 and works for Netherlands-based Polteq, told delegates at a...
New food and beverage consumption patterns
As the economic downturn continues to unfold, a profound sense of regret over years of over-consumption, credit over-extension and waste has set in with consumers. And with it, a new attitude to cost cutting, says Ian Huntly, CEO of Rifle-Shot Performance Holdings,...
SA still best for solar
South Africa remains the world’s more appealing photovoltaic market in the world, closely followed by Turkey and Mexico, according to new analysis from HIS Technology. Mexico has entered the top three list for the first time, with approximately 300 megawatts (MW) of...
CIOs playing catch-up in the digital world
As we enter the new world of digitalisation, CIOs are having to quickly change the way they work – but most of them feel they are unprepared for the new way of doing business. According to the Gartner 2014 CIO Agenda, a massive 51% of CIOs around the world don’t...
CIOs look to non-traditional IT suppliers
Traditional IT vendors are going to come under fire in the next few years as CIOs increasingly partner with new suppliers. “Sourcing and vendor partnerships are being significantly disrupted,” says George Ambler, partner executive at Gartner. The latest CIO Agenda...
Orange commits to gay support in Uganda
Orange has become the first multinational company with operations in Uganda to pledge to defend its employees in response to the nation's new anti-gay law. On Tuesday (11 March) Orange confirmed in a statement sent to All Out - and in response to the mobilization of...
Local procurement fraud solution from SAS
On 19 March 2014, SAS South Africa will be launching its locally developed Procurement Fraud Solution, which it believes will change the way companies detect, manage and prevent fraud. In South Africa, 59% of companies surveyed by PricewaterhouseCoopers reported that...
Protecting devices during load shedding
Over recent years, South Africans have been subjected to numerous amounts of load shedding. But on 6 March 2014, we fell victim to one of the worst bouts of load shedding South Africa has witnessed, with very little or no warning. Because our electrical appliances and...
Teradata launches Marketing Studio 9
Teradata, the leading analytic data platforms, applications and services company, has announced global availability of Marketing Studio 9, the latest version of its industry-leading Marketing Operations solution. Marketing Studio 9, part of the Teradata Integrated...
Robust architecture key for big data
Architecture remains the fundamental issue at the core of realising the benefits of big data in organisations today – be they big or small enterprises, says Mervyn Mooi, director at Knowledge Integration Dynamics (KID). A problem with big data is that it requires...
Ericsson partners with Save the Children
ICT plays a critical role in global disaster response, where efficient and effective emergency communications contribute to saving lives and alleviating suffering. Ericsson and Save the Children today announced that the parties have signed a partnership agreement for...
Fujitsu supports in-memory research
Fujitsu is providing server technology to support research on in-memory technology being performed at Magdeburg Research and Competence Cluster (MRCC). The company's established relationship with the research institution has been extended by contributing its...
Turla and Agent.btz worms possibly related
Experts from G-Data and BAE Systems recently released information about a persistent cyber-espionage operation codenamed Turla (also referred to as Snake or Uroburos). Further to this, Kaspersky Lab's research and analysis team have now found an unexpected connection...
The future of software testing
It is an interesting time to be a software tester, as the speed at which technology is evolving means that the future is changing rapidly. Ruud Teunissen, who has been a passionate software tester since 1989 and works for Netherlands-based Polteq, told delegates at a...
New food and beverage consumption patterns
As the economic downturn continues to unfold, a profound sense of regret over years of over-consumption, credit over-extension and waste has set in with consumers. And with it, a new attitude to cost cutting, says Ian Huntly, CEO of Rifle-Shot Performance Holdings,...
SA still best for solar
South Africa remains the world’s more appealing photovoltaic market in the world, closely followed by Turkey and Mexico, according to new analysis from HIS Technology. Mexico has entered the top three list for the first time, with approximately 300 megawatts (MW) of...
CIOs playing catch-up in the digital world
As we enter the new world of digitalisation, CIOs are having to quickly change the way they work – but most of them feel they are unprepared for the new way of doing business. According to the Gartner 2014 CIO Agenda, a massive 51% of CIOs around the world don’t...