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Technology to ID sinkhole threats
New research from NASA indicates that technology could help to identify sinkholes before they happen. New analyses of NASA airborne radar data collected in 2012 reveal the radar detected indications of a huge sinkhole before it collapsed and forced evacuations near...
Big data crucial for success but staff lag
The vast majority of chief financial officers (CFOs), at 82%, see the value of integrating enterprise-wide data - but only 24% think their team is up to the task, according to a new IBM study. This marks a 205% increase in the gap between the importance of data and...
Tablets continue rapid growth
The total tablet market, inclusive of both tablets and 2-in-1 devices, is forecast to grow 19,4% in 2014, down from a growth rate of 51,6% in 2013. This is according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker, which forecasts that...
ASA finds for MTN in Cell C ad complaint
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled in favour of MTN on the complaint lodged against Cell C for its radio advertisements and YouTube campaign that accused MTN of fighting to keep telecommunication prices high. Following the decision by MTN to file...
Modest growth for external storage market
Worldwide external disk storage systems factory revenues increased by 2,4% year-over-year, totalling $6,9-billion during the fourth quarter of 2013 (4Q13), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Wordwide Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker. For the...
2014 will not be the year of VDI
The time has come to say goodbye to a much loved annual event: declaring the coming year as the “year of VDI”, says Michael Church, enterprise manager, Citrix, South Africa. There is no doubt that VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure) deployments will continue to grow,...
How to choose bandwidth
Bandwidth packages come in many different forms, price ranges and sizes and choosing the one that is right for you can be a challenge, says Shane Chorley, executive head of Network and Operations. “The first question to ask before signing up for any bandwidth package...
Analytics brings you closer to customers
Within any industry, understanding the needs of your customer is of the utmost importance, and in no industry is this more relevant than the retail sector, says David McWilliam, director at Cortell Corporate Performance Management. Catering to the needs and...
NSE enhances Trade Alert notifications
Investors in the Nigerian Capital Market are in for good times as The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has commenced the reduction of the cost of its Trade Alert service by about Naira 1,24-billion from March 2014 via the scrapping of the current charge of 0,06% of every...
BT launches new voice solution
BT has announced it is launching BT One Voice Radianz, a new service that unifies voice, mobile and data services and delivers them to members of the BT Radianz Cloud, the world’s largest secure networked community for the financial services industry. While BT has...
DSA to host wireless spectrum debate
The Dynamic Spectrum Alliance (DSA) will hold the world’s largest conference on wireless spectrum sharing in Accra, Ghana from 13 to 14 May 2014. This comes at a time when new laws and regulations are needed in order to release spectrum for vital radio, TV, broadband...
Manage fraud with employee verification
According to PWC’s biennial Global Economic Crime Survey (2011), economic crime continues to rise, growing by 13% since the 2009 survey. Fifty-six percent of respondents said that employees were responsible for the most serious fraud, and asset misappropriation...
Three layers of security key for business
Businesses today need to focus equally on physical, personnel and cyber security in order to mitigate risk in the face of growing criminal focus on enterprise data, says UK-based security expert Chris Phillips.All businesses should take a holistic approach to...
Technology to ID sinkhole threats
New research from NASA indicates that technology could help to identify sinkholes before they happen. New analyses of NASA airborne radar data collected in 2012 reveal the radar detected indications of a huge sinkhole before it collapsed and forced evacuations near...
Big data crucial for success but staff lag
The vast majority of chief financial officers (CFOs), at 82%, see the value of integrating enterprise-wide data - but only 24% think their team is up to the task, according to a new IBM study. This marks a 205% increase in the gap between the importance of data and...
Tablets continue rapid growth
The total tablet market, inclusive of both tablets and 2-in-1 devices, is forecast to grow 19,4% in 2014, down from a growth rate of 51,6% in 2013. This is according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker, which forecasts that...
ASA finds for MTN in Cell C ad complaint
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled in favour of MTN on the complaint lodged against Cell C for its radio advertisements and YouTube campaign that accused MTN of fighting to keep telecommunication prices high. Following the decision by MTN to file...
Modest growth for external storage market
Worldwide external disk storage systems factory revenues increased by 2,4% year-over-year, totalling $6,9-billion during the fourth quarter of 2013 (4Q13), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Wordwide Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker. For the...
2014 will not be the year of VDI
The time has come to say goodbye to a much loved annual event: declaring the coming year as the “year of VDI”, says Michael Church, enterprise manager, Citrix, South Africa. There is no doubt that VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure) deployments will continue to grow,...
How to choose bandwidth
Bandwidth packages come in many different forms, price ranges and sizes and choosing the one that is right for you can be a challenge, says Shane Chorley, executive head of Network and Operations. “The first question to ask before signing up for any bandwidth package...