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VMware completes acquisition of AirWatch
VMware, the global leader in virtualisation and cloud infrastructure, has announced it has completed its acquisition of AirWatch, the leading provider of enterprise mobile management and security solutions. Originally announced on 22 January, 2014, VMware acquired...
Yahoo Webcam users recorded
Millions of Internet users have been observed by the UK surveillance agency GCHQ, with assistance from the US National Security Agency (NSA), a report in the Guardian reveals. The agency has likely intercepted and stored images from Yahoo Webcam chats between 2008 and...
MBT’s SecureData acquisition finalised
The acquisition of SecureData by MB Technologies has been finalised and will go ahead during March. The announcement of the acquisition was made on 20 November 2013, whereby MB Technology offered to acquire the entire issued ordinary share capital of SecureData...
IS joins affordable Internet alliance
In a recent report released by the A4AI (Alliance for Affordable Internet) it is estimated that broadband still costs more than half of the monthly income of millions of people around the world, further entrenching the digital divide. As one of the first African...
Global server market declines in 2013
Factory revenue in the worldwide server market decreased -4,4% year-over-year to $14,2-billion in the fourth quarter of 2013 (4Q13). According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, this was the fourth consecutive quarter of...
Smartphone growth set for slowdown
Worldwide smartphone shipments will slow to 8,3% annual growth in 2017 and 6,2% in 2018. A new mobile phone forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker finds that annual smartphone volume in 2013 surpassed 1-billion...
Carrim engages with SABC on ICT policy
Minister of Communications, Yunus Carrim, and Deputy Minister, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, met with the SABC Board yesterday to discuss the National Integrated ICT Policy Review, South Africa Connect; the country’s Broadband Policy, Plan and Strategy; the SABC’s...
New generation accesses mainframe skills
IBM has extended the IBM Master the Mainframe Contest to South African universities to support and build out skills in next-generation innovations on the mainframe, as part of its academic initiative. The competition lets students use IBM's zEnterprise computing...
Mobile gamers up their spending
Gamers spent more than four times as much money on Google Play smartphone and tablet games in the fourth quarter of 2013 (4Q13) as they did in the final quarter of 2012. This is found in a new report from International Data Corporation (IDC) and App Annie, Portable...
SA consumers are buying safety devices
In a consumer electronics world dominated by smartphones, tablets and HDTVs, a new market category is generating South African consumer buying interest: safety devices. An Accenture survey of 1 000 SA consumers, focused on consumer technology spending and usage, found...
VMware broadens support for Virtual SAN
At VMware Partner Exchange 2014, VMware, the global leader in virtualisation and cloud infrastructure, announced broad partner ecosystem support for VMware Virtual SAN, VMware’s first software-defined storage product. Currently available in public beta, VMware Virtual...
VMware, Google modernise corporate desktops
VMware has announced that it is joining forces with Google to modernise corporate desktops for the mobile cloud era by providing businesses with secure, cloud access to Windows applications, data and desktops on Google Chromebooks. This expanded relationship between...
VMware names Partner Network award winners
VMware, the global leader in virtualisation and cloud infrastructure, has announced the winners of the 2014 VMware Partner Network awards. Each year, VMware recognises its partner community for their demonstrated excellence and achievements. “We’re very proud to...
VMware completes acquisition of AirWatch
VMware, the global leader in virtualisation and cloud infrastructure, has announced it has completed its acquisition of AirWatch, the leading provider of enterprise mobile management and security solutions. Originally announced on 22 January, 2014, VMware acquired...
Yahoo Webcam users recorded
Millions of Internet users have been observed by the UK surveillance agency GCHQ, with assistance from the US National Security Agency (NSA), a report in the Guardian reveals. The agency has likely intercepted and stored images from Yahoo Webcam chats between 2008 and...
MBT’s SecureData acquisition finalised
The acquisition of SecureData by MB Technologies has been finalised and will go ahead during March. The announcement of the acquisition was made on 20 November 2013, whereby MB Technology offered to acquire the entire issued ordinary share capital of SecureData...
IS joins affordable Internet alliance
In a recent report released by the A4AI (Alliance for Affordable Internet) it is estimated that broadband still costs more than half of the monthly income of millions of people around the world, further entrenching the digital divide. As one of the first African...
Global server market declines in 2013
Factory revenue in the worldwide server market decreased -4,4% year-over-year to $14,2-billion in the fourth quarter of 2013 (4Q13). According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, this was the fourth consecutive quarter of...
Smartphone growth set for slowdown
Worldwide smartphone shipments will slow to 8,3% annual growth in 2017 and 6,2% in 2018. A new mobile phone forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker finds that annual smartphone volume in 2013 surpassed 1-billion...
Carrim engages with SABC on ICT policy
Minister of Communications, Yunus Carrim, and Deputy Minister, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, met with the SABC Board yesterday to discuss the National Integrated ICT Policy Review, South Africa Connect; the country’s Broadband Policy, Plan and Strategy; the SABC’s...