Technology News
Banks are stable, but challenges lie ahead
South Africa’s banks are sound, although the risks around unsecure lending have risen. Global Credit Ratings (GCR) has announced its South Africa Bank Bulletin results which gave an outlook and overview of the latest developments in the economy, regulatory environment...
Valentine’s Day scams could break hearts
February 14 is a day for love: couples celebrate their relationships and singles mingle. Regardless of which category you fall in, you’ll likely use the Internet to plan for this day. But, as you are celebrating your love, don’t let your guard down. Criminals are...
Retailers lack big data skills
Big data and analytics have become top agenda items for a growing number of retail executives. Yet many retailers do not yet have mature BDA competencies across five critical dimensions — intent, people, process, technology and data. This is one of the findings from...
UK Ministry of Justice comes under attack
A distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack against the UK Ministry of Justice’s Web site, which brought it down yesterday for several hours, would have been difficult to defend against. Ian Shaw, MD of IT security company MWR InfoSecurity, comments: “This sort of...
10 common data quality management mistakes
Ian Huntly, CEO of Rifle-Shot Performance Holdings, official representatives of SoftExpert in South Africa and Arkady Maydanchik, a recognised leader and innovator in the fields of data quality and information integration, offer advice on how to steer clear of common...
Engineering firm uses Jasco UPS solution
A leading engineering firm based in Gauteng that fabricates mechanical parts for mining applications, required constant and clean power in order to keep machinery running and prevent damage to equipment as a result of power outages. However, power supply in the area...
Vox extends Internet, Apple TV promotion
Vox Telecom will be giving away an Apple TV to customers that sign up for their 75Gb and above Fat Pipe ADSL package. Fat Pipe is a premium ADSL product that offers high-quality bandwidth at less than R3,50 per Gb. As an added benefit, customers also receive free...
Trend Micro’s 2013 threat roundup
According to Trend Micro Incorporated’s 2013 annual threat roundup report, “Cashing in on Digital Information,” security breaches, cybercriminals, and organised attacks made it nearly impossible to keep personal and financial data private. Large-scale attacks on...
Making sense of the major cloud inhibitors
It’s easy to see why there is so much interest among companies to learn more about how they can benefit from cloud, says Mark Ridley, regional director for Africa, NetApp. The advent of cloud brings great promise for IT organisations to meet increasingly demanding...
First Distribution wins EMC partner award
First Distribution is proud to announce that it was one of the winners in EMC’s annual EMC Business Partner Update, held at Monte Casino, Johannesburg on 5 December 2013. The distributor picked up the prestigious Distributor of the Year award for the third year...
CRM will drive digital initiatives for years
Organisations are leveraging customer relationship management (CRM) technologies as a major part of their digital initiatives to enhance the customer experience, according to Gartner. Gartner says that demand for modern technology customer relationships is driving...
Debt stress continues to fall among SA firms
Overall, South African businesses are less stressed by debt than previously. Experian SA and Econometrix today launched South Africa’s first ever Business Debt Index (BDI), a benchmark for the interpretation of the state of business’s debt-paying abilities. The...
Cisco Q2 2014 results show promise
Cisco has released its Q2 2014 results, which showed that the company is well-positioned for growth in the coming year. Cisco reported second quarter revenue of $11,2-billion, net income on a generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) basis of $1,4-billion or...
Banks are stable, but challenges lie ahead
South Africa’s banks are sound, although the risks around unsecure lending have risen. Global Credit Ratings (GCR) has announced its South Africa Bank Bulletin results which gave an outlook and overview of the latest developments in the economy, regulatory environment...
Valentine’s Day scams could break hearts
February 14 is a day for love: couples celebrate their relationships and singles mingle. Regardless of which category you fall in, you’ll likely use the Internet to plan for this day. But, as you are celebrating your love, don’t let your guard down. Criminals are...
Retailers lack big data skills
Big data and analytics have become top agenda items for a growing number of retail executives. Yet many retailers do not yet have mature BDA competencies across five critical dimensions — intent, people, process, technology and data. This is one of the findings from...
UK Ministry of Justice comes under attack
A distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack against the UK Ministry of Justice’s Web site, which brought it down yesterday for several hours, would have been difficult to defend against. Ian Shaw, MD of IT security company MWR InfoSecurity, comments: “This sort of...
10 common data quality management mistakes
Ian Huntly, CEO of Rifle-Shot Performance Holdings, official representatives of SoftExpert in South Africa and Arkady Maydanchik, a recognised leader and innovator in the fields of data quality and information integration, offer advice on how to steer clear of common...
Engineering firm uses Jasco UPS solution
A leading engineering firm based in Gauteng that fabricates mechanical parts for mining applications, required constant and clean power in order to keep machinery running and prevent damage to equipment as a result of power outages. However, power supply in the area...
Vox extends Internet, Apple TV promotion
Vox Telecom will be giving away an Apple TV to customers that sign up for their 75Gb and above Fat Pipe ADSL package. Fat Pipe is a premium ADSL product that offers high-quality bandwidth at less than R3,50 per Gb. As an added benefit, customers also receive free...