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Cloud architect to lead Microsoft
Not surprisingly, Microsoft has confirmed that its former executive vice-president for cloud and enterprise, Satya Nadella, will succeed Steve Ballmer as the company’s CEO. Microsoft also announced that Bill Gates, previously chairman of the board of directors, will...
Telkom team to tackle turnaround
Telkom has appointed a new chief marketing officer, Enzo Scarcella, and a chief procurement officer, Ian Russell, to join a top leadership team tasked with guiding the company’s transformation. Scarcella and Russell reported for duty this week at Telkom’s head offices...
Vodacom grows customers, revenue
Vodacom increased its group revenue by 10,5% to R20,219-billion for the quarter ended 31 December 2013. Group service revenue increased 6,4% to R16 248, up 3,4% on a normalised basis and in line with guidance. Group data revenue increased 40,7% to R3 611-million, and...
DiData acquisition grows European footprint
Dimension Data is following through on its plan to increase revenues, and has completed the acquisition of NextiraOne. Last year, CEO Brett Dawson says the organisation aimed to double its revenues from $6-billion to $12-billion in the next five years. This would be...
SA firms set to increase security spend
Overall security software spending in South Africa is set to increase 9,7% year-on-year in 2014 to total $149,54-million, according to the latest South African Security Software Market 2013 to 2017 Forecast from International Data Corporation (IDC). This represents a...
Schneider Electric completes Uniflair merger
Schneider Electric South Africa has announced the finalisation of its merger with Uniflair South Africa, and Uniflair’s complete integration into the Schneider Electric flagship brand. The announcement follows the positive business outcomes of the 2010 acquisition of...
Mustek expects to raise interim earnings
JSE-listed Mustek is expecting its earnings for the six months ended 31 December 2013 to be markedly higher than for the previous comparable period. The company has issued a trading statement alerting shareholders that its headline earnings per share (HEOS) and basic...
How the election is being fought online
If the 2014 general elections were decided based on the effectiveness of South African political parties’ online presence, the Democratic Alliance (DA) would definitely win the elections, although they would only do so with a D+. Steven Ambrose, CEO Strategy Worx,...
Biometrics coming soon for BYOD security
The consumerisation of IT and business bring your own device (BYOD) programmes have resulted in potential security problems for IT leaders, according to Gartner. User expectations of a clean and simple mobile user experience often outweigh security concerns, and the...
The real dangers of spam
Experts at Kaspersky Lab have explained the dangers posed by loan offers sent out in spam; what can happen if users reply to spam messages; and also provide some useful tips on how to avoid falling victim to unscrupulous financial organisations and Internet scams. *...
Mpact deploys PPO to streamline processes
Mpact, one of the leading paper and plastic packaging businesses in southern Africa, has implemented Project Portfolio Office, an online project portfolio management (PPM) and collaboration application, in a bid to address issues of visibility, standardisation and the...
SMBs must link SLAs and IT support
Small businesses that wish to remain competitive can no longer afford to be complacent about technology support. Linking service level agreements (SLAs) to IT support is becoming vital, says Dawie Bloomberg, MD of Green Apple IT, a provider of general IT support to...
SA companies must reign in mobiles in 2014
Mobile security and device management will become one of the top challenges for South African companies as attacks on smartphones and tablets are likely to increase again in 2014. So says Richard Broeke, a consultant at leading IT security company, Securicom. “Reports...
Cloud architect to lead Microsoft
Not surprisingly, Microsoft has confirmed that its former executive vice-president for cloud and enterprise, Satya Nadella, will succeed Steve Ballmer as the company’s CEO. Microsoft also announced that Bill Gates, previously chairman of the board of directors, will...
Telkom team to tackle turnaround
Telkom has appointed a new chief marketing officer, Enzo Scarcella, and a chief procurement officer, Ian Russell, to join a top leadership team tasked with guiding the company’s transformation. Scarcella and Russell reported for duty this week at Telkom’s head offices...
Vodacom grows customers, revenue
Vodacom increased its group revenue by 10,5% to R20,219-billion for the quarter ended 31 December 2013. Group service revenue increased 6,4% to R16 248, up 3,4% on a normalised basis and in line with guidance. Group data revenue increased 40,7% to R3 611-million, and...
DiData acquisition grows European footprint
Dimension Data is following through on its plan to increase revenues, and has completed the acquisition of NextiraOne. Last year, CEO Brett Dawson says the organisation aimed to double its revenues from $6-billion to $12-billion in the next five years. This would be...
SA firms set to increase security spend
Overall security software spending in South Africa is set to increase 9,7% year-on-year in 2014 to total $149,54-million, according to the latest South African Security Software Market 2013 to 2017 Forecast from International Data Corporation (IDC). This represents a...
Schneider Electric completes Uniflair merger
Schneider Electric South Africa has announced the finalisation of its merger with Uniflair South Africa, and Uniflair’s complete integration into the Schneider Electric flagship brand. The announcement follows the positive business outcomes of the 2010 acquisition of...
Mustek expects to raise interim earnings
JSE-listed Mustek is expecting its earnings for the six months ended 31 December 2013 to be markedly higher than for the previous comparable period. The company has issued a trading statement alerting shareholders that its headline earnings per share (HEOS) and basic...