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SecureData signs up Blue Coat distribution
SecureData has signed a distribution agreement with Blue Coat and is committed to making the Blue Coat technology its biggest investment this year. Having set up a training centre in South Africa, SecureData CEO Wayne Olsen points out that the company is able to offer...
Do you know what your kids are doing online?
Almost one in five parents have lost either money or important personal data due to their children's unmonitored computer use, according to a 2013 survey carried out by B2B International and Kaspersky Lab. The survey found that globally about 27% of parents feared...
Local e-book impact still five years away
The South African book market continues to face a number of limitations in the wake of the high illiteracy rate and low incomes, coupled with the challenge of publishing books in multiple languages which effectively excludes large segments of the population from...
Pinnacle Africa to distribute Intel
Pinnacle Africa has signed a deal to become an official distributor of Intel products. Pinnacle Africa is an entirely owned subsidiary of the JSE listed Pinnacle Technology Holdings and works in close synergy with the other subsidiaries including AxizWorkgroup,...
SA scientists in R370m partnerships
The South African Medical Research Council (MRC) and University of Cape Town (UCT) have established two strategic multi-year partnerships with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), aimed at delivering new medicines, vaccines and other biotechnologies against...
DDoS attacks keep on growing
Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks grew throughout 2013, according to the top 10 attack trends published by Prolexic Technologies. Throughout the year, metrics were collected from all DDoS attacks launched against the company’s global client base by the...
Online gadget insurance launches in SA
SureThing has been launched as an online gadget insurance solution, covering personal electronic gadgets from R70 per month. The newly launched online company provides immediate, inexpensive and reliable insurance for cell phones, tablets, game consoles, laptops and...
Mobile ad spending to reach $18bn in 2014
Global mobile advertising spending is forecast to reach $18-billion in 2014, up from the estimated $13,1-billion in 2013, according to Gartner. The market is expected to grow to $41,9-billion by 2017. Gartner says that display formats will make up most of the revenue,...
Municipal bill payments made easy
Revolutionising business requires three primary ingredients: innovation; collaboration; and vision. The recent merger of Bytes Technology Group (BTG) and Altech, and the subsequent establishment of the Technology Multimedia Telecoms (TMT) Division of Altron, has...
Intuate becomes OpenSpan reseller
South African owned integrated solutions specialist, Intuate Group, has signed an agreement to become a reseller for OpenSpan, Inc., a global provider of worker optimisation, activity management and automation solutions, headquartered in North Atlanta, Georgia, USA....
The mystery of the Mars rock
NASA’s Curiosity rover has pictured a rock on the Mars surface – on a piece of ground where a previous photograph showed nothing. Before-and-after pair of images of the same patch of ground in front of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity 13 days apart documents...
Neotel invests in reducing network latency
Neotel has made significant investments to reduce network latency between South Africa and other BRICS countries. Network latency determines the amount of time it takes for a packet of data to get from one point to another. According to Abid Qadiri, chief of Business...
Intel to transition McAfee to Intel Security
Intel has announced its intention to rebrand the McAfee business under the Intel Security brand. Speaking at the recent Consumer Electronics Show, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich said Intel plans to offer elements of McAfee mobile security products for free to help guard...
SecureData signs up Blue Coat distribution
SecureData has signed a distribution agreement with Blue Coat and is committed to making the Blue Coat technology its biggest investment this year. Having set up a training centre in South Africa, SecureData CEO Wayne Olsen points out that the company is able to offer...
Do you know what your kids are doing online?
Almost one in five parents have lost either money or important personal data due to their children's unmonitored computer use, according to a 2013 survey carried out by B2B International and Kaspersky Lab. The survey found that globally about 27% of parents feared...
Local e-book impact still five years away
The South African book market continues to face a number of limitations in the wake of the high illiteracy rate and low incomes, coupled with the challenge of publishing books in multiple languages which effectively excludes large segments of the population from...
Pinnacle Africa to distribute Intel
Pinnacle Africa has signed a deal to become an official distributor of Intel products. Pinnacle Africa is an entirely owned subsidiary of the JSE listed Pinnacle Technology Holdings and works in close synergy with the other subsidiaries including AxizWorkgroup,...
SA scientists in R370m partnerships
The South African Medical Research Council (MRC) and University of Cape Town (UCT) have established two strategic multi-year partnerships with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), aimed at delivering new medicines, vaccines and other biotechnologies against...
DDoS attacks keep on growing
Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks grew throughout 2013, according to the top 10 attack trends published by Prolexic Technologies. Throughout the year, metrics were collected from all DDoS attacks launched against the company’s global client base by the...
Online gadget insurance launches in SA
SureThing has been launched as an online gadget insurance solution, covering personal electronic gadgets from R70 per month. The newly launched online company provides immediate, inexpensive and reliable insurance for cell phones, tablets, game consoles, laptops and...