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Is your smartphone violating your privacy?
The average smartphone sends out hundreds of thousands of pieces of information every day, giving away its location and unique identity to advertising agencies around the world. The findings come from a special Channel 4 News investigation in the UK, which used a...
Data profiling keeps a database fresh
Having an updated database that contains the names and contact details of both existing customers and prospective clients is one of the most vital marketing tools for a company of any size. “No matter what type of industry you’re in, your clients and business partners...
Malware, spam and phishing on the rise
Attacks that employ a variety of malicious programs, phishing attacks and spam remain the cyber-threats most frequently encountered by companies, with the volume of malicious attacks and spam increasing substantially in 2013 when compared to 2012. These are the...
Contact centres need innovation boost
With some local contact centres still resting on technology nearly a decade old, it’s time for contact centres to embrace innovation or face being left behind, says Karl Reed, chief marketing and solutions officer at Elingo. Across the world, the fastest-growing...
Leading the business by going digital
The mission of most IT organisations is to serve the business by focusing on ways to cut costs, enhance productivity and streamline processes, says Lee Naik, MD: IT Strategy and Transformation at Accenture SA. There are good reasons for this, as more efficient...
Retailers run DDoS risks
Retailers around the world are at risk of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks over the festive season and into the new year. Prolexic, the global leader in Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection services, has announced the results of a survey of...
Neotel targets SMMEs with wireless broadband
Neotel has launched NeoBroadband Omni - a wireless broadband service aimed at small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs), with both capped and uncapped options. Abid Qadiri, chief of business solutions and excellence at Neotel says that NeoBroadband Omni has been...
Mobile malware comes of age
The third quarter of 2013 was a turning point for malware writers specialising in mobile platforms, according to the latest review of the cyber-threats by Kaspersky Lab. In June experts discovered the new Svpeng Trojan, capable of gaining access to a victim’s bank...
Jasco wins Medscheme IT support contract
Jasco has entered into a three-year agreement to provide IT support to Helios IT Solutions, which provides IT services to one of South Africa’s largest health administration and managed care service providers, Medscheme. In terms of the contract, Jasco Electronics...
Innovators step up to the challenge
South Africa’s first national business idea competition, aimed specifically at inventors and innovators, has announced its 2013 winners. The winners and runners-up include a unique spray to rapidly detach braids from natural hair, a cattle “breathalyzer” that can...
SecureData joins HID’s partner programme
SecureData Africa, a wholly owned subsidiary of JSE-listed SecureData Holdings, has announced that it has become a member of the HID Advantage Partner Programme. The Programme is an extension of Genuine HID and is designed to assure the delivery of superior quality...
Jasco aims to raise R57,6m
Jasco Electronics is aiming to raise R57,6-million through a rights offer, to fund the final stage of the group’s three-year turnaround strategy. The board has announced a rights offer of 72-million ordinary shares at 80 cents per share amounting to R57,6-million. The...
BMC Software awards Blue Turtle top honours
Blue Turtle Technologies has scooped top honours as the Top Emerging Markets Solution Provider FY 2013 at the BMC Software Partner Summit held in London recently. BMC Software designed the awards to recognise partners who have made outstanding contributions in the...
Is your smartphone violating your privacy?
The average smartphone sends out hundreds of thousands of pieces of information every day, giving away its location and unique identity to advertising agencies around the world. The findings come from a special Channel 4 News investigation in the UK, which used a...
Data profiling keeps a database fresh
Having an updated database that contains the names and contact details of both existing customers and prospective clients is one of the most vital marketing tools for a company of any size. “No matter what type of industry you’re in, your clients and business partners...
Malware, spam and phishing on the rise
Attacks that employ a variety of malicious programs, phishing attacks and spam remain the cyber-threats most frequently encountered by companies, with the volume of malicious attacks and spam increasing substantially in 2013 when compared to 2012. These are the...
Contact centres need innovation boost
With some local contact centres still resting on technology nearly a decade old, it’s time for contact centres to embrace innovation or face being left behind, says Karl Reed, chief marketing and solutions officer at Elingo. Across the world, the fastest-growing...
Leading the business by going digital
The mission of most IT organisations is to serve the business by focusing on ways to cut costs, enhance productivity and streamline processes, says Lee Naik, MD: IT Strategy and Transformation at Accenture SA. There are good reasons for this, as more efficient...
Retailers run DDoS risks
Retailers around the world are at risk of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks over the festive season and into the new year. Prolexic, the global leader in Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection services, has announced the results of a survey of...
Neotel targets SMMEs with wireless broadband
Neotel has launched NeoBroadband Omni - a wireless broadband service aimed at small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs), with both capped and uncapped options. Abid Qadiri, chief of business solutions and excellence at Neotel says that NeoBroadband Omni has been...