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Tuition-free university recruits in Africa
University of the People (UoPeople) president and founder Shai Reshef is arriving in South Africa this month to recruit hundreds of deserving students for Microsoft’s 4Afrika scholarship. UoPeople aims to expand access to tertiary education in Africa, and in turn...
Dexter still threatens small retailers
Industry claims that systems affected by Dexter point of sale (POS) malware attacks in South Africa’s biggest fast food chains and restaurants are clean and that consumers have nothing to worry about are unfounded. This is according to Wayne Olsen, chief technology...
Multimedia drives network requirements
Users’ mobile data usage is having a significant impact on networks. Citrix has released the Citrix Mobile Analytics Report for the fourth quarter of 2013, which finds: * Instagram versus Vine - which drives more network traffic? In January 2013, Twitter released...
Microsoft hub supports SA’s SMEs
Microsoft has unveiled an online hub that will give South African small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) access to a range of free products and services from Microsoft and other partners. Launched by chief operating officer Kevin Turner, the hub is designed to...
ISPA hits back on local loop statements
The Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA) has taken issue with statements attributed to Telkom Group CEO Sipho Maseka regarding local loop unbundling (LLU). The Telkom CEO was reported in late September 2013 as stating that the incumbent would fight LLU as it...
New transformation from Acer
Acer founder Stan Shih is driving a new transformation of the company, following the resignation of chairman and CEO JT Wang. Wang will remain in the chairmanship until the end of his tenure next June, while corporate president Jim Wong will succeed him as the new CEO...
Two data centres is enough, says Gartner
Most global organisations have too many data centres in too many countries, according to Gartner. Gartner says that in order for businesses to save costs and optimise service delivery, they need a twin data centre topology for each continent of major business...
MTN SA launches LTE in Bloemfontein
MTN SA has launched commercial LTE (long term evolution) in Bloemfontein, serving the central region of South Africa. Data explosion is here to stay says Eben Albertyn, chief technology officer at MTN SA. “Data traffic continues to grow exponentially, led by video and...
New model needed for skills matching
A new mindset and culture are needed to match the thousands of unemployed young people to the jobs available in the IT industry. There are currently 829 000 jobs that are vacant for highly-skilled workers in South Africa, most notably in the medical, accounting,...
Telkom Business launches security offering
Telkom Business has introduced Consolidated Threat Management (CTM) to the market. CTM is a comprehensive security service offering for perimeter and branch office networks. “CTM is a leading-edge, all-inclusive offering that sets the benchmark in the South African IT...
Phone out of favour for Gen Y
For Generation Y - individuals born between 1980 and 2000 - the phone is now the third choice of engagement after electronic messaging and smartphone applications. New contact centre research also shows that the preference gaps for Generation X (individuals born...
Ricoh SA set to double headcount
By Mark Davison at Ricoh’s EMEA Strategy Session, London – By “eating its own dog food” when it comes to cloud computing, Ricoh South Africa could nearly double the headcount in its shared services division by this time next year from 160 people to 300. Jacques van...
Ricoh open for African business
By Mark Davison at Ricoh’s EMEA Strategy Session, London – As one of the few growth regions in the volume printer market, Africa is firmly in Ricoh’s sights in terms of investment and increased market presence. Richard Allison, director of the IT Distribution Channel...
Tuition-free university recruits in Africa
University of the People (UoPeople) president and founder Shai Reshef is arriving in South Africa this month to recruit hundreds of deserving students for Microsoft’s 4Afrika scholarship. UoPeople aims to expand access to tertiary education in Africa, and in turn...
Dexter still threatens small retailers
Industry claims that systems affected by Dexter point of sale (POS) malware attacks in South Africa’s biggest fast food chains and restaurants are clean and that consumers have nothing to worry about are unfounded. This is according to Wayne Olsen, chief technology...
Multimedia drives network requirements
Users’ mobile data usage is having a significant impact on networks. Citrix has released the Citrix Mobile Analytics Report for the fourth quarter of 2013, which finds: * Instagram versus Vine - which drives more network traffic? In January 2013, Twitter released...
Microsoft hub supports SA’s SMEs
Microsoft has unveiled an online hub that will give South African small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) access to a range of free products and services from Microsoft and other partners. Launched by chief operating officer Kevin Turner, the hub is designed to...
ISPA hits back on local loop statements
The Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA) has taken issue with statements attributed to Telkom Group CEO Sipho Maseka regarding local loop unbundling (LLU). The Telkom CEO was reported in late September 2013 as stating that the incumbent would fight LLU as it...
New transformation from Acer
Acer founder Stan Shih is driving a new transformation of the company, following the resignation of chairman and CEO JT Wang. Wang will remain in the chairmanship until the end of his tenure next June, while corporate president Jim Wong will succeed him as the new CEO...
Two data centres is enough, says Gartner
Most global organisations have too many data centres in too many countries, according to Gartner. Gartner says that in order for businesses to save costs and optimise service delivery, they need a twin data centre topology for each continent of major business...