Technology News
Fullerton resigns from MBT
Glenn Fullerton has resigned as CEO of the MB Technologies group. Earlier in 2013 Fullerton was involved in a serious cycling accident and has been through a period of recuperation over the past couple of months. Fullerton’s recovery has, however, not been at the pace...
SA mobile users fail in security
While the number of online adults who have experienced cybercrime has decreased, the average cost per victim has risen by 50%. This is according to findings from the 2013 Norton Report released today by Symantec. “Today’s cybercriminals are using more sophisticated...
Unlicensed software still big in SA
New figures indicate that a significant decline in the use of unlicensed software by South African companies is still some way off. This is according to BSA | The Software Alliance, the global advocate for the software industry, whose latest 2013 data shows that the...
Collaboration across IT, marketing vital
To meet the needs of today’s evolving digital, mobile and social world, marketing and technology executives are finding collaboration across people, processes and technologies is leading to more effective business outcomes. A study by Oracle, in partnership with...
Pinnacle Africa named Seagate distributor
Pinnacle Africa has been appointed as an official distribution partner of hard drive vendor Seagate, with immediate effect. The local personal and entry-level storage (PELS) market grew by 10,7% year-on-year, with 16,8-million units shipped in 2Q13, according to the...
Java falls victim to its own popularity
The number of attacks using Java exploits from September 2012 to August 2013 amounted to 14,1-million – one-third more than in the same period in 2011 to 2012, according to the Kaspersky Lab study Java under Attack – the Evolution of Exploits in 2012-2013. Exploits...
Cash payments on a steady decline
Card payments are overtaking cash, with FNB reporting that non-cash purchases in its consumer segment surpassed cash withdrawals at its ATMs by R800-million. The dominance of card over cash is very new in the financial services sector – just two years ago, FNB...
Telkom signs up for Absa rewards programme
Telkom has signed a collaboration agreement with Absa and is now an official partner of Absa’s rewards programme. The partnership sees Telkom offering Absa customers greater value and rewards when subscribing to Telkom flagship Simple and Simple Uncapped products....
MWeb offers its own mobile data
MWeb has launched its own mobile data offering, which users can buy directly from the ISP. “We are excited to announce that from 1 November 2013 we are unveiling a variety of offers to celebrate our entry into the mobile data market,” says Carolyn Holgate, GM of MWeb...
Itec Group launches Itec Shared Services
With the office automation, software, PBX and telecommunications industry rapidly evolving, companies in this market must continuously innovate and change with shifting client requirements to stay competitive. In light of this, Itec has launched Itec Shared Services –...
The Internet of Things craze
The term the Internet of Things (IoT) was conceived when the Massachusetts Institute of Technology set up the Auto ID Centre in 1998. It focused on applying an electronic tag (RFID) to all items, effectively connecting them to a wider network - the Internet, says...
Oracle announces Utilities Data Model
Oracle has announced Oracle Utilities Data Model, a pre-built standards-based data warehouse schema and set of business intelligence dashboards designed to help utilities analyze growing smart grid and other enterprise data and quickly drive new business intelligence...
How to diagnose a security breach
A popular maxim today is that there are only two kinds of companies – those who have been breached, and those who have been breached but don’t know about it. Given that recent research has revealed that the average advanced persistent threat lurks on a business...
Fullerton resigns from MBT
Glenn Fullerton has resigned as CEO of the MB Technologies group. Earlier in 2013 Fullerton was involved in a serious cycling accident and has been through a period of recuperation over the past couple of months. Fullerton’s recovery has, however, not been at the pace...
SA mobile users fail in security
While the number of online adults who have experienced cybercrime has decreased, the average cost per victim has risen by 50%. This is according to findings from the 2013 Norton Report released today by Symantec. “Today’s cybercriminals are using more sophisticated...
Unlicensed software still big in SA
New figures indicate that a significant decline in the use of unlicensed software by South African companies is still some way off. This is according to BSA | The Software Alliance, the global advocate for the software industry, whose latest 2013 data shows that the...
Collaboration across IT, marketing vital
To meet the needs of today’s evolving digital, mobile and social world, marketing and technology executives are finding collaboration across people, processes and technologies is leading to more effective business outcomes. A study by Oracle, in partnership with...
Pinnacle Africa named Seagate distributor
Pinnacle Africa has been appointed as an official distribution partner of hard drive vendor Seagate, with immediate effect. The local personal and entry-level storage (PELS) market grew by 10,7% year-on-year, with 16,8-million units shipped in 2Q13, according to the...
Java falls victim to its own popularity
The number of attacks using Java exploits from September 2012 to August 2013 amounted to 14,1-million – one-third more than in the same period in 2011 to 2012, according to the Kaspersky Lab study Java under Attack – the Evolution of Exploits in 2012-2013. Exploits...
Cash payments on a steady decline
Card payments are overtaking cash, with FNB reporting that non-cash purchases in its consumer segment surpassed cash withdrawals at its ATMs by R800-million. The dominance of card over cash is very new in the financial services sector – just two years ago, FNB...