Technology News
Telkom warns public of recruitment scam
Telkom has been made aware of a recruitment scam promising successful candidates a paid “Telkom internship” at the company, upon payment of a “learnership fee” of R90. Upon initial investigation the adverts have been targeting candidates in Bloemfontein, the Free...
African economies are on the move
2014 saw the highest level of activity in African equity capital markets (ECM) over the previous five years, and a significant increase in both transaction volume and capital raised during 2014 compared to the prior year, according to a report issued by PwC. PwC’s...
Display area demand drives flat panel growth
Once focused on unit growth, the entire global flat-panel display (FPD) industry is now shifting to focus on area-demand growth. According to IHS, display panel shipments for all FPD applications grew 9%, year over year, to reach 168,9-million square meters in 2014....
CIOs must digitally remaster organisations
Many industries have already been disrupted and redefined by digitalisation. As the digital revolution progresses, it will create an even greater need for new information management roles as business units rush to harness the digital opportunities of big data. Gartner...
R1m up for grabs in BBM recruitment drive
BlackBerry is actively looking to sign up South African BBM users, and will give away up to R1-million worth of prizes in its people-centric engagement programme called The Great South African BBM Recruitment Contest. This initiative, the first of its kind for the messaging application, is designed to simultaneously express appreciation to South Africa’s millions of loyal BBM users while opening the door to thousands more.
EMV card fraud is on the increase
Following some high-profile data breaches in 2014, US payment card network participants began heavily endorsing Europay, MasterCard and Visa (EMV) chip cards as an important way to prevent damage from payment card breaches. However, criminals have taken advantage of...
SMMEs win as broadband costs plummet
The price of broadband Internet access for small- to medium-sized businesses is plummeting. According to Turrito Networks commercial director Louis Jardim, this is opening the way to more widespread investment in cloud applications and services. “The price of...
Handi’Educ app an innovation finalist
Team Handi’Educ from Senegal has emerged a semi-finalist in the Ericsson Innovation Awards representing sub-Saharan Africa. The innovative team, comprising three engineering students, developed an educative Web/mobile application to support handicapped children in a...
Artisan training numbers in downward spiral
As on-going retrenchments in the mining industry continue, artisan training appears to be in a downward spiral, according to at least one private artisan training company. Sean Jones, a co-founder and director of Artisan Training Institute (ATI), says bookings for...
EMC reports record results
EMC Corporation has reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2014 financial results. Record fourth-quarter consolidated revenue was $7-billion, up 5% year-over-year. GAAP net income attributable to EMC was $1,15-billion, an increase of 12% compared with the year-ago...
Telkom, BCX withdraw ICASA application
Telkom and Business Connexion (BCX) have withdrawn their application to the Independent Communications Authority of SA (ICASA) for licences to be transferred from BCX to Telkom. In a joint statement, the two organisations state that, having reviewed the Electronic Communication Act, with particular focus on sections 13(1) and 31(2A), the view has been taken that the application for the transfers of licenses will not be required – hence their withdrawal of the application.
First decline seen in tablet sales
Worldwide tablet shipments recorded a year-over-year decline for the first time since the market’s inception in 2010. Overall shipments for tablets and 2-in-1 devices reached 76,1-million in the fourth quarter of 2014 (4Q14) for -3,2% growth, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker.
Bytes acquisition given the go-ahead
The Competition Tribunal has approved Bytes People Solutions’ acquisition of the business of Inter-Active Technologies. The agreement, as approved by the Commission, will be effective from 3 March 2015. The acquisition will involve the transfer of the employees and contracts of Inter-Active Technologies into Bytes People Solutions.
Telkom warns public of recruitment scam
Telkom has been made aware of a recruitment scam promising successful candidates a paid “Telkom internship” at the company, upon payment of a “learnership fee” of R90. Upon initial investigation the adverts have been targeting candidates in Bloemfontein, the Free...
African economies are on the move
2014 saw the highest level of activity in African equity capital markets (ECM) over the previous five years, and a significant increase in both transaction volume and capital raised during 2014 compared to the prior year, according to a report issued by PwC. PwC’s...
Display area demand drives flat panel growth
Once focused on unit growth, the entire global flat-panel display (FPD) industry is now shifting to focus on area-demand growth. According to IHS, display panel shipments for all FPD applications grew 9%, year over year, to reach 168,9-million square meters in 2014....
CIOs must digitally remaster organisations
Many industries have already been disrupted and redefined by digitalisation. As the digital revolution progresses, it will create an even greater need for new information management roles as business units rush to harness the digital opportunities of big data. Gartner...
R1m up for grabs in BBM recruitment drive
BlackBerry is actively looking to sign up South African BBM users, and will give away up to R1-million worth of prizes in its people-centric engagement programme called The Great South African BBM Recruitment Contest. This initiative, the first of its kind for the messaging application, is designed to simultaneously express appreciation to South Africa’s millions of loyal BBM users while opening the door to thousands more.
EMV card fraud is on the increase
Following some high-profile data breaches in 2014, US payment card network participants began heavily endorsing Europay, MasterCard and Visa (EMV) chip cards as an important way to prevent damage from payment card breaches. However, criminals have taken advantage of...
SMMEs win as broadband costs plummet
The price of broadband Internet access for small- to medium-sized businesses is plummeting. According to Turrito Networks commercial director Louis Jardim, this is opening the way to more widespread investment in cloud applications and services. “The price of...