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App-unaware firewalls put data at risk
The world has gone app mad. Companies are rolling-out enterprise applications to drive productivity and make employees’ work easier, and employees have embraced, with open arms, a stunning array of apps to support their lifestyles. These personal Web-based apps are...
Platco Digital deploys Cisco VideoGuard
Cisco has announced that its VideoGuard conditional access solution has been selected by Platco Digital to help provide the whole of the African continent with access to affordable multi-channel TV. Initially deployed in South Africa, Platco’s free-to-air multichannel...
Huawei launches agile network switch
Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, has launched the industry’s first agile network architecture technology and agile switch, the S12700. With a design that has been developed from a service and user experience...
SAP on track for $1bn in Africa
Enterprise software giant SAP is well on track to achieve its goal of $1-billion in revenue in Africa by 2016. Although yesterday’s quarterly results showed global double-digit growth for the company – the 13th consecutive quarter to do so – Africa led the charge with...
Manuel throws down gauntlet to IT
Kathy Gibson reports from GovTech in Cape Town - The State IT Agency (SITA) and the industry as a whole have been challenged to develop strategies and services that will allow IT to empower South Africans across the board, Trevor Manuel, Minister in the Presidency,...
SITA calls for IT, government partnership
Kathy Gibson reports from GovTech in Cape Town - Government and industry must join forces and work together to achieve the goals of a capable and developmental state. This is the word from Jerry Vilakazi, chairman of the SITA board, addressing GovTech delegates here...
Samsung brings BBM to sub-Saharan Africa
Samsung has confirmed that BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) is now available to Samsung smartphone users in sub-Saharan Africa. This comes days ahead of the official rollout to other branded Android devices. The offer is valid until 20:00 on 24 October 2013. “The...
Slower growth for mobile devices
Worldwide combined shipments of devices (PCs, tablets and mobile phones) are projected to reach 2,32-billion units in 2013, a 4,5% increase from 2012, according to Gartner. The market is being driven by a shift to lower-priced devices in nearly all device categories....
Maritime cyber-attacks to grow sophisticated
Cyber-attacks on container ships and port infrastructure will get more sophisticated as time goes on and companies should be doing more to protect their supply chain security. Maritime and IT security companies have raised their concerns after hackers attacked the...
CA brings mainframe training to SA
CA Southern Africa has unveiled its plans to open the CA Mainframe Academy. This initiative will offer ICT graduates the opportunity to gain certification - and enhanced job opportunities - in a sector of the industry with rapidly escalating skills shortages. The...
QlikTech unveils business discovery roadmap
QlikTech has announced the company’s strategic roadmap to once again disrupt the business intelligence (BI) industry with its next-generation platform to enable better decision making. QlikView.Next is designed to expand on QlikTech’s focus of filling the gap between...
Africa uses e-learning for ITIL training
Specialist ICT training and services provider Quintica is experiencing growing demand for its ITIL e-learning based solutions from companies in remote regions throughout the African continent. Quintica currently offers online e-learning solutions for the popular ITIL...
McAfee announces SIEM solution
McAfee has announced the industry’s first “endpoint aware” security information event management (SIEM) solution that adds realtime system state information to enhance situational awareness and streamline incident response. This innovative solution brings together big...
App-unaware firewalls put data at risk
The world has gone app mad. Companies are rolling-out enterprise applications to drive productivity and make employees’ work easier, and employees have embraced, with open arms, a stunning array of apps to support their lifestyles. These personal Web-based apps are...
Platco Digital deploys Cisco VideoGuard
Cisco has announced that its VideoGuard conditional access solution has been selected by Platco Digital to help provide the whole of the African continent with access to affordable multi-channel TV. Initially deployed in South Africa, Platco’s free-to-air multichannel...
Huawei launches agile network switch
Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, has launched the industry’s first agile network architecture technology and agile switch, the S12700. With a design that has been developed from a service and user experience...
SAP on track for $1bn in Africa
Enterprise software giant SAP is well on track to achieve its goal of $1-billion in revenue in Africa by 2016. Although yesterday’s quarterly results showed global double-digit growth for the company – the 13th consecutive quarter to do so – Africa led the charge with...
Manuel throws down gauntlet to IT
Kathy Gibson reports from GovTech in Cape Town - The State IT Agency (SITA) and the industry as a whole have been challenged to develop strategies and services that will allow IT to empower South Africans across the board, Trevor Manuel, Minister in the Presidency,...
SITA calls for IT, government partnership
Kathy Gibson reports from GovTech in Cape Town - Government and industry must join forces and work together to achieve the goals of a capable and developmental state. This is the word from Jerry Vilakazi, chairman of the SITA board, addressing GovTech delegates here...
Samsung brings BBM to sub-Saharan Africa
Samsung has confirmed that BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) is now available to Samsung smartphone users in sub-Saharan Africa. This comes days ahead of the official rollout to other branded Android devices. The offer is valid until 20:00 on 24 October 2013. “The...