Technology News
Understanding and using SAFe
The software development world is seeing a second wave of enterprise agility starting to happen. The first wave saw development teams become agile. The second wave is focused on the entire enterprise – marketing, development, IT operations, finance and so on. Agile...
First BYOD, now BYOA challenges IT
First it was bring your own device (BYOD) and now it’s bring your own app (BYOA) – another growing trend that is taking company data out of companies’ control and causing a security struggle for IT departments. “Employees are finding and downloading their third-party...
Security best practices for local SMB
Cybercrime in South Africa is increasing at epidemic proportions and small to medium businesses have turned into key targets for cybercriminals. Small businesses rarely recover from cyber-attacks, but there are some very simple steps you can take to protect your...
Bad data causes businesses to fail
Gartner says that poor data quality is a primary reason for 40% of business initiatives failing to achieve their targeted benefits. Data quality also affects the overall labour productivity by as much as 20%. Information management and data integration are expected to...
Accsys launches PeopleWare Mobi
Business Connexion Group member Accsys has once again proven the value of its people and technology expertise with the launch of PeopleWare Mobi, the first-of-its-kind employee self-service (ESS) mobile app to the domestic market. Accsys is a national supplier of...
Apple is new top global brand
Coca-Cola, which was the world’s most valuable brand for 13 consecutive years, has been bumped down to number three in the Interbrands Best Global Brands report – with Apple as the new top brand, followed by Google at number two. This year, the total value of all 100...
Vodacom confirms Neotel takeover talks
Vodacom has confirmed that it is in talks to possibly acquire Neotel. A SENS statement says Vodacom has “entered into exclusive discussions with the shareholders of Neotel to consider a possible acquisition of 100% of the issued share capital in and shareholder loan...
Pillay takes the reins at Develop SA
Develop South Africa, a division of the Bidvest Group, has announced the appointment of Marc Pillay as MD. Pillay has been responsible for evolving the Develop brand since its launch in the South African market in 2009, in his position as general manager. Over the...
Symantec takes down major botnet
Symantec claims to have successfully sinkholed a significant part of the ZeroAccess botnet, which has been active since 2011 and is one of the largest known botnets in existence – with upwards of 1,9-million infected computers, generating tens of millions of dollars...
Samsung and Telkom partner on SmartTV
South African consumers are now able to combine fixed-line ADSL connectivity from Telkom with one of four top-range Samsung Smart TV sets that provides access to a world of entertainment in one bill. "This partnership between Samsung and Telkom (effective Friday 20...
EMC doubles channel partner revenue
EMC Southern Africa is positioning itself as a vendor of choice for the channel through an aggressive business partner programme that drives most of its sales through a network of resellers, systems integrators and consulting partners. Over the past seven years, EMC...
Westcon-Comztek wins Microsoft award
Westcon-Comztek has once again come out on top at the recent Microsoft Partner Awards raking in the award as Volume Licensing and Cloud Distributor of the year for 2013. The award ceremony, held in Johannesburg at the end of September, acknowledges and recognises the...
Racks save SMBs space
When it comes to IT equipment, most small medium businesses (SMBs) experience the same problem. Cables all over the place, servers taking up valuable office space, and other equipment scattered across the floor and on desks as space permits. Other than looking untidy,...
Understanding and using SAFe
The software development world is seeing a second wave of enterprise agility starting to happen. The first wave saw development teams become agile. The second wave is focused on the entire enterprise – marketing, development, IT operations, finance and so on. Agile...
First BYOD, now BYOA challenges IT
First it was bring your own device (BYOD) and now it’s bring your own app (BYOA) – another growing trend that is taking company data out of companies’ control and causing a security struggle for IT departments. “Employees are finding and downloading their third-party...
Security best practices for local SMB
Cybercrime in South Africa is increasing at epidemic proportions and small to medium businesses have turned into key targets for cybercriminals. Small businesses rarely recover from cyber-attacks, but there are some very simple steps you can take to protect your...
Bad data causes businesses to fail
Gartner says that poor data quality is a primary reason for 40% of business initiatives failing to achieve their targeted benefits. Data quality also affects the overall labour productivity by as much as 20%. Information management and data integration are expected to...
Accsys launches PeopleWare Mobi
Business Connexion Group member Accsys has once again proven the value of its people and technology expertise with the launch of PeopleWare Mobi, the first-of-its-kind employee self-service (ESS) mobile app to the domestic market. Accsys is a national supplier of...
Apple is new top global brand
Coca-Cola, which was the world’s most valuable brand for 13 consecutive years, has been bumped down to number three in the Interbrands Best Global Brands report – with Apple as the new top brand, followed by Google at number two. This year, the total value of all 100...
Vodacom confirms Neotel takeover talks
Vodacom has confirmed that it is in talks to possibly acquire Neotel. A SENS statement says Vodacom has “entered into exclusive discussions with the shareholders of Neotel to consider a possible acquisition of 100% of the issued share capital in and shareholder loan...