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EMC, Bidvest and DiData form partnership
Bidvest Magnum, Dimension Data and EMC Southern Africa have formed an alliance to provide South African organisations with solutions that enable them to streamline management of their physical security environments and to better leverage data for their physical...
Check Point announces R77
Check Point Software Technologies, a worldwide leader in securing the Internet, has announced the availability of Check Point R77, the latest release for its award-winning Software Blade Architecture. The Check Point R77 brings together preventative security...
New Nokia models available locally
Nokia has announced local availability of the Nokia Lumia 925 and Nokia Lumia 625, with both smartphones expected in South Africa next week along with the latest addition to the Asha range, the Nokia Asha 210. Joining the new devices locally in October will be a new...
McAfee online safety programme booms
McAfee has announced that it has reached more than 100 000 youth, parents and teachers around the globe with its cyber education programme. The McAfee Cares - Online Safety for Kids Program is a free school initiative that utilises McAfee employees, partners and...
SADC leaders in broadband accord
A ministerial summit in Botswana, under the auspices of the GSM Association (GSMA), has signed a communique focusing on what the region needs to do to achieve digital terrestrial television migration and begin moving towards widespread mobile broadband. John Giusti,...
Bashier Sallie resigns from Telkom
Bashier Sallie, MD: Wholesale and Networks at Telkom, has resigned. This was announced this afternoon by Telkom Group CEO, Sipho Maseko. Bashier joined Telkom in 1986 and has worked in technology and network services for most of the time. He held various positions,...
Mxit promotes literacy via mobile phones
The FunDza Literacy Trust and mobile social network Mxit have been using mobile phones to foster a culture of reading among South Africa’s youth since 2011. FunDza has published more than 100 short stories on Mxit – reaching an average of 50 000 monthly readers who...
SA pips Brazil in competitive ranks
South Africa has been ranked 53rd this year in the World Economic Forum’s The Global Competitiveness Report 2013-2014, which assesses the competitiveness landscape of 148 economies, providing insight into the drivers of their productivity and prosperity. Sub-Saharan...
MTN SA experiencing surge in vandalism
MTN SA has experienced a surge in vandalism of transformers and siphoning of diesel at its cell phone network tower sites. The company has issued a statement saying that the vandals, who seem to be working as a syndicate, also steal batteries after breaking the...
Just no stopping global mobile phone growth
The worldwide mobile phone market is forecast to grow 7,3% year-over-year in 2013, marking a sharp rebound from the nearly flat (1,2%) growth experienced in 2012. Strong demand for smartphones across all geographies will drive much of this growth as worldwide...
Pillars of PCI compliance
The Payments Association of South Africa (PASA) has mandated that merchants of all sizes that process, store or transmit credit card information must comply with the Payment Card Industry (PCI) security compliance by the end of 2013. Consequently, retailers have to...
CRS iSight keeps HR standards in focus
In light of the introduction of the first-of-its-kind formal HR standards in South Africa, devised by industry and the SA Board for People Practices (SABPP), CRS Technologies, a leading local provider of HR & payroll services and solutions, has launched its iSight...
PV systems need lightning, surge protection
In recent years, photovoltaic (PV) systems have become a significant sector within the energy market, with the International Energy Agency in 2011 saying that "the development of affordable, inexhaustible and clean solar energy technologies will have huge longer-term...
EMC, Bidvest and DiData form partnership
Bidvest Magnum, Dimension Data and EMC Southern Africa have formed an alliance to provide South African organisations with solutions that enable them to streamline management of their physical security environments and to better leverage data for their physical...
Check Point announces R77
Check Point Software Technologies, a worldwide leader in securing the Internet, has announced the availability of Check Point R77, the latest release for its award-winning Software Blade Architecture. The Check Point R77 brings together preventative security...
New Nokia models available locally
Nokia has announced local availability of the Nokia Lumia 925 and Nokia Lumia 625, with both smartphones expected in South Africa next week along with the latest addition to the Asha range, the Nokia Asha 210. Joining the new devices locally in October will be a new...
McAfee online safety programme booms
McAfee has announced that it has reached more than 100 000 youth, parents and teachers around the globe with its cyber education programme. The McAfee Cares - Online Safety for Kids Program is a free school initiative that utilises McAfee employees, partners and...
SADC leaders in broadband accord
A ministerial summit in Botswana, under the auspices of the GSM Association (GSMA), has signed a communique focusing on what the region needs to do to achieve digital terrestrial television migration and begin moving towards widespread mobile broadband. John Giusti,...
Bashier Sallie resigns from Telkom
Bashier Sallie, MD: Wholesale and Networks at Telkom, has resigned. This was announced this afternoon by Telkom Group CEO, Sipho Maseko. Bashier joined Telkom in 1986 and has worked in technology and network services for most of the time. He held various positions,...
Mxit promotes literacy via mobile phones
The FunDza Literacy Trust and mobile social network Mxit have been using mobile phones to foster a culture of reading among South Africa’s youth since 2011. FunDza has published more than 100 short stories on Mxit – reaching an average of 50 000 monthly readers who...