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Moving to a new era of fraud prevention
While insurance companies have used tried and tested techniques for fraud detection for decades, high performance analytics now allows them to become proactive in identifying fraud before it happens, says Dr Tracy Dunbar, director of Analytics at BITanium. Fraudulent...
Huawei launches Ascend P6 smartphone
Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, has unveiled the Huawei Ascend P6, one of the world’s slimmest smartphones measuring a mere 6,18mm. The smartphone features a 1.5GHz quad-core processor and a sleek metallic...
OpenText buys Cordys to expand BPM
OpenText, a global leader in enterprise information management (EIM), has announced that it has acquired BPM market leader Cordys. The addition of Cordys affords OpenText customers the most comprehensive set of EIM and BPM software from a single vendor. Customers...
Big data key to success in SA
A vast majority (83%) of South African companies believe that using big data will help them to improve their decision-making; however, most organisations are battling to implement a technology that will take advantage of this. EMC yesterday released the findings of a...
Intel debuts Android tablet for education
Intel has introduced an education-focused tablet reference design, featuring an Intel Atom processor and the Android operating system code-named Ice Cream Sandwich. The Intel Education tablet is specifically for education, featuring student-friendly designs that...
Lenovo on top of the PC world
Lenovo has reported quarterly revenue of $8,8-billion, a 10% increase year-over-year, for the first fiscal quarter ended 30 June 2013. At the same time, Lenovo’s first quarter pre-tax income increased 16% year-over-year to US$215-million, while earnings grew 23%...
Great ideas at the pitching den
South Africa’s sixth Innovation Summit, being held at the Industrial Development Corporation in Sandton from 27 to 29 August, will for the second consecutive year feature “the Pitching Den”. This is a hugely useful forum that enables entrepreneurs, researchers,...
BlackBerry Buddies on the expansion trail
BlackBerry Buddies – the friendly people who help South African BlackBerry customers get the most from their smartphones - have assisted approximately 4 800 people a month since the launch of the programme in July last year. The BlackBerry Buddies have been on hand at...
Afrihost moves to mobile broadband
A recent study found that almost 8-million South Africans connect to the Internet using their cell phones, with nearly 2,5-million of those subscribers having no other means of accessing the Internet. With the number of Internet users expected to double by 2016,...
Africa is new kidnap and ransom hotspot
Based on recent statistics released by specialist crisis prevention and response consultancy NYA International, Africa accounted for 36% of kidnap and ransom incidents globally, putting it well ahead of the Americas (27%) and Asia (19%). In fact, kidnap for ransom has...
Fortinet announces portfolio additions
Fortinet - a world leader in high-performance network security - has announced the first new additions to its secure application delivery product portfolio that are a direct result of the company’s recent acquisitions of Coyote Point Systems and XDN. The FortiADC-300E...
Twitter age verification aids compliance
South African alcohol brands and other companies that sell age-restricted products can currently sign up for an age verification service with Twitter that will help them keep minors from following their Twitter accounts. The Twitter age-screening system is based on a...
Africa needs light to grow
Studies by organisations such as the United Nations reveal that over 1,6-billion people still don’t have access to light, of which 30% of whom live in Africa. According to Sumesh Rahavendra, head of Marketing for DHL Express sub-Saharan Africa, using solar powered...
Moving to a new era of fraud prevention
While insurance companies have used tried and tested techniques for fraud detection for decades, high performance analytics now allows them to become proactive in identifying fraud before it happens, says Dr Tracy Dunbar, director of Analytics at BITanium. Fraudulent...
Huawei launches Ascend P6 smartphone
Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, has unveiled the Huawei Ascend P6, one of the world’s slimmest smartphones measuring a mere 6,18mm. The smartphone features a 1.5GHz quad-core processor and a sleek metallic...
OpenText buys Cordys to expand BPM
OpenText, a global leader in enterprise information management (EIM), has announced that it has acquired BPM market leader Cordys. The addition of Cordys affords OpenText customers the most comprehensive set of EIM and BPM software from a single vendor. Customers...
Big data key to success in SA
A vast majority (83%) of South African companies believe that using big data will help them to improve their decision-making; however, most organisations are battling to implement a technology that will take advantage of this. EMC yesterday released the findings of a...
Intel debuts Android tablet for education
Intel has introduced an education-focused tablet reference design, featuring an Intel Atom processor and the Android operating system code-named Ice Cream Sandwich. The Intel Education tablet is specifically for education, featuring student-friendly designs that...
Lenovo on top of the PC world
Lenovo has reported quarterly revenue of $8,8-billion, a 10% increase year-over-year, for the first fiscal quarter ended 30 June 2013. At the same time, Lenovo’s first quarter pre-tax income increased 16% year-over-year to US$215-million, while earnings grew 23%...
Great ideas at the pitching den
South Africa’s sixth Innovation Summit, being held at the Industrial Development Corporation in Sandton from 27 to 29 August, will for the second consecutive year feature “the Pitching Den”. This is a hugely useful forum that enables entrepreneurs, researchers,...