Technology News
Solar-powered labs bring IT to Africa
As the new school year starts, learners and teachers at Umhloti Primary School in Verulam, KwaZulu-Natal, will join the global tech savvy community, learning to adapt to the modern tools thanks to their new solar-powered PC lab. giveITback, in partnership with...
Employee behaviour puts companies at risk
Bad news for companies is that employees are increasingly taking part in risky mobile behaviour, with nearly 90% accessing confidential information on mobile devices, despite less than a quarter of them receiving mobile security training. This is the word from Derick...
Wits responds to funding protests
Professor Adam Habib, vice-chancellor and principal of Wits University, has released this statement about student funding and financial aid: The higher education sector is at risk due to a lack of substantial funding from the state and other societal actors. The...
Eugene Kaspersky talks at Davos
Eugene Kaspersky, chairman and CEO of Kaspesky Lab, will address the most pressing issues facing cybersecurity during a panel session at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week. Thomas Hendrik Ilves, president of Estonia; Jean-Paul Laborde, executive director of...
Huawei to sponsor rugby teams
Technology provider Huawei has announced a partnership with South Africa's top five rugby unions as their official smartphone, tablet and talkband supplier. Announcing the sponsorship deal in Johannesburg, Huawei's product marketing director for South Africa, Yudi...
CallCabinet Atmos boosts compliance
For the first time in South Africa, PBX suppliers and manufacturers can offer their clients an affordable, secure and fully compliant voice logging solution as an affordable optional extra on their standard PBX solutions. This follows the launch of CallCabinet Atmos,...
The cloud keeps rolling in
The outlook for enterprises globally is that it will soon be blanketed by cloud – those tools and services which enable users to store and transfer data online, instead of on physical devices. This forecast comes from the reputable American information technology...
Schneider debuts MP4 services
Electrical distribution equipment powers practically every business on the planet. As such, it is the lifeblood of a business and is responsible for maximising production levels by increasing installation availability and quality, as well as improving a business’...
The app and the evolution of ERP
Like many other aspects of the technology industry, mobility has an indelible impact even on enterprise software. That’s probably most obvious in the recent introduction of apps which are fully capable of running small enterprises, either as stand-alone modules, or as...
Predicting DDoS attacks
Distributed denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are back in the news; it seems that barely a month goes by without media reports of a Web site or service being brought down by a DDoS attack. Sony’s PlayStation Network again became the victim of such an attack recently,...
MTN re-organises enterprise business unit
MTN South Africa is to reorganise its MTN Business unit, implementing a new go-to-market structure that is in line with a revised group-wide business model. “We are reorganising to enhance our customer service and market differentiation,” says Alpheus Mangale, chief...
SA start-up heads to Switzerland
South African start up Lumkani will be going to Geneva for the Seedstars World (SSW) final event on 4 February. Lumkani won Seedstars Cape Town last July and is among the 36 start-ups that will compete and pitch for $500 000 equity investment. More than 1 500...
January blues drive online classifieds
Online classifieds are performing better than ever as consumers put unwanted goods up for sale during what is traditionally the most cash-strapped month of the year. Various online classifieds have reported a surge in trading since the beginning of the year, a trend...
Solar-powered labs bring IT to Africa
As the new school year starts, learners and teachers at Umhloti Primary School in Verulam, KwaZulu-Natal, will join the global tech savvy community, learning to adapt to the modern tools thanks to their new solar-powered PC lab. giveITback, in partnership with...
Employee behaviour puts companies at risk
Bad news for companies is that employees are increasingly taking part in risky mobile behaviour, with nearly 90% accessing confidential information on mobile devices, despite less than a quarter of them receiving mobile security training. This is the word from Derick...
Wits responds to funding protests
Professor Adam Habib, vice-chancellor and principal of Wits University, has released this statement about student funding and financial aid: The higher education sector is at risk due to a lack of substantial funding from the state and other societal actors. The...
Eugene Kaspersky talks at Davos
Eugene Kaspersky, chairman and CEO of Kaspesky Lab, will address the most pressing issues facing cybersecurity during a panel session at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week. Thomas Hendrik Ilves, president of Estonia; Jean-Paul Laborde, executive director of...
Huawei to sponsor rugby teams
Technology provider Huawei has announced a partnership with South Africa's top five rugby unions as their official smartphone, tablet and talkband supplier. Announcing the sponsorship deal in Johannesburg, Huawei's product marketing director for South Africa, Yudi...
CallCabinet Atmos boosts compliance
For the first time in South Africa, PBX suppliers and manufacturers can offer their clients an affordable, secure and fully compliant voice logging solution as an affordable optional extra on their standard PBX solutions. This follows the launch of CallCabinet Atmos,...
The cloud keeps rolling in
The outlook for enterprises globally is that it will soon be blanketed by cloud – those tools and services which enable users to store and transfer data online, instead of on physical devices. This forecast comes from the reputable American information technology...