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Businesses on new, info-driven trajectory
Data analytics is having a profound impact on business development within the current market. Specialists in HR and other business management disciplines believe the ability to extract and utilise information will be a significant contributor to business success going...
Samsung previews new Galaxy S4 content
At the Samsung Galaxy S4 local launch event, Samsung Electronics unveiled a suite of exciting new content services including Samsung Hub, an integrated multimedia content store offering a comprehensive media experience, providing, videos, books, games and learning...
Gijima wins NEC UCC award
Gijima, a leading JSE-listed IT company, has received the Best Unified Communication and Collaboration (UCC) Partner award at a Nippon Electronic Company (NEC) Partner Conference held in Dubai, in recognition of its accomplishments in the enterprise sector. “This...
Targeted malware on the rise
There was a massive surge in targeted malware attacks during 2012, growing 42% over the previous year. Designed to steal intellectual property, these targeted cyber-espionage attacks are increasingly hitting the manufacturing sector as well as small businesses, which...
ZACR on .africa awareness campaign
As the likely administrator of the new .africa generic Top Level Domain (gTLD), the ZA Central Registry (ZACR) has embarked on an awareness programme targeting Africa's best known brands. The .africa Pioneer Programme aims to encourage a premier set of early adopters...
US firms ready to invest in Africa
US companies are eager to invest in Africa, specifically in the power sector, according to the spokesman from one company that has already made such an investment. “Symbion Power and many other companies from the US are ready to invest in Africa,” says Symbion Power...
Trojans dominate Q1 threat landscape
During the first quarter of 2013 alone, more than 6,5-million new malware samples were created, following the trend of increasingly prevalent malware statistics of previous years. This is according to the PandaLabs Quarterly Report for Q1, which analysed the IT...
Debt mediation yields positive results
The National Debt Mediation Association’s latest quarterly report shows that 531 new cases of debt mediation were opened in the first quarter of this year. While this is a 19% decrease compared to the last quarter of 2012 where 659 new cases (excluding bulk cases)...
Computer science the top choice
Computer science is the most popular subject offered by the world’s top universities. The second and third most popular subjects are mechanical engineering and medicine. This is according to the 2013 QS World University Rankings by Subject, published on...
African innovator targets food production
With global population expected to grow to 9-billion by 2050, and with more than 900-million people living in hunger, the demand for nutritious food is rapidly increasing. Acknowledging this need and the impact of hunger in Africa, the Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA...
TWT rolls out Veeam solution
Virtualised IT environments bring new opportunities for cost savings and efficiency – but they also bring new risks to business continuity, and the need for new tools to manage those risks, as leading local automotive company Tiger Wheel & Tyre (TWT) has...
Fujitsu introduces LIFEBOOK AH562
Fujitsu has introduced a new multimedia notebook with multiple-touch display, designed to combine an intuitive touch-based Windows 8 experience with all-round performance for home and office use. The attractive LIFEBOOK AH562 notebook offers excellent usability and...
Simple backup and recovery for SMBs
Threats to data abound these days. Data loss caused by hardware or software failure is even more common than malware attacks, so backing up computer data is essential. With words like business continuity and disaster recovery being bandied about on a regular basis,...
Businesses on new, info-driven trajectory
Data analytics is having a profound impact on business development within the current market. Specialists in HR and other business management disciplines believe the ability to extract and utilise information will be a significant contributor to business success going...
Samsung previews new Galaxy S4 content
At the Samsung Galaxy S4 local launch event, Samsung Electronics unveiled a suite of exciting new content services including Samsung Hub, an integrated multimedia content store offering a comprehensive media experience, providing, videos, books, games and learning...
Gijima wins NEC UCC award
Gijima, a leading JSE-listed IT company, has received the Best Unified Communication and Collaboration (UCC) Partner award at a Nippon Electronic Company (NEC) Partner Conference held in Dubai, in recognition of its accomplishments in the enterprise sector. “This...
Targeted malware on the rise
There was a massive surge in targeted malware attacks during 2012, growing 42% over the previous year. Designed to steal intellectual property, these targeted cyber-espionage attacks are increasingly hitting the manufacturing sector as well as small businesses, which...
ZACR on .africa awareness campaign
As the likely administrator of the new .africa generic Top Level Domain (gTLD), the ZA Central Registry (ZACR) has embarked on an awareness programme targeting Africa's best known brands. The .africa Pioneer Programme aims to encourage a premier set of early adopters...
US firms ready to invest in Africa
US companies are eager to invest in Africa, specifically in the power sector, according to the spokesman from one company that has already made such an investment. “Symbion Power and many other companies from the US are ready to invest in Africa,” says Symbion Power...
Trojans dominate Q1 threat landscape
During the first quarter of 2013 alone, more than 6,5-million new malware samples were created, following the trend of increasingly prevalent malware statistics of previous years. This is according to the PandaLabs Quarterly Report for Q1, which analysed the IT...