Mar 5, 2013
More smartphones are forecast to be shipped globally than feature phones in 2013 – the first such occurrence in the mobile phone market on an annual basis. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors...
Mar 4, 2013
Pamoja, the cloud services business unit of Seacom, is poised to take advantage of the evolving local cloud services market, characterised by the rise of telcos and ISPs over traditional IT service providers. The company, established in 2011 by Seacom founder Brian...
Mar 1, 2013
As the arms race between attackers and IT professionals unfolded in 2012, it has become clear that many of the most serious threats stayed hidden from network administrators. These threats come from ever-changing techniques deployed by criminal hackers in addition to...
Feb 28, 2013
South Africa companies continue to act negligently when it comes to software licensing, according to figures released by BSA|The Software Alliance which reveal that unlicensed software cost South African business over R5,7-million in 2012. Compared to 2011, this is a...
Feb 27, 2013
LG Electronics has acquired the webOS operating system technology from HP. To support its next-generation Smart TV technology, LG has entered into a definitive agreement with HP to acquire the source code, associated documentation, engineering talent and related Web...
Feb 26, 2013
The Middle East & Africa IT infrastructure market, comprising of servers, storage and networking equipment, is forecast to reach $3,9-billion in 2013, a 4% increase from 2012, according to Gartner. “IT leaders in the Gulf region are focused on business solutions...