Adapt IT acquires LGR Telecommunications

JSE-listed Adapt IT Holdings will acquire the business of CDR Live Limited and its subsidiaries, trading as LGR Telecommunications, as a going concern. The transaction encompasses four global companies and is worth approximately $5-million. LGR is a specialist...

MEST launches incubators in Lagos, Cape Town

Pan-African entrepreneurial training program, seed fund, and incubator MEST has launched two new Incubator spaces in Lagos and Cape Town, as the program continues to expand its presence across the continent. MEST Incubators in Lagos and Cape Town will act as an...

Meg Whitman resigns from HPE

Meg Whitman is stepping down as CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise on 1 February 2018. Current president Antonio Neri will become president and CEO, and will join the HPE board “I’m incredibly proud of all we’ve accomplished since I joined HP in 2011,” Whitman says....
Uber exposes riders, drivers

Uber exposes riders, drivers

Uber has not only suffered a major security breach — exposing the information of 57-million users and drivers around the world — it paid $100 000 to have it covered up. Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO of Uber, issued this statement: “As Uber’s CEO,...

FMF hits out at comment process for new laws

Last Friday, 17 November 2017, Cabinet approved the 115-page Electronic Communications Amendment (ECA) Bill giving the public and industry just 30 calendar days in which to comment after which the consultation period will be closed and further objection prohibited....

The growing threat from mobile attacks

Enterprise mobility is susceptible to attack on both major mobile platforms, Android and iOS. This warning comes as Check Point Technologies releases the results of its first-ever study on the impact of mobile attacks in enterprise environments. Data collected from...