Oracle wants to partner on cloud

Kathy Gibson reports from Oracle PartnerDays in Johannesburg – IT value-added resellers (VARs) are not necessarily sure about where they should be going on their own future journeys. “For many partners, there is a lot of uncertainty,” says Jean-Marc Gottero,...

How to combat Bad Rabbit malware

Bad Rabbit, a new strain of ransomware that is similar to NotPetya — which crippled companies across the world in June this year — hitting organisations in Russia and Ukraine. It is also showing signs of spreading to other countries. So far, the victims...
IoT devices to hit 125bn

IoT devices to hit 125bn

The number of connected Internet of Things (IoT) devices worldwide will jump 12% on average annually, from nearly 27-billion in 2017 to 125-billion in 2030, according to new analysis from IHS Markit. In a new free ebook entitled “The Internet of Things: a...

Agritech to shake up chemical market

Smart agriculture is expected to play an important role in the African chemicals industry, in the medium term. Grassroots companies and initiatives by non-government organisations are pioneering the use of smart agriculture as a result of increased mobile connectivity...

Take control of your own mobile content

Consumers can take control of their mobile content selection by correctly configuring their cellular network subscription services and by learning more about the structure of the mobile industry. That’s the word from Ilonka Badenhorst, GM of South Africa’s...

Vox partners with Sqwidnet on IoT

Vox has partnered with local network provider Sqwidnet to provide individual consumers and enterprise customers with connectivity, data analytics and reporting for Internet of Things (IoT) applications. An IoT network consists of three parts: the devices that collect...