New stock exchange opens in SA

A new stock exchange, A2X Markets (A2X), made its debut this morning with three listings and four brokers on board. A2X aims to compete directly with the JSE, providing an alternative platform for companies to secondary list and trade their shares. Financial services...

BT, Interpol unite on cyber-crime

BT has become the first telecommunications provider to sign a data exchange agreement with Interpol as it continues to step up its efforts to combat the growing incidence of cyber-crime across the globe. The accord, signed at the Interpol Global Complex for Innovation...

DHL, MallforAfrica in e-commerce parnership

DHL Express has partnered with global e-commerce company MallforAfrica to facilitate the sale of made-in-Africa products to customers in the US, via the eBay platform powered by MallforAfrica. This will be the first time businesses in Africa can sell their locally...

Bitco pitches promotions to the channel

Licensed tier one Internet service provider (ISP) BitCo has launched a limited promotion for IP transit, data centre to data centre, and national long-distance services for wholesale channel partners. Wholesale Internet access (IP transit) is a service offering with...

Honour among thieves …?

Sophisticated threat actors are actively hacking other attack groups in order to steal victim data, borrow tools and techniques and re-use each other’s infrastructure — making accurate threat intelligence ever harder for security researchers. This is...

IT channel rapidly evolving

IT channel consolidation has stepped up a gear over the past year as the industry continues to mature, forcing distributors to focus on optimisation and leading resellers to worry about pricing and procurement costs, according to the latest Context ChannelWatch...