Shortlist for Tech & E-commerce awards

A record 44 500 votes have been cast to determine South Africa’s leading players in Tech & E-commerce, and organisers PriceCheck have released a shortlist of 44 leading candidates for this year’s awards.The awards recognise and celebrate outstanding...

Teraco looks to grow African Internet

SAFNOG hosting sponsor, Teraco says this year’s event remains highly relevant to the local industry as more opportunities are sought to build and sustain regional Internet communities. In its role as one of the industry’s fundamental foundations, Teraco...

Cern partners on OpenStack

Kathy Gibson at Huawei Connect in Shanghai – Cern has partnered with Huawei on OpenStack developments, to provide the compute power required for nuclear particle experimentation. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a massive computing challenge, powered by 13 000...

6m Instagram accounts hacked

A hack believed to target only celebrity accounts on Instagram has also accessed millions of users’ private data, says ESET South Africa. The warning comes just days after singer, Selena Gomez, appeared to be one of the first celebrity accounts to have been...

Liquid Telecom upgrades East African fibre

Liquid Telecom today announced it has completed 100G upgrades to key routes on the East Africa Fibre Ring. The upgrade to 100G wavelengths takes advantage of the latest DWDM technology from Ekinops, allowing Liquid Telecom to offer the largest lit backhaul capacity in...

MEA computing device market declines

The Middle East and Africa (MEA) personal computing devices (PCD) market, which is made up of desktops, notebooks, workstations, and tablets, suffered a decline of -7,3% year on year in Q2 2017, according to IDC. The global technology research and consulting...