Under-investment leaves corporate data vulnerable

Despite the increasing number of data breaches, with almost 1,4-billion data records lost or stolen in 2016, the vast majority of IT professionals still believe perimeter security is effective at keeping unauthorised users out of their networks. However, companies are...

Women are better when it comes to crowdfunding

While men are more likely to use seed crowdfunding than women, women are more successful in reaching their finance goal. This holds true in all sectors and geographic regions across the globe, according to analysis by PwC and the Crowdfunding Centre. The report...

Telkom matches prepaid LTE with post-paid prices

Telkom is offering prepaid customers the same LTE deals as it does in the post-paid environment. Consumers can now migrate to the LTE Smartbroadband Prepaid tariff by purchasing a SIM card and once-off LTE data bundles. Both new and existing LTE contract customers are...

Founders the differentiator for startup success

A strong team of founders is the key driver of startup success in Africa. This is according to new research from VC4A, “2017 Venture Finance in Africa”, undertaken to better understand the critical success factors for African startups and identify the key...

WASPA Code of Conduct updated

The more-than-400 members of South Africa’s Wireless Application Service Providers’ Association (WASPA) have ratified an update to its Code of Conduct that specifically align the WASPA Code with the Icasa Regulations on Code of Conduct for Premium Rated...
New MD for Oracle SA

New MD for Oracle SA

Niral Patel has been appointed as the new MD and technology business leader of Oracle SA. He joined the software company on Monday (17 July). Patel, fresh from a brief four-month stint as MD and GM of Hitachi Data Systems, takes over from Kholiwe Makhohliso. He went...