May 18, 2017
Microsoft will open cloud data centres in Johannesburg and Cape Town, offering Azure, Office 365 and Dynamics 365 from 2018. It is the first international vendor to commit to building its own facilities in South Africa. These data centres will be the first from...
May 18, 2017
The question on how the Trump administration’s policies will impact Africa was met with mixed reaction during a briefing at the African Utility Week Conference underway in Cape Town. The panellists, all leading experts in investment, grappled with questions like “does...
May 18, 2017
Amidst what has been called the worst drought in Cape Town in 100 years, a city official told delegates at the African Utility Week conference there was no way they could reasonably have anticipated the severity of this drought. Cape Town residents are now bracing...
May 18, 2017
Businesses in some developing economies are more adept at taking precautions to protect their most valuable data from cyber-criminals than those in developed, Western economies. According to Grant Thornton’s recent International Business Report (IBR) on cybersecurity...
May 18, 2017
The Free Market Foundation has issued a statement voicing concerns about parts of the ICT White Paper and the Hate Speech Bill: The right to free, uncensored communication is the foundation of a truly democratic society. The absence of this fundamental entitlement was...
May 18, 2017
Openserve has reduced prices on its IP Connect (IPC) product, which enables Internet service providers (ISPs) to connect to Openserve’s broadband network to provide their own DSL and FTTH offerings. Depending on the IPC capacity purchased, ISPs can now benefit from...
