FNB Banking App wins global award

FNB has been recognised for having the ‘Best Mobile System/Service Initiative’ for its innovative FNB Banking App during the Annual Banking Technology Awards 2016 held in London. The FNB Banking App demonstrated excellence and the best innovative tech...

Wits to increase fees by full 8%

The Council of the University of the Witwatersrand has confirmed that the University will be increasing fees for the 2017 academic year by an average of 8% for tuition and residence fees. An 8% increase is also applicable for international student fees. The only...

2016 a mixed year for switches and routers

The worldwide Ethernet switch market (Layer 2/3) recorded $6,29-billion in revenue in the third quarter of 2016 (3Q16), an increase of 2% year over year. Meanwhile, the worldwide total enterprise and service provider (SP) router market finished at $3,56-billion in...

How to ensure availability during the holidays

Summer is here and many people are already turning their thoughts to their impending December break and some well-deserved rest and relaxation. Claude Schuck, regional manager for Africa at Veeam, cautions that this does not mean expectations of continuous access to...

WASPA reaches 370-member mark

South Africa’s Wireless Application Service Providers’ Association (WASPA) recently passed the 370 member mark some 12 years after it was first incorporated. Formed in 2004 to represent and self-regulate the then fledgling wireless content and applications...

Strong growth for enterprise WLAN

The combined consumer and enterprise worldwide wireless local area network (WLAN) market segments increased 1,8% year over year in the third quarter of 2016 (3Q16), and increased 6,7% on a sequential basis to finish at $2,47-billion. According to the International...