Telkom turns in solid performance

Telkom’s interim results for the six months ended 30 September have shown an increase in revenue of 21% to R20-billion, boosted significantly by its mobile business. In a statement, the company says it has delivered a “solid performance” in a tough...

Holidays the best time for phishing

The number of financial phishing attacks is expected to rise during the holiday season which starts unofficially on so-called Black Friday and continues through Cyber Monday and Christmas. Retrospective research by Kaspersky Lab specialists shows that, over the last...

Cybersecurity skills need beefing up

The shortfall in specialised IT security skills is increasing the risk profile of South African organisations, which need to increase focus on developing a skills pipeline within public-private sector partnerships. This is the view of Ron Harris, major account...

Joburg still Africa’s top destination

Johannesburg is set to be the most popular destination city in Africa for the fourth year, according to the 2016 Mastercard Global Destinations Cities Index, with Cape Town and Durban coming in third and fifth respectively. Joburg is expected to welcome 3.6 million...

New data centre for Teraco

Africa’s largest colocation data centre provider, Teraco Data Environments, has announced the start of construction on a new data centre in River Fields Bredell, 20km north of the current Isando campus. While Teraco finalises the expansion of its Isando campus...

Finalists selected for GeoJozi Challenge

The top 10 contestants in the City of Johannesburg’s first GeoJozi Developer Challenge have been selected for developing digital location solutions which will best solve the city’s street address issues. The Challenge has been made possible through a...