Brace for a tough year in 2017

Brace for a tough year in 2017

2017 is set to be another hard year for the South African IT industry – there will be growth, but it will take hard work and plenty of innovation to achieve it. Mark Walker, associate vice-president: sub-Saharan Africa, IDC Middle East, Africa and Turkey, points to...
SA demands senior leaders

SA demands senior leaders

Demand for senior leaders in South African companies has more than doubled over the past three months, as businesses urgently play catch-up to fill their top posts. Debbie Goodman-Bhyat, CEO of Jack Hammer, rated says there has been a wave of briefings from across all...

Fitness trackers lead wearables market

While the smartwatch market took a tumble this quarter, the overall wearables market grew 3,1% year over year in the third quarter of 2016 (3Q16). Total wearables shipments reached 23-million in the quarter. According to data from the International Data Corporation,...

Protect yourself from Gooligan infection

Last week the new broke that more than 1,3-million Google accounts have been compromised by the Gooligan malware – and that number is growing at a rate of about 13 000 new infections every day. Sophos’ senior security advisor John Shier offers the...

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...