Breaches, compromised data levels are up

Data breaches increased 15% in the first six months of 2016 compared to the last six months of 2015. According to Gemalto’s Breach Level Index, worldwide, there were 974 reported data breaches and more than 554-million compromised data records in the first half...

BT-SA installs 2 Mil’s 10Gbps backbone

The Cape Town branch of local infrastructure provider BT-SA has been awarded a contract to install all the Krone Category 6A cabling reticulation for 2 Military Hospital over the next two years. The project also includes a 10 Gig fibre backbone cabling throughout the...

SAB Innovation Award finalists announced

The SAB Foundation has selected the finalists in its annual Social Innovation Awards 2016 competition, and newly-launched Disability Empowerment Awards. The winners for both will be announced at an official awards ceremony on 27 October 2016. A total of 19 Social...
SA misery not at its worst

SA misery not at its worst

South Africa’s Economic Misery Index is currently not as bad as seen during the 1991-94 political transition, the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis, the 2001 bursting of the dot-com bubble, or the 2007-08 global financial crisis. This is according to Christie...

WBS to roll out national LTE-A network

In what could be a major fillip for the South African economy, Wireless Business Solutions (WBS) has announed a multi-billion rand investment in a new high speed LTE-A national data network. This follows a recent statement by finance minister Pravin Gordhan that the...

Server market down, but not out

Vendor revenue in the worldwide server market declined 0,4% year over year to $13,4-billion in the second quarter of 2016 (2Q16). According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, overall server market growth has recently slowed...