Nigeria’s 2,6GHz auction positive for 4G

As Nigeria’s Communications Commission resumes the auctioning of the 2,6GHz spectrum auction, the GSMA has issued a statement in light of these positive developments. Mortimer Hope, director of Africa at the GSMA, believes that this could be the ideal spectrum...

A way forward for STEM in Africa

With science taking centre stage, the Next Einstein Forum’s Global Gathering, Africa’s premiere global science and technology forum, has wrapped up with a clear path forward on how best to drive development through science, technology and innovation across...

Mobile WiFi from Telkom Business

Telkom Business has launched its new Pocket WiFi solution offering businesses affordable mobile data connectivity in over 140 countries across the globe. Pocket WiFi is a portable, pocket-sized mobile hotspot that business people can travel with and use for global...

Android Trojan steal banking logins

Eset researchers have discovered a strain of Android malware that can steal the login credentials of mobile banking users. The malware presents victims with a fake version of the login screen of their banking application and locks the screen until they enter their...

Absa pilots social analytics platform

Absa Bank has launched an internal pilot of its social media and wider unstructured data analytics platform, Barclays Pronto, to select colleagues. Built in-house and entirely on open source technology, Barclays Pronto brings the voice of customers and other users...
Why you need disaster recovery

Why you need disaster recovery

The average cost of downtime globally for mission-critical applications is almost $80 000 per hour. For non-mission-critical applications, this decreased to just under $60,000 per hour. This is according to the Veeam Availability Report for 2016, which finds that it...