ICT Achievers Awards open for nominations
The SA Communications Forum (SACF) has announced that nominations for the country’s ICT Achievers Awards are now open. “Anyone can nominate worthy ICT personalities who have spearheaded innovative and transformational initiatives in the pivotal ICT...Oil and gas industry set for M2M boom
According to a new research report from the analyst firm Berg Insight, the number of devices featuring cellular or satellite connectivity deployed in oil and gas applications worldwide was 500 000 at the end of 2014. Growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of...Storage systems decline in Q2 2015
Worldwide personal and entry-level storage (PELS) shipments declined by -9,7% year-over-year and -13,8% sequentially, finishing the second quarter of 2015 (2Q15) with 15,1-million units, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Personal and...SA users hit with e-mail scam
There is an e-mail scam hitting the South African marketplace at the moment, with fraudsters trying to dupe companies or individuals into allowing control of their e-mail in order to syphon money out of their accounts. Christopher Riley, CEO of The Notebook Company,...
Perseid meteor shower thrills
Thanks to a new moon, the Perseid meteor shower on Wednesday and Thursday nights was one of the best in years. Although the view of the meteor shower was best in the northern hemisphere, skywatchers in South Africa caught a glimpse of it as well. The Perseids have been observed for at least 2 000 years and are associated with the comet Swift-Tuttle, which orbits the sun once every 133 years.