CA buys Agile developer Rally Software
CA Technologies has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Rally Software Development, a provider of Agile development software and services, for $19.50 per share, which equates to approximately $480-million, net of cash acquired. The transaction has been...Child porn case ready for court, say police
An investigation into child pornography in South Africa is ready for trial, police have told the regional court in Knysna. William Beale (37) appeared in the court this week on charges of possession and distribution of child pornography images, and the state indicated...
Beware of new jobs scam
The Gauteng Provincial Government has issued a warning to the public about a scam by impostors who use the name of Premier David Makhura and make promises of jobs, investment opportunities and social grants. The imposters have created a fictitious Yahoo e-mail address...IBM commits to open source Spark
IBM has announced a major commitment to Apache Spark, potentially the most important new open source project in a decade that is being defined by data. At the core of this commitment, IBM plans to embed Spark into its industry-leading analytics and commerce platforms,...Enterprise app demand to exceed supply
By the end of 2017, market demand for mobile app development services will grow at least five times faster than internal IT organisations’ capacity to deliver them, according to Gartner.
Gartner forecasts mobile phone sales will reach 2,1-billion units by 2019, which will fuel demand for apps in the enterprise that meet the high performance and usability of consumer apps. Gartner principal research analyst Adrian Leow says enterprises find it a challenge to rapidly develop, deploy and maintain mobile apps to meet increasing demand, as it is exceedingly difficult and costly to hire developers with good mobile skills.