Wonga customers hit in phishing attack
Customers of Wonga SA have been hit by an elaborate phishing scam that has seen users falling for false notifications. Consumers have become vulnerable to the SMS and e-mail messages with many making contact with the rogues, handing over personal information details...
Job hopping still career limiting
Although the notion of loyalty to a company has changed dramatically over the past decade, 89% of hiring managers from SA’s leading companies polled in a recent survey say that perceived job-hopping will hurt a candidate’s chances of landing a position. The survey, conducted by South African search firm Jack Hammer Executive Headhunters, found that almost 90% of HR managers also say candidates would have to provide a very good explanation for repeated instances of short tenure at the companies they worked for.
IS launches ‘gold standard’ cloud services
Internet Solutions (IS) has launched CloudConnect, establishing what it says is the “gold standard” of versatile, secure connectivity to major international cloud services. The new service provides MPLS VPN connectivity to Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure and Dimension Data Cloud, via new direct interconnections in London and Frankfurt. CloudConnect gives businesses the ability to connect to the international cloud-computing solution that best responds to their business, via a single user-friendly portal with market-leading standards of security, privacy and redundancy.