Strong dollar slows IT spend
Worldwide IT spending is set to shrink to $3,66-trillion in 2015, a 1,3% decrease from 2014, according to the latest forecast by Gartner which says that the rising dollar is chiefly responsible for the slowdown. “We forecast US-dollar-valued worldwide IT...Treasury launches supplier, tender portal
Following an announcement by the Minister of Finance, the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer (OCPO) on 1 April 2015 launched the e-Tender Publication portal and the central supplier database (CSD). The e-Tender Publication portal will be a single platform for the...WiFi, 4G set to boom in SA
4G will account for 56,1% of total mobile data traffic in South Africa by 2019, compared to 15,7% at the end of 2014 – a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 110%. The ongoing adoption of more powerful devices and machine-to-machine (M2M) connections may see 3G...Rocket Kitten launches new phishing campaign
Cyber threat group Rocket Kitten has launched a phishing campaign, known as Woolen-Goldfish, which is thought to be targeting the defence, IT, government entities and academic industries. In March 2015 Trend Micro released a research paper documenting the details of...FNB adds LG devices to offering
FNB is now offering the latest LG mobile devices, the LG Titanium G3 and the LG Titanium G3 Beat, as part of its smart device range. The smart device offer was launched in 2011 at which stage only smartphones from HTC, Apple and Blackberry, formed part of the catalogue.