Missing: Mars water

Missing: Mars water

Mar 6, 2015

A primitive ocean on Mars once held more water than Earth’s Arctic Ocean. This is according to NASA scientists, who used ground-based observatories to measure water signatures in the Red Planet’s atmosphere. Scientists have been searching for answers to why this vast water supply left the surface. Details of the observations and computations appear in Thursday’s edition of Science magazine.

Engineers must do more with less

Mar 6, 2015

Which issues cause the biggest headaches for today’s engineers around the world? According to a new global study by business information provider IHS, the pressure to work faster, the threat caused by institutional knowledge drain and challenges posed by environmental...

Fire hasn’t shut down Teraco data centre

Mar 6, 2015

Teraco says that its Cape Town data centre is currently running on generator power as a result of a fire in the Great Westerford Building in Rondebosch, Cape Town. Lex van Wyk, CEO of Teraco, says that the building has been evacuated and the fire department is in the...

HP confirms Aruba Networks buyout

Mar 6, 2015

HP and Aruba Networks have announced a definitive agreement for HP to acquire Aruba, a provider of next-generation network access solutions for the mobile enterprise, for $24.67 per share in cash. The equity value of the transaction is approximately $3-billion, and...

BCX enables forecourt Internet of Things

Mar 6, 2015

Business Connexion subsidiary UCS Technology Services (UCS TS), which offers the supply, installation and support of solutions to more than 1 450 service stations in southern Africa, has acquired 100% of the shares of Joint Venture Pumps Services (JVPS), effective 1...

Mobile payment fraud a growing problem

Mar 6, 2015

As mobile payment solutions continue to become more widely used, mobile payment fraud is a growing concern. Avivah Litan, vice-president and distinguished analyst at Gartner, says on her blog that fraud in the mobile channel presents looming problems with mobile...