IT still the job to have

IT still the job to have

Feb 2, 2015

IT is still one of the industries that is booming for employees and job seekers. This is one of the findings from CareerJunction’s 2014 annual job review, which found that IT saw an increase of 37% in job openings during 2014. IT came in behind the motor industry, which had a 50% increase in job opportunities, and education with 45%.

Digital finance set to surge in SA

Feb 2, 2015

Digital finance services will become increasingly tailored to the digital channel and will play a significantly larger role in 2015, as more and more South Africans look outside of mainstream financial institutions to meet their financial needs. This is according to...

SA start-up gets R20m UK investment

Feb 2, 2015

South African e-commerce start-up Parcelninja, which provides cloud-based warehousing and delivery solutions in South Africa, has attracted a R20-million investment from C5 Holdings. C5 Holdings is the parent company of C5 Capital, the London-based specialist data and...

Protecting personal data in the cloud

Feb 2, 2015

IBM researchers have announced plans for a cloud-based technology that has the potential to help consumers better protect online personal data, including date of birth, home address and credit card numbers. The technology, called Identity Mixer, uses a cryptographic...

Telkom, BCX extend deadline for merger

Feb 2, 2015

Telkom and Business Connexion (BCX) now expect their merger to be completed by 31 March, instead of at the end of January as originally anticipated. The merger still needs to be approved by the Competition Commission of SA, the Common Marked for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Commission and the Independent Communications Authority of SA (ICASA).

Financial institutions, merchants targeted

Feb 2, 2015

According to Kaspersky Lab’s survey of IT professionals worldwide, almost half of businesses in e-commerce/online retail (48%) and financial services sectors (41%) could lose some type of finance-related information over the course of a year through targeted attacks,...