Wits responds to funding protests
Professor Adam Habib, vice-chancellor and principal of Wits University, has released this statement about student funding and financial aid: The higher education sector is at risk due to a lack of substantial funding from the state and other societal actors. The...Eugene Kaspersky talks at Davos
Eugene Kaspersky, chairman and CEO of Kaspesky Lab, will address the most pressing issues facing cybersecurity during a panel session at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week. Thomas Hendrik Ilves, president of Estonia; Jean-Paul Laborde, executive director of...
Twitter tops for decision-making
Users are turning to Twitter when it comes to deciding which smartphone to buy – and it’s a good opportunity for brands to engage with customers. A recent study conducted in the US by Millward Brown, in partnership with Twitter, showed that Twitter is used more than...Africa fast-tracks cloud adoption
Contrary to conventional wisdom, Africa is ahead of the curve when it comes to cloud computing adoption. This is according to Franck Cohen, president: EMEA at SAP, who tells IT-Online that cloud-based solutions have figured largely in SAP’s global success in recent years. And, while Africa may seem like a later adopter of new technology, he says the opposite is actually true.