Network virtualisation to shake up telecoms

Jul 30, 2014

Network virtualisation strategies are reshaping the telecommunications industry as cloud, mobile, social, big data and analytics technologies drive communication service providers (CSPs) and their suppliers to accelerate their efficiencies and agility.IT industry...

PwC names Vision to Reality Awards finalists

Jul 30, 2014

PwC has announced the top 10 finalists in its Vision to Reality Awards competition. The finalists will have the opportunity to showcase their innovative companies, and gain access to leading advisors and funding. The top 10 finalists were selected from a shortlist of...

Samsung opens SA manufacturing plant

Jul 29, 2014

Samsung Electronics South Africa has announced its plan to open a television manufacturing plant in The Dube Trade Port, in Durban, by the end of this year.

Koler mobile ransomware targets PCs

Jul 29, 2014

Kaspersky Lab has detected a hidden part of the malicious campaign which introduced Koler “police” mobile ransomware for Android devices to the world in April 2014.This part includes some browser-based ransomware and an exploit kit. Since 23 July, the mobile component...

Global upsurge in M2M adoption

Jul 29, 2014

Machine to machine (M2M) adoption has increased by more than 80%, with over one-fifth of companies now actively using the technology.M2M, which connects previously isolated machines or devices to the Internet to make the Internet of Things (IoT) possible, is set to...

Employers switch to temporary workforces

Jul 29, 2014

Global businesses are increasing their reliance on contingent labour – the practice of filling full-time positions with contractual workers – and this has quickly turned into a trending long-term practice. Today, almost 26% of the average workforce is...