Spark extends SA ATM footprint

Spark ATM Systems has acquired the ATM estate of CashAxcess, a subsidiary of global payment processing company First Data. The ATM estate was purchased by Spark ATM Systems for an undisclosed amount, and consists of 91 ATM sites located in the retail, leisure and...

Blue Turtle to resell Ayehu in Africa

Blue Turtle Technologies (Blue Turtle), as part of its service management strategy, has signed a partnership with Ayehu to provide advanced automation to the South African market.  “Ayehu identified South Africa as a growing market with extensive opportunities,”...
Hacks linked to cyber-warfare

Hacks linked to cyber-warfare

A sophisticated series of hacking attacks is believed to be a concerted campaign by the People’s Liberation Army in China aimed at destabilising organisations and industries across the world. Mandiant, a US-based computer security firm, has released a 60-page report...

Threats to SA’s business stability

Over and above post-recessional blows, nationwide strikes and instability in the mining sector, recent Grant Thornton research has revealed that additional issues – particularly political insecurity, regulatory concerns and public policy issues – are adding further...

One-third of users are infected

At least one-third (31,98%) of all computers around the world have malware.  This is one of the findings from Panda Security’s 2012 Annual Security Report, which details an extremely interesting year of data theft, social networking attacks and cyber-warfare. With the...

McAfee signs up First Distribution

McAfee South Africa has announced the appointment of its distributor First Distribution as its first local managed service provider (MSP) programme distributor.  The MSP service is McAfee’s cloud-based security offering designed to make installing and managing a...