Jan 31, 2013
German IT security specialist gateprotect has appointed Comztek as its value-added distributor for the African region. The agreement, effective since January 2013, addresses the African growth regions and is another step for gateprotect’s expansion of its sales...
Jan 31, 2013
Data is increasingly being brought back in-house following a brief foray to third-party providers. This is one of the findings of Oracle’s Next Generation Data Centre Index, which indicates that businesses are bringing their data back in-house following a year in...
Jan 31, 2013
Teraco Data Environments has successfully achieved the Level 1 Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) certification for its co-location data centres throughout South Africa. CEO Lex Van Wyk says that, “with this accreditation, and the largest...
Jan 31, 2013
Since the beginning of this year, the South African rand had depreciated by 6% against the USD, and is currently the weakest of EFFS tracked currencies. Contrary to popular view, this is not likely as a result of the recent Fitch downgrade of South Africa’s sovereign...
Jan 31, 2013
Lenovo has reported results for its third fiscal quarter ended 31 December, 2012. In its best quarter ever, Lenovo continued to outgrow the market in all geographies with record sales, pre-tax income and earnings. Lenovo continued its push towards becoming the world’s...
Jan 30, 2013
Initial reaction to the launch of the BlackBerry 10 has been favourable, but analysts caution that there is still a lot of work ahead for the company. Adam Leach, principal analyst at Ovum, provides his initial reaction: “The BlackBerry 10 platform offers a...
