Airtel Rwanda, TechWomen offer mentorship

Airtel Rwanda has kicked off a two-week mentorship programme in partnership with TechWomen Rwanda, an organisation which aims at encouraging more women in Rwanda to take on careers in the fields of Science, Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). TechWomen is...

DCC offers Huawei HG532f ADSL router

Stay connected even when ADSL goes down with the new Huawei HG532f ADSL router with built-in 3G failover, available now from distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC). This user-friendly device is robust and easy to set up in a matter of minutes, and with the...

Sophos secures Android devices

Sophos has announced the immediate availability of additional security and device management capabilities for the Android mobile platform. These simple-to-deploy, yet powerful solutions deliver mobile security for businesses of any size. IT professionals can now allow...

Kaspersky joins Hitachi alliance programme

Kaspersky Lab, the world’s largest privately held vendor of endpoint protection solutions, has joined the Hitachi Technology Alliance Programme, a Hitachi Data Systems programme that seeks to foster synergistic combinations of partner technology with Hitachi...

Protecting a big data environment

Prevention is always better than cure when it comes to information security, particularly when dealing with today’s big data environments that see a flood of data drowning the enterprise on a daily basis. Gerald Naidoo, CEO of Logikal Consulting, says it’s not only...

A service desk is not service management

IT has become an essential component of practically every business today, underpinning the basic functioning of the enterprise, Edward Carbutt, executive director at Marval Africa. As such, providing effective IT services is critical to the efficiency and...