Do you know your worth?

If the service is free, you are the product, says Gary Newe, director for Field Systems Engineering for the UK, Ireland and sub-Sahara Africa at F5 Networks. Last week we saw the surprising revelation that Lenovo is installing ad-ware, also known as spyware, on its...

Air Duct uses Huawei TE30 video conferencing

Air Duct, a South African-based mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) company that works across 13 African countries, assisting in the construction and refurbishment of commercial structures, has acquired a Huawei TE30 video conferencing (VC) solution. Sourced and...

Become a connected business with IoT

Technology is becoming increasingly sophisticated, and the world is more connected than ever before, say Shailendra Singh, business director, Africa Region, Wipro and Siby Abraham, chief technologist and vice-president, CTO Office, Wipro.  The way we shop, work, play...

LTE rollout key for cloud, PBX uptake

One of the most exciting developments in the cloud services industry is the ability to replace premises-based corporate telephone exchange infrastructure with cloud-based telephone exchange services. Traditionally companies have had to invest in expensive Private...

Connection key in the networked economy

In this brave new world of the networked economy, one adage rings truer than ever: no company is an island, says Pfungwa Serima, CEO of SAP Africa. Mobile, cloud, social media and machine-to-machine (M2M) technologies are creating connections between people and...

Aruba Networks looks at 2015

Matthew Barker, regional manager for sub-Saharan Africa at Aruba Networks, takes a look at the year ahead. Major data breaches continue with a significant rise in those originating from mobile devices With many companies now embracing the BYOD movement, numerous...