Telkom sells off masts and towers
Telkom has entered into an agreement to sell its masts and towers business housed in its wholly-owned subsidiary, Swiftnet, to Towerco Bidco, a new entity to be set up by a black economic empowerment (BEE) consortium. The sale has an enterprise value of R6,75-billion,...
SA operators keep Africa connected despite cable breaks
With only three of the 10 undersea cables that connect South Africa to the world still in operation, it is quite remarkable that the region remains as well connected as it is. This is the view of Edward Lawrence of the Workonline Group, who says: "The cable breaks on...
CIOs embrace post-pandemic realities in a digital-first world
Kathy Gibson is at the IDC CIO Summit 2022 - Many companies have brought forward their digital transformation projects by two years or more in response to the global pandemic - and they are reaping the benefit - but CIOs need to prepare now for the post-pandemic...
Complete digital employee experience essential in the hybrid workplace
VMware has unveiled research on how to improve the employee experience for anywhere work. The commissioned study, titled "Optimising Digital Employee Experience for Anywhere Work" and conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of VMware, found digital employee...
WAPA encourages ICASA to release 1,200GHz of WiFi 6E spectrum
South Africa could benefit by up to nearly $58-billion over the next 10 years by enabling 1 200 license-exempt megahertz in the 6GHz band, helping the country to bridge the digital divide as well as improve access to remote education, work, and commerce. But ICASA has...
Cybercriminals target Windows Print Spooler
Kaspersky researchers have revealed that the number of attacks exploiting numerous vulnerabilities in Windows Print Spooler have risen noticeably over the past four months. Even though Microsoft regularly releases patches for its Print Spooler, software that manages...
Intel unveils new cloud-to-edge technologies at Vision
At its inaugural Intel Vision event, the company announced advancements across silicon, software and services, showcasing how it brings together technologies and the ecosystem to unlock business value for customers. Among the benefits highlighted across real-world...
IBM’s global workforce in decline
Once the world's biggest computer company, IBM has seen a 35% decline in its workforce in the last 10 years, according to a tradingplatforms.com data analysis. The technology and consulting company has recorded a downward trajectory in its revenue for the past few...
Executive pay disclosure a governance imperative
The recent suggestion by PSG CEO Piet Mouton that the requirement to disclose executive pay should be made optional raises important questions about an issue that consistently attracts controversy. This follows news reports of Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Neal Froneman...
Cape Town initiates support for ScreenTech sector
From laptops, televisions and navigation devices to cell phones, video games and smartwatches - screens of all shapes and sizes are fast becoming the preferred medium for people all over the world to acquire news, information, and knowledge; to entertain themselves;...
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Africa gets free access to French Wikipedia
Afrique Telecom is progressively deploying Internet solutions over Sub-Saharan Africa in combination with Eutelsat's satellite capacity. Its TamTam service extends access to the Internet in rural areas using Wi-Fi hotspots for collective access. In a new step...
Safeguard your corporate SIM
For companies who have come to rely on SIM cards for machine-to-machine communication and other enterprise-level solutions, fraud can be crippling. Fortunately, there are several preventative measures decision-makers can take to minimise the risk. By Hein Koen,...
Enhanced decisioning with TransUnion’s DecisionEdge
TransUnion has launched DecisionEdge, an automated risk decisioning ecosystem that provides information that supports sound, fact-based decision-making at every step of the credit lifecycle. It improves the customer experience, drives increased profitability,...
Free e-learning site from Caterpillar
Caterpillar has launched the pilot phase of its Technicians for Africa Project, an e-learning web site for people who aspire to become a technician in Nigeria, Mozambique and DR Congo. The site, which is available in French, Portuguese and English, is leveraging...
Africa urged to accelerate IPv6 migration now
The Internet community across Africa needs to prepare for the inevitable day when AFRINIC, the Regional Internet Registry (RIR), will run out of IPv4 addresses to allocate to its members. This follows the news that ARIN (American Registry for Internet Numbers)...
Ricoh colour cut sheet systems win five BLI PRO Awards
Two Ricoh colour cut-sheet press series, the Pro C7110X Series and Pro C9110 Series, have been awarded five 2016 Buyers Laboratory LLC (BLI) PRO awards. This follows InfoSource figures showing Ricoh retains the number one spot for units sold of digital colour...
Opening doors in Africa
Investment in Africa has never been higher. According to the World Bank, Foreign direct investment (FDI) in the region hit a record $60-billion by the middle of this year. And yet many multinational companies looking to expand across the continent are still wary of...
IS connects through Teraco
Internet Solutions (IS) has connected at Teraco, enabling clients to have a secure connection and single point of access to Google, Amazon Web Services, Dimension Data Cloud and Microsoft Azure and Office 365 via IS's CloudConnect product. "Expanding our CloudConnect...
Office 2016 takes the work out of working together
The release of Office 2016 is one of the major ways in which Microsoft is realising its ambitious goal of reinventing productivity and business processes in this mobile-first, cloud-first era. This, as technological advancement and trends such as social, mobile,...
Toys R Us launches gaming site
South African tech enthusiasts and gamers are now able to access a world of gaming and consumer electronics at the click of a button, following the launch of Toys R Us' latest website: RZone. This e-commerce store offers customers a wide selection of consoles, video...
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