India pioneers south pole Moon landing
India’s Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft has successfully landed at the south pole of the moon. Following the soft landing, it will release a rover to explore the Moon’s surface, and conduct various experiments. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) explains that...
Relief for households as July brings salaries uptick
The average salary performed better in the latest BankservAfrica Take-home Pay Index (BTPI) for July 2023, providing welcomed relief for South African income earners. "The average nominal take-home pay in July was R15 503, notably higher than the R14 169 in June and...
Acer believed to have been hit by ransomware
Acer is believed to have been compromised by the REvil/Sodinokibi ransomware group. The notorious ransomware group is on a spree, with at least nine victims in two weeks, says Candid Wuest, Acronis vice-president of cyber protection research. The list of victims is...
Hybrid cloud key for accelerating the digital journey
Kathy Gibson reports – Despite cloud being mainstream for at least the last eight years, only 20% of workloads have moved to the public cloud. One of the reasons for this is that moving to the public cloud is not always the cheapest option, says Mostafa Zafer,...
Constrained supply chains still impact manufacturers
Global restrictions implemented to curb the spread of Covid-19 have had a direct impact on manufacturing supply chains. Constraints are still evident across many manufacturing subsectors a year after the country first went into hard lockdown, according to the Q1 Absa...
The danger within: threats lurk in users’ devices
There is a common misconception that the most dangerous threats to encounter on modern users' digital journeys are likely to appear during Internet surfing. The reality however, based on the most recent analysis of cyberattacks in South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria...
Fake vaccine, test results and certificates abound
The global roll-out of Covid-19 vaccinations is underway - but so far only around 1% of the world's population have received their full course of injections. There will always be people who don't want to wait for their official vaccination, or for an official negative...
Security and risk management trends for 2021
Security and risk management leaders must address eight top trends to enable rapid reinvention in their organisations, as Covid-19 accelerates digital business transformation and challenges traditional cybersecurity practices. Peter Firstbrook, research vice-president...
Investec supports MetroFibre’s network expansion
Investec has taken the lead role in arranging R2,5-billion in debt funding for MetroFibre Networx, a Gauteng-based fibre infrastructure provider. The financing will be used to extend its fibre connectivity into underserviced homes and businesses. Wayne Edwards,...
Shoprite launches cellular network
The Shoprite Group has launched a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), k'nect mobile, offering competitive rates and several other rewards to customers. k'nect mobile offers flat call and data rates, and no complicated tiers. Airtime, data bundles and rewards only...
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Ukuvuma expands business to Africa
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Kaspersky renews partner programme
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Q-KON Africa, StarLight ease billing burden
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SAP cloud offering deployed in Zimbabwe
To drive greater efficiency, improved strategic decision-making and faster stock turn-around time across its branches in Zimbabwe, Nano Appliance Centre, a leading supplier of household appliances and goods, has implemented SAP Business One OnDemand, SAP's flagship...
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Citrix announces new releases
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Oracle updates DMR for MySQL 5.7.
Kicking-off its second MySQL Connect conference at Oracle OpenWorld 2013, Oracle has announced the availability of the second Development Milestone Release (DMR) for MySQL 5.7, continuing to drive MySQL technology innovation. Available for download in the MySQL...
Huawei FusionSphere scores in benchmark
Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, announced that its cloud operating system, FusionSphere 3.0, scored a total of 4 687 points in the SPECvirt_sc2010 benchmark of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation...
Oracle leverages mobile with new release
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