OADC buys seven data centres from NTT Data

Kathy Gibson reports - Open Access Data Centres (OADC), part of the WIOCC group of companies, has acquired seven South African data centres from NTT Data. The data centres, in Bryanston, Parklands, Cape Town, Umhlanga, Bloemfontein, Gqeberha and East London, were part...

Strong solar flare caught on camera

The Sun emitted a strong solar flare, peaking on 4 February 2026. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the Sun constantly, captured an image of the event. Solar flares are massive eruptions of electromagnetic energy from the Sun that, upon reaching Earth...

African CEOs must prioritise innovation – and take risks

More than 150 CEOs in Africa who participated in PwC’s 29th Global CEO Survey demonstrate strong operational resilience and reinvention as they navigate currency fluctuations, political uncertainty, infrastructure constraints and supply chain disruptions. The survey...

These are the top cybersecurity trends for 2026

The chaotic rise of AI, geopolitical tensions, regulatory volatility and an accelerating threat landscape are the driving forces behind the top cybersecurity trends for 2026, according to Gartner. “Cybersecurity leaders are navigating uncharted territory this year as...

Altron set to divest of two operations

Altron has issued a trading statement for the six months ended 31 August 2023 warning shareholders of substantial changes in its financial results from the previous corresponding period. Headline earnings per share (HEPS) from continuing operations is estimated to be...

Half of breached organisations unwilling to up security spend

IBM Security's newly-released annual Cost of a Data Breach Report says that the global average cost of a data breach reached $4,45-million in 2023 - an all-time high for the report and a 15% increase over the last three years. Detection and escalation costs jumped 42%...

ITU validation drives next step in 5G deployment

The radio interfaces that will be used in full-scale commercial deployment of fifth generation mobile communication networks have achieved global validation with the successful evaluation by ITU of three new technologies that conform with the International Mobile...

Some Minecraft ‘modpacks’ distribute adware

Minecraft, first released in 2009, is an open-ended video game that allows users to craft their own 3D world. It is currently the bestselling game of all time with more than 200-million copies sold as of May 2020. Given its immense popularity, it's not surprising bad...

Construction companies aim to work through the holidays

While the annual South African builders' break is not mandated by legislation, it is a tradition that is strongly observed by the entire construction industry, including contractors sub-contractors, suppliers and professionals. The holiday usually starts around...

Education drives tablet market higher

The tablet market in Western Europe continued to experience a strong performance in the third quarter of 2020, as shipments grew 15,6% year over year to 8,2-million units, according to data from International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal...

Pandemic pushes govtech to the fore

The Covid-19 pandemic has presented an opportunity for governments to regain credibility. While confidence in governments has been generally falling over the last decade, a recent study reveals that a record-high 65% of people from around the world now put their trust...

Fleet management systems set to hit 19,9m in Europe

The number of active fleet management systems deployed in commercial vehicle fleets in Europe was 10,6-million at the end of 2019, according to a new research report from the IoT analyst firm Berg Insight. Growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13,4%, this...

FNB, RMB win the Best Foreign Exchange Provider award

FNB and RMB have jointly been awarded as the Best Foreign Exchange Provider in South Africa for the fifth year in a row in the annual World's Best Foreign Exchange Provider awards hosted by the Global Finance magazine. The winners were selected from 122 countries...

Online FMCG shopping leapfrogs five years amid pandemic

As we experience the first-ever Black Friday promotional phenomenon under lockdown, the dominance of online shopping platforms has become crystal clear. To keep track of this development, Nielsen Global Connect has conducted extensive research that includes an...

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Dimension Data, the $5,8-billion global specialist IT solutions and services provider, has announced it has been positioned by Gartner in the Leaders Quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Communications Outsourcing and Professional Services (COPS) 2012 report. Compiled...

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According to B2B International survey conducted this year, encryption is the fifth most widespread protection technique. It’s a sharp rise from the results of a similar survey in 2011 where it barely crept into the top 10.  It is also ranked second among the security...

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Cellular phone usage has grown exponentially, and with the increased popularity of smartphones that can access the Internet and social media, which requires connectivity, mobile operators are finding themselves increasingly unable to cope with the sheer volumes of...

Large organisations not ready for POPI

The Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI) will soon be enacted into South African law and the latest draft has already been passed by the national assembly. However, many large and well-known organisations are not even attending to some of the basics of...

Bytes awarded Cisco certification

Bytes Systems Integration has achieved certification as an Advanced Cisco Borderless Network Architecture Specialised Partner. The new certification enables Bytes to sell and support solutions based on Cisco’s next-generation network architecture. “With the advent of...

HR experts advise school-leavers to upskill

Those leaving school are advised to earnestly embark on study to acquire a qualification, be it a degree, diploma or even a one-year certificate. This is according to human resource (HR) and recruitment experts, who state that it is best to initially start and...

Six priorities for contact centres in 2013

If contact centres aren’t preparing to embrace these six key trends, they have already fallen behind, says Ian Goss-Ross, CEO of Elingo. Too many contact centres have relied on tried-and-trusted technologies for too long. But emerging trends and technologies that have...

Predictive analytics for BI

Knowing what people will do before they do it is a useful skill. That’s why predictive analytics has the attention of the business intelligence (BI) world. Advances in statistical technology and computing power have made it possible to significantly improve predictive...

Triple Point acquires WAM Systems

Triple Point Technology, the leading global provider of cloud and on-premise commodity management software, has acquired WAM Systems, the premier provider of supply chain planning and optimisation solutions for process manufacturing industries including oil and gas,...

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