IBM announces Watson Analytics

IBM has announced Watson Analytics, a breakthrough natural language-based cognitive service that will provide instant access to powerful predictive and visual analytic tools for businesses. According to analysts, only a small fraction of business people use powerful...

Protecting yourself from cloud service leaks

Anonymous hackers (or perhaps a single person) who somehow obtained explicit photos of various Hollywood celebrities, including many A-listers, like Jennifer Lawrence, and then publicised this material on the Internet, made many recent headlines. Kaspersky Lab says...

MTN Business offers free SME cloud trial

MTN Business has introduced a range of cloud services and a free trial specifically designed for small to medium enterprise (SME) needs. “SMEs form the lifeblood of the economy and need solutions that are tailored for their unique requirements. MTN Business...

IS Ignite launches cloud service for SMEs

Internet Solutions (IS) Ignite has launched a public cloud solution targeted at the South African SME market. Cloud Server is affordable and flexible enough for businesses in the SME market segment, and delivers enterprise-level reliability, scalability and uptime,...
Africa-wide cloud service to debut

Africa-wide cloud service to debut

Pamoja, the cloud services business unit of Seacom, is poised to take advantage of the evolving local cloud services market, characterised by the rise of telcos and ISPs over traditional IT service providers. The company, established in 2011 by Seacom founder Brian...