FastNet achieves PCI DSS compliance

In a bid to fight increasing card fraud, which is estimated to have cost $11,27-billion worldwide in 2012 (a 14,6% increase year-on-year), leading wireless data company, FastNet, has announced it has achieved Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)...

Asset management key for municipalities

It is essential that both public and private sectors get a strong understanding of their asset management maturity and develop a robust maintenance road map, says Anton Booyzen, chairman of the Southern African Asset Management Association (SAAMA). Municipalities in...

IT key to new healthcare initiatives

Faced with an aging population and an increase in long-term chronic illnesses across the region, healthcare organisations in EMEA must adapt to a new patient-centric system of healthcare, according to new independent research from EMC and IDC. “Transforming Health:...

Standard Bank opens Innovation Centre

Standard Bank has opened its first Innovation and Design Centre in Johannesburg. The centre is configured for technology-driven testing including mobile applications and will be accessed by both customers and staff, across personal and business banking. By putting...

ORBIT FET College streamlines registrations

With three campuses offering a wide range of vocational and occupational programmes, the ORBIT Further Education and Training (FET) College offers students in the North West Province exposure to a stimulating learning environment. However, the year-on-year increases...