Carriers can grow by improving CX
Huawei has called on telecom carriers in Africa to focus on providing customers with a great user experience to achieve new value-driven growth. Paul Michael Scanlan, chief technology officer of...
View ArticleWhat to do if you’ve been compromised
The personal details of millions of South Africans were recently leaked in the Deeds Data Breach — including ID numbers, contact details, addresses, and income estimates. This has opened up the...
View ArticleNEC/XON launches integrated physical and cyber security
XON and NEC’s sixth annual summit in Cape Town just ahead of AfricaCom saw the launch of the joint Cyber Defence Operation Centre (CDOC), the only such facility from a single service provider in Africa...
View ArticleWesbank switches on to solar power
The switch has been flipped on a world-class solar panel installation at the WesBank and FNB Campus in Fairland, north of Johannesburg. Just 12 months after construction began on the large-scale...
View ArticleHuawei launches cloudified video platform
Huawei has released its Envision Video Platform in Africa, aimed at assisting carriers develop and optimise video as a fundamental service with the best user experience. The cloudification architecture...
View ArticleLiability insurance important for social media
In South Africa alone, 16-million people use Facebook, 7,7-million are on Twitter and LinkedIn has 6,1-million users, according to the Ornico SA Social Media Landscape report for 2018. Simply by using...
View ArticleEuropean MFP sales down
Unit sales of inkjet multifunction printers (MFPs) across Western Europe declined -9% year-on-year in Q3 2017, leading to distributors seeing a similar fall in overall sales of printer hardware,...
View ArticleDating goes back to basics
A South African-developed mobile dating app is proving a hit with thousands of installs monthly and growing. “South Africans excel at using existing technologies in new ways. Voicy takes the voice...
View ArticleBetter compliance management skills needed
In an increasingly regulated and complicated business environment, all companies and corporations need some level of compliance management to help them manage risk, operate within the law, and maintain...
View ArticleThe science of securing cyber skills
Urgent measures need to be taken to bridge the rapidly increasing cybersecurity skills gap, says Martin Walshaw, senior systems engineer at F5 Networks. A recent scientific report found that our...
View ArticleFujitsu debuts new Lifebook models
Fujitsu unveils a new generation of its best-selling notebook, the Fujitsu Notebook Lifebook E5 and Lifebook E4 series. A refreshed, slimmer design gives the business notebook line a contemporary look....
View ArticleTshimologong launches Entrepreneurship Week programme
As the world gets ready to celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) from 13 to 17 November 2017, the Tshimologong Precinct at Wits University, has joined the movement and will form part of the 170...
View ArticleProperty owners must protect against cyberthreats
As property owners increasingly look to invest in technologically smart buildings, they should give equal consideration to the cyber security risks attached to advances in property management. In South...
View ArticleNutanix unveils developer-centric multi-cloud services
Nutanix has announced that new developer-oriented services will be added to its Enterprise Cloud OS software. These services address the needs of the growing number of applications that enterprises...
View ArticlePredictive analytics for fraud
There is an enormous pool of data, much of it without barriers. The potential to mine data for practical application is now not only possible, but critical as a business driver. Moreover, Big Data has...
View ArticleDVT to sponsor DevConf 2018
Software development and testing company DVT has announced that it is a Platinum sponsor of the DevConf 2018 conference, to be held in Johannesburg and Cape Town in March next year. The annual event is...
View ArticleHidden dangers for children on the Internet
Although the Internet is an incredible place for children to learn, play games and experience new things, it exposes them to a world of risks. Chat rooms, IMs, gaming and social media sites can also...
View ArticleImproving internal processes through digitalisation
In this, the second of our series on digitalisation, we examine how smaller businesses can use this to improve their internal processes. By Jannie Pretorius, professional services manager at Elingo And...
View ArticleSpammers cash in on Blockchain
While cryptocurrency holders search for new investment opportunities and ways to increase their savings, and enthusiasts look to learn more about the benefits of going cashless, malicious users are...
View ArticleHow ethical hacking can prevent fraud
Those of us who work in risk management spend a large portion of our time in a theoretical world, writes Rudi Dicks, senior consultant at BDO Cyber and Forensics Lab. However, from time to time it...
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