Skype Translator speaks Arabic
Since its launch in December 2014, Skype Translator has been facilitating connections and relationships across languages, and has now taken a further step by making Arabic available as a Skype...
View ArticleSophos blow to cyber-threats with Sandstorm
Sophos has announced that its Sophos Email Appliance now includes Sandstorm, an advanced, next-generation sandboxing technology that quickly and accurately detects, blocks and responds to...
View ArticleEricsson extends research with China Mobile
Ericsson has joined China Mobile’s 5G Joint Innovation Center program to accelerate development of next-generation wireless networks, which will be faster, more powerful and offer even greater...
View Article‘Creativity’ a must for developers
South Africa’s cellular industry is one of the jewels in the crown of the country’s economy. From just 4-million landlines in 1994, the industry can today point to more than 80-million active...
View ArticleLexisNexis online store goes live
March saw the launch of LexisNexis South Africa’s new online-store, giving customers easy access to LexisNexis products with updated features and a more user-friendly platform. To celebrate the new...
View ArticleSkype Translator now speaks Arabic
Skype Translator now offers Arabic as a spoken language. Microsoft has released Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), which is used in the Middle East and Northern Africa as a standard form of the Arabic...
View ArticleBiometrics is saving banks millions
The long-standing partnership between top South African banks and the Department of Home Affairs is helping to reduce fraud through the use of biometrics. In terms of the partnership, which was...
View ArticleCIO is new driver of business growth
Under constant pressure to adapt their roles and organisational functions, most South African CIOs believe their responsibilities are evolving faster than the industry norm according to a recent market...
View ArticlePrinters, copiers deliver impressive energy efficiency
The makers of printers and copiers have boosted energy efficiency of their products* by more than one third in Europe within four years (2011-2014). The reduction of energy consumption is the outcome...
View ArticleIndustry stalwart Geerdts joins OTEL
ICT industry veteran Christopher Geerdts has joined CEO Rad Jankovic at the helm of OTEL Telecoms as chief operations officer. “Chris has been specifically appointed as OTEL’s COO to support the...
View ArticleSophos e-mail appliance adds next-generation sandboxing
Sophos has announced that its Email Appliance now includes Sophos Sandstorm, an advanced, next-generation sandboxing technology that quickly and accurately detects, blocks and responds to...
View ArticleBig data, social media optimise relationships
In an era where customers are becoming their own advocates and – with the internet, mobile accessibility, social media and big data at our fingertips – it has become irresponsible for brands to not...
View ArticleFaster-moving attacks threaten enterprises
High speed networks, an exponential increase in the number of endpoints, and a more tech-savvy employee base mean a great deal more risk for enterprises, says Fortinet. Addressing a media round table...
View ArticleFind the right mobility model for employee engagement
Business mobility is the business imperative that is driving as big a shift in business thinking as the Internet did 20 years ago. Indeed, the move towards it will define organisational strategy for...
View ArticleShoutcasters announced for Masters tournament
With the first event in the Telkom DGL Masters series kicking off shortly at rAge Expo 18-20 March 2016, Cape Town, Telkom DGL has now announced the shoutcasters, or eSports commentators, that will be...
View ArticleKPMG contributes to King IV drafting process
While the final King IV Report is anticipated for release on 1 November 2016, the Draft King IV Report on Corporate Governance for South Africa 2016, issued by the Institute of Directors in Southern...
View ArticleESET warns against a wave of infected e-mails
After recent activity and research around the world, ESET has managed to detect a malicious downloader under the name Nemucod and warns users about an increased number of infected emails containing a...
View ArticleSimplifying BI saves time and human resources
Business intelligence (BI) technologies are highly sophisticated and extremely complex. Even the most tech-savvy users, and BI evangelists, who know about BI from beginning to end, will admit that even...
View ArticleIntroducing a new approach to branch IT
The lifeblood of many companies today depends on branch offices. Whether these are remote sites, retail outlets or manufacturing plants, they must be agile and able to quickly respond to the business’s...
View ArticleWhat are the cyber-threats in the financial sector?
Cyber threats can be broadly categorised as either a Computer Network Attack (CNA) – aiming for the disruption, degradation or destruction of information and systems; or Computer Network Exploitation...
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