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WARREN OLIVIER
Tier-one workloads are being virtualised because companies can expect tier-one availability of 99.5% for their virtualised environments
Veeam focusing on integration and efficiency
10th July 2015 By: Schalk Burger

Information technology (IT) availability company Veeam is improving the integration of its availability suite of products into the software and hardware capabilities of other companies to better... 


Bidvest buys into local online communications start-up
7th July 2015 By: Natasha Odendaal

Bidvest Media has taken another step to establish itself as a major JSE-listed Bidvest Group subsidiary through the acquisition of a majority stake in local online communications agency Retroviral... 


Department of Communications to announce digital switch-off date ‘soon’
Department of Communications to announce digital switch-off date ‘soon’
3rd July 2015 By: Natasha Odendaal

Two weeks after South Africa missed the deadline to transition from analogue to digital terrestrial television (DTT), Communications Minister Faith Muthambi said no interference had been recorded... 


Portfolio committee not supportive of telecoms department’s rationalisation programme
Portfolio committee not supportive of telecoms department’s rationalisation programme
29th June 2015 By: Natasha Odendaal

As the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS) outlined its efforts to rationalise the State-owned companies (SOCs) that report to it, confusion had shrouded the deliberations... 


WC call centre industry created 4 400 jobs in 2014/15
WC call centre industry created 4 400 jobs in 2014/15
26th June 2015 By: Megan van Wyngaardt

The Western Cape business process outsourcing (BPO) industry created 4 400 new jobs in the 2014/15 financial year, Business Process Enabling South Africa (BPeSA) said on Friday. As a region, the... 


Cybersecurity insurance lags in EMEA
Cybersecurity insurance lags in EMEA
22nd June 2015 By: Natasha Odendaal

More than a third of risk professionals throughout Africa, Europe and the Middle East (EMEA) have, over the past two years, experienced an average $2.1-million economic knock owing to disruptions,... 


Creamer Media publishes Telecommunications 2015: A review of South Africa's telecommunications sector research report
Creamer Media publishes Telecommunications 2015: A review of South Africa's telecommunications sector research report
15th June 2015

Creamer Media’s Telecommunications 2015 report reviews South Africa’s telecommunications market and the major companies operating in the sector. The report provides information on the country’s... 


Solidarity to tackle Telkom’s restructuring head-on
Solidarity to tackle Telkom’s restructuring head-on
11th June 2015 By: Natasha Odendaal

Trade union Solidarity was gearing up to take telecommunications giant Telkom to task over labour processes during its “most aggressive” restructuring programme that would see thousands out of a... 


Cyberthreats need better mitigation and preparedness – Deloitte
10th June 2015 By: Creamer Media Reporter

As global cyberthreat alerts rise by around 14% year-on-year, it has emerged that South Africa, and other African countries, remain significantly unprepared for a cyberattack and its aftermath.... 


Telkom to shed employees as it embarks on next round of turnaround
Telkom to shed employees as it embarks on next round of turnaround
10th June 2015 By: Natasha Odendaal

As JSE-listed Telkom's “Telkom 2.0” turnaround continued to gain traction, the telecommunications group has confirmed that nearly 8 000 employees would be impacted in one way or another. The group,... 


Solidarity questions impact of Telkom’s restructure on employees
Solidarity questions impact of Telkom’s restructure on employees
9th June 2015 By: Natasha Odendaal

Trade union Solidarity on Tuesday claimed that, within the next two months, 7 800 employees at telecommunications group Telkom would be retrenched or transferred to other businesses. In a statement... 


Telkom to step up turnaround as gains emerge
Telkom to step up turnaround as gains emerge
8th June 2015 By: Natasha Odendaal

The 2016 financial year would see JSE-listed Telkom stabilise its net revenue, maintain an earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) margin of between 26% and 27% and... 


Ansys swings to profit after restructure
Ansys swings to profit after restructure
29th May 2015 By: Natasha Odendaal

Shares in AltX-listed Ansys surged nearly 9% on Friday after the Centurion-headquartered information technology firm successfully broke out of the red for the first time in two years and delivered... 


Consumer-led technology change muted by the ‘re-enterprisation of IT’
Consumer-led technology change muted by the ‘re-enterprisation of IT’
28th May 2015 By: Natasha Odendaal

There were indications that consumers were no longer leading technological changes, with enterprises now driving the impetus for information technology (IT) adoption after a decade-long lull,... 


IoT set to be more an enterprise than a consumer play
IoT set to be more an enterprise than a consumer play
28th May 2015 By: Natasha Odendaal

Despite widespread perception that the Internet of Things (IoT) will be consumer-driven, the emerging phenomenon is going to be more about “things” than people, Deloitte’s latest 'Technology, Media... 


Shared security expertise enables small firms to access expert advice
22nd May 2015 By: Schalk Burger

Information technology security expertise is expensive, but sales channel partners can use their combined clout to share experts among the various partners, enabling small clients also to access... 


Reunert lifts H1 earnings
19th May 2015 By: Natasha Odendaal

Shortly after shedding its Nashua Mobile unit’s subscriber base in November, JSE-listed Reunert achieved higher earnings for the six-month period to March 31. For the period under review, the group... 


UEC's manufacturing facility
Altron TMT assures of turnaround on enhanced strategy
14th May 2015 By: Natasha Odendaal

After presenting dire financial results to shareholders this week, JSE-listed Allied Electronics (Altron) has developed a strategy incorporating joint ventures, key acquisitions, disposals,... 


MTN leverages Internet of Things
MTN leverages Internet of Things
14th May 2015 By: Natasha Odendaal

Telecommunications major MTN has leveraged the emerging Internet of Things (IoT) to open up a “whole new world” into other industries for the JSE-listed firm’s business arm, while enabling African... 


Talks over shedding of Autopage advanced – Altron
12th May 2015 By: Natasha Odendaal

A year after Reunert exited a saturated market by closing Nashua Mobile, Allied Electronics (Altron) has announced the advancement of talks aimed at shedding South Africa’s sole independent service... 


Siemens bags BBBEE level 2 status
11th May 2015 By: Natasha Odendaal

German-headquartered global engineering firm Siemens on Monday announced that it had achieved a broad-based black economic-empowerment (BBBEE) level 2 status in South Africa for the first time.... 


BRYAN BALFE
CommVault’s best practices involve assessing the generation, movements and flows of data and then matching them with the strategy of a business
Data-flow analysis key to developing adaptable data growth plan
8th May 2015 By: Schalk Burger

The exponential growth of data being generated and flowing into companies’ networks will necessitate that data management be closely linked to business strategies by identifying the most important... 


Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko
Telkom to nurture entrepreneurs through new full-spectrum programme
7th May 2015 By: Natasha Odendaal

Information and communications technology (ICT) major Telkom on Thursday unveiled its new R100-million plus programme to incubate and develop starting up and existing entrepreneurs and small,... 


SKA, AWS offer grants for innovative cloud services
SKA, AWS offer grants for innovative cloud services
28th April 2015 By: Natasha Odendaal

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Organisation and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have partnered to launch the ‘AstroCompute in the Cloud’ grant programme to attract innovative tools and techniques to... 


Datacentrix says future bright as it secures multimillion-rand contracts
Datacentrix says future bright as it secures multimillion-rand contracts
21st April 2015 By: Natasha Odendaal

Datacentrix is confident of the future as it has secured new three- to five-year contracts valued at around R500-million and extended a further R300-million in contracts. CEO Ahmed Mahomed on... 


BPeSA appoints new CEO
BPeSA appoints new CEO
21st April 2015

Business process outsourcing (BPO) industry association Business Process enabling South Africa (BPeSA) has appointed Tebogo Molapisane as its new CEO, following the relaunch of the national... 


Datacentrix posts higher year-end earnings
21st April 2015 By: Natasha Odendaal

JSE-listed integrated information and communication technology systems provider Datacentrix posted higher earnings for the financial year ended February 2015. The group achieved a 16.4% increase in... 


DRMSA to deliver interim DRM trial results to Icasa next week
DRMSA to deliver interim DRM trial results to Icasa next week
17th April 2015 By: Natasha Odendaal

South Africa is progressing its ambitions of transitioning from analogue to digital radio broadcasting as two 12-month-long trials make headway in efforts to establish a starting base to keep radio... 


South Africa continues to see big jobs potential in call-centre sector
South Africa continues to see big jobs potential in call-centre sector
17th April 2015 By: Anine Kilian

South Africa is fast becoming the new call centre destination of choice for large international firms, instead of countries like India and the Philippines, where the industry is well developed and... 


South Africa continues to see big jobs potential in call-centre sector
South Africa continues to see big jobs potential in call-centre sector
17th April 2015 By: Anine Kilian

South Africa is fast becoming the preferred new call centre destination of choice for large international firms, instead of countries like India and the Philippines, where the industry is well... 


BCX expects lower H1 basic earnings
10th April 2015 By: Natasha Odendaal

JSE-listed Business Connexion (BCX) expects a 63.6% to 67.4% drop in basic earnings per share (EPS) and a 8.3% to 21% hike in headline earnings per share (HEPS) for the six months ended February... 


Businesses moving to cloud as they gain more experience
10th April 2015 By: Schalk Burger

Businesses increasingly understand the value that cloud services provide as they become more experienced in using cloud services and gain more insight into issues of security and policies, says... 


NOAM GREEN
Any document might contain malware and the only way to ensure malware-free documents is to reconstruct the file using known and safe elements
IT threat extraction system removes scripts and macros from key documents
3rd April 2015 By: Schalk Burger

Information and communications technology security vendor Check Point’s Threat Extraction system removes macros, Java scripts and code-enabled capabilities from documents in a company’s network,... 


ASHER BOHBOT
EOH aims to provide technology, knowledge, skills and organisational ability critical to Africa’s development and growth
Skills, consistent corporate culture key to long-term growth, EOH claims
27th March 2015 By: Schalk Burger

JSE-listed information and communications technology firm EOH’s continuing growth is the result of its perennial focus on skilled people, organisational capabilities and consistent corporate... 


CHRIS HATHAWAY
Metadata is a powerful and efficient tool to organise unstructured data on-site or in the cloud and understand what actions must be taken
Control over unstructured data improves management, governance
27th March 2015 By: Schalk Burger

Controlling unstructured data using metadata and a data management system improves the management and use of unstructured data in companies, while also reducing risks, says data management... 


Cogta issues tender request for ICT information
Cogta issues tender request for ICT information
23rd March 2015 By: Natasha Odendaal

As part of its “back to basics” agenda, the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) hopes to “empower citizens” and “enhance community participation” through the use of... 


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