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Danielle Kruger
Daniëlle is an IT and tech journalist focused on gaming, gadgets and emerging technologies in a number of key industries.
Dineplan app wins ‘Most Innovative Tech Solution’ award
South Africa’s first instant restaurant booking app took first place as the Most Innovative Tech Solution in the Food and Beverage Industry at the Cape Town Experiences Magazine Awards 2019. The free mobile app, launched in February last year, allows…
Need branding help? Look to the Sisonke Design Sprint
Johannesburg packaging design agency, Stratcom Branding, has announced the opening date for applications for the Sisonke Design Sprint– a bi-annual social responsibility initiative which gives two 100 percent black-owned SMME’s, a pro-bono packaging design every year. This year, they also challenge…
South African universities leverage Blackboard Learn in the Cloud
Blackboard has announced that the University of the Free State, the University of Johannesburg and the University of Pretoria are now leveraging the Software as a Service (SaaS) deployment of Blackboard Learn, the company’s flagship Learning Management System (LMS). Thanks…
Look at this massive phone
Energizer (yes, the battery brand) has made a phone. The company unveiled the Energizer Power Max P18K Pop at Mobile World Congress (MWC2019) this week, a phone with an 18,000mAh battery. It’s not Energizer’s first phone, but it has already…
South African winners of the Gobal Legal Hackathon 2019 announced
The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law (HiiL) and global law firm, Baker McKenzie have announced the winners of the South African leg of Global Legal Hackathon 2019 (GLH2019). Over the course of the weekend, 22-24 February, teams in 46…
Privileged Credential Abuse contributes to 74 Percent of data breaches
Centrify, a provider of cloud-ready Zero Trust Privilege to secure modern enterprises, has announced results of a new survey revealing that most IT decision makers are not prioritizing Privileged Access Management (PAM) practices and solutions, despite knowing privileged credential…
Telecom Egypt, Nokia working on IoT rollout in Egypt
In advance of Mobile World Congress, Nokia launched off-the-shelf Internet of Things (IoT) packages to help operators win new business in vertical IoT markets. In addition to enabling operators to achieve a fast time to market, the packages simplify the…
Universities beware the Stolen Pencil ATP
There is a new advanced persistent threat (APT) in the global village and it’s called ‘Stolen Pencil’, because it apparently targets academic institutions. “We say ‘new’ threat,” says Bryan Hamman, territory manager for sub-Saharan Africa at NETSCOUT Arbor, which specialises…
Gemini joins the BT Radianz cloud community
BT has announced that cryptocurrency exchange and custodian Gemini Trust LLC (Gemini), a New York-based trust company, has joined the BT Radianz Cloud. The move provides Gemini access to one of the world’s largest, secure networked financial cloud communities —…
Troye helps cut infrastructure management cost by 70 percent
With hyper-convergence adoption on the rise and IT leaders turning to hyper-converged infrastructure to deliver on-premise IT services with the speed and operational efficiency of the public cloud, locally managed IT services provider Troye has now introduced Nutanix hyper-converged infrastructure…
SPARK students learn to code in Hour of Code
Next month, learners at SPARK Carlswald in Midrand will take part in the Finastra Hour of Code, a one-hour tutorial designed to broaden participation in computer science. Six years ago, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said: “In 15 years we’ll be…
The youth prefers to bank smart with digital channels
Statista.com, the global statistical data portal estimates that the number of smartphone users in South Africa will reach 22 million in 2019. This is in line with FNB’s data which indicates an increase in banking via digital channels by young…
Power generated by the Kariba Dam gets halved
Power generated by the Kariba Dam has been halved, says a recent report by Reuters. According to Zambian State-owned Zesco, both Zambia and Zimbabwe have reduced power generation to around half capacity at their power stations at the Kariba Dam…
Protiviti expands services in South Africa
Protiviti has expanded its Member Firm network to South Africa to add SekelaXabiso CA Incorporated (SkX) as its newest member firm. SkX is one of the largest internal audit and risk consulting firms in South Africa and is staffed with…
MWC2019: Nokia, Korea Telecom to conduct trials on 5G NFV and network slicing
Nokia and Korea Telecom (KT) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate and trial various 5G technologies, including NFV and network slicing, in order to develop new applications and business models for the operator’s enterprise customers. The joint work…
Emerging trends in mobile commerce and retail
As we approach the third month of 2019, some interesting trends are being predicted and already seen, in the retail and online market segment. Considering that December – usually an important sales month – was a tough one for SA…
