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FIFA.com hits 265 Million Page Views
With fans around the world excitedly cheering on their teams, FIFA today announced another record for visitors to its website FIFA.com. On 15 June, 265 million pages were accessed by nearly 10 million visitors, when Brazil beat Korea DPR in…
Lines between personal and company data becoming increasingly blurred
Failure by small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to adopt formal corporate social media policies, as highlighted by a survey by SpamTitan Technologies, could be storing up legal trouble for themselves in the not too distant future, Purdy FitzGerald, a prominent…
Ten Tips for Building a Virtualisation-Ready Infrastructure
Today, you can apply the principles of virtualisation throughout your infrastructure in ways that could only be imagined a few years ago. IT has attempted to adapt their systems and tools to keep up with the changing technology requirements, but…
Nigerian businessman calls for legislation to compel patronage of local ICT
NIGERIA’S ICT mogul, Leo Stan Ekeh, has lamented the low patronage of indigenous operators of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in Africa, saying that a legislation was necessary to compel local patronage of ICT industry. He said that indigenous operators…
Intelsat providing global transmission services of the World Cup
Intelsat S.A., a leading provider of fixed satellite services, will be providing global transmission services of the World Cup in South Africa. Intelsat will use its terrestrial platform, IntelsatONESM, to complement the distribution capabilities of its fleet. Nine Intelsat satellites…
ACE signs agreement with Alcatel-Lucent for new African submarine cable
Alcatel-Lucent has signed a turnkey contract valued at over 500 million US dollars with Africa Coast to Europe (ACE), a newly formed consortium composed of 20 operators linking Cape Town in South Africa to Penmarch in France via a submarine…
Gateway keeps eastern and southern Africa connected during a SEACOM outage
Gateway Communications, a leading supplier of African telecommunications services, today announced that it was once again the only carrier operational in many East and Southern African countries following an outage on the SEACOM cable on 4 June. The cable, that…
Google Launches Street View and 3D Stadiums in South Africa
Google today announced the launch of Street View in South Africa. Google’s Street view now includes photos of South African wildlife, tourist attractions and the new soccer stadiums that were built or refurbished for the World Cup. From today people…
Kenya moves to develop digital content
THE Kenya Information Communication Technology (ICT) Board has announced the launch of a Sh300 Million grant to promote the development of local digital content and software applications. The main purpose of this grant is to propel the emergent lucrative but…
Experts lament rising security threats in Nigeria
EXPERTS have called for improved security systems to stem the menace of cyber crime in Nigeria. Experts who spoke at the just concluded CTO forum in Lagos, said improved security was a prerequisite for wooing investors both locally and internationally,…
New pan-African Association for Communication Directors launched
More than 80 Communication Directors from companies, associations, government institutions, NGOs and universities recently gathered at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg to found the African Association of Communication Directors (AACD). This new network of in-house communication professionals from across…
UK video website employs SA citizens to report on World Cup
A UK video website WinkBall, is employing 30 local citizen journalists as well as having its video reporters travelling from the UK for the forthcoming World Cup. The reporters, will be tasked with talking to fans, businesses and visitors about…
IBM to acquire Sterling Commerce from AT&T for $1.4 Billion
IBM hasy announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Sterling Commerce from AT&T for approximately $1.4 billion in cash. The acquisition of the Dublin, OH-based company will expand IBM’s ability to help organisations create more intelligent…
ValorIT tender cancelled by SA government
South African IT firm, ValorIT stands to lose a R152.7 million contract following serious allegations of tender irregularities. The country’s trade and industry minister, Rob Davies, on Thursday said the government intends to cancel the contract for an Enterprise Content…
Africa, dumping ground for UK e-waste
African countries have become the dumping ground for electronic waste from UK companies. This was highlighted in the recent BBC3 programme, “Blood, Sweat & Luxuries: Gold and E-Waste”. The documentary alleges that E-waste from high profile UK institutions have made…
Oracle buys Secerno
Oracle has agreed to acquire Secerno, a provider of database firewall solutions for Oracle and non-Oracle databases. Organisations require a comprehensive security solution which includes database firewall functionality to prevent sophisticated attacks from reaching databases. Secerno’s solution adds a critical…
