In a determined bid to increase its information security services footprint, JSE-listed IT services and solutions specialist Faritec has acquired Ubusha Technologies (Pty) Ltd for R26-million with effect from the 1 March 2008. In terms of the deal, Faritec will…

A young Zimbabwean born and British based entrepreneur has launched Afropreneur (www.afropreneur.com), a free access social networking site that caters exclusively for entrepreneurs.

Charles River Development, an award-winning provider of financial software and services company has been selected by STANLIB to automate the investment management of its segregated and pooled fund operations for all asset classes.

Absa Bank Limited, one of Africa’s largest financial services organisations, has signed a new and expanded RiskMentor contract with PIC Solutions.

Intelsat, Ltd., the world’s leading provider of commercial satellite services, announced that SkyVision Global Networks LLC (“SkyVision”), a leading global provider of Internet services over satellite and terrestrial fiber optic systems, signed a multi-year, multi-transponder contract for C- and Ku-band…

Service Providers striving for rapid creation and deployment of IP-based, multi-stakeholder services will benefit from today’s announcement that IPsphere has joined TM Forum and will integrate its framework into the TM Forum’s ever-expanding Service Delivery Framework program.

Unisys Corporation last week announced that DGM-Sistemas Lda, an Angola-based IT company, has awarded a three-year contract, valued at approximately $22 million, to Unisys Portugal to help develop and roll out a new citizen ID card programme for the Ministry…

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Pop Icon Madonna’s popularity has been hijacked by spammers who are sending malicious spam messages which compromise security.

A CD is a CD and DVD a DVD right, well sort of. Despite marketers’ most sincere efforts most consumers still struggle to keep up with what CD and for that matter DVD recordable formats are available out there.

The Comium Group has announced that it has nine WiMAX licences in East and West Africa, including in the Ivory Coast, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia and Burundi.

With the effects of the economic slump in South Africa still being felt by consumers, getting the best value for money is essential.

Interactive Intelligence Inc. (Nasdaq: ININ) is releasing an integrated solution that combines its all-in-one IP communications software platform with Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007.