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The battle continues, but Cofense is uniting humanity against phishing
‘Everyone prepares for battle in their way’, says Janet Morris, American fiction and non-fiction author, best known for her fantasy and science fiction as well as her production of a non-lethal weapons concept for the US military, and generally people…
Meet Accsys – 2019 tt100 Minister Award for Overall Excellence Winner
The 2019 tt100 Business Awards which took place on Thursday, 14 November at the Country Club in Johannesburg, recognized South Africa’s most innovative companies in a number of categories including the Management of Technology, the Management of Innovation, the Management…
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China Telecom deploys POP at Africa Data Centres Johannesburg facility
Africa Data Centres (ADC), the largest network of interconnected, vendor- and carrier-neutral data centres on the continent has extended its partnership with China Telecom Global (CTG), one of the world’s largest providers of integrated telecommunication services, through the deployment of…
2019 tt100 Business Awards – Working towards inclusion
Under the theme, “Leadership Lessons from Nature”, the 2019 tt100 Business Awards took place at the Country Club in Johannesburg on Thursday, 14 November. The tt100 Business Innovation Awards are open to businesses of all sizes that have been in operation…
Liquid Telecom launches fibre link connecting East to West Africa
Pan-African telecoms company, Liquid Telecom has launched the fastest direct land-based fibre link connecting East to West Africa. This coast-to-coast digital corridor follows the completion of Liquid Telecom’s new high-capacity fibre link running 2,600-kilometre (km) across the Democratic Republic of…
Practice makes perfect: the importance of stress testing in ransomware
You could be forgiven for believing ransomware has already peaked. After all, few organisations in South Africa have experienced it on various levels since 2017’s WannaCry attack. Yet ransomware is hardly a spent force. If anything it’s become normalised. Kaspersky…
Huawei Cloud launches Kunpeng Cloud Services across Africa
Huawei Cloud released Kunpeng ECS (Elastic Cloud Server) cloud services and Partner Program 2.0 on Wednesday, 13 November 2019. The Kunpeng-powered cloud services will be made available to African customers by the end of December 2019 and aim to offer…
Safeguarding your data in an online world
In a world ruled by data, it is frightening to think how few people take protecting their information seriously. While it has become easy to share everything from your email address and mobile number to more sensitive things such as…
INTERVIEW: Why diversity in tech companies is a vital part of innovation
Technology is all about innovation and the key mandate for manufacturers is to make products that simplify and enhance people’s lives. For technology to truly improve the experience of users, it’s also vital that the talent in technology companies is…
Africell unveils first 3G Smart Feature Phone powered by KaiOS
African telecommunications operator, Africell announced the launch of their first 3G smart feature phone, Afriphone, powered by KaiOS. The new device which was released on Tuesday, 12 November 2019, will be the first KaiOS-powered device in Gambia and Sierra Leone,…
MTN South Africa launches 5G trial with Huawei
South African mobile operator MTN, together with Huawei have launched their C-band 5G trial on Tuesday, 12 November 2019, as part of the operator’s network evolution plan towards 5G. C-band, the so-called ‘golden band’ for 5G spectrum, is said to…
‘Boost with Facebook’ and RiseUp bring digital skills to Egypt
Facebook announced on Tuesday, 12 November 2019, that it’s partnering with RiseUp to bring ‘Boost with Facebook’, its global program designed to help small businesses grow and to equip more people with the digital skills, to Egypt. Inaugurated by HE…
Spectranet and Nokia join forces to provide ultra broadband services in Nigeria
Nokia announced earlier this week that Spectranet, a Nigerian Internet service provider, will bring high-speed access to customers in Lagos and Abuja by deploying its GPON solution as part of an extensive Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) rollout. The solution aims to enable…
Parallel Wireless Helps to Deliver on MTN’s OpenRAN Vision across Africa
Parallel Wireless, the leading U.S.-based OpenRAN company delivering the world’s only software-defined end-to-end OpenRAN solution for coverage and capacity, today announced that MTN, one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world, is set to deploy more than 5,000 sites…
Elegant and cost-effective Office 365 backup solutions with Altaro
Microsoft Office 365 is indisputably known by many as being one of the top productivity tools for assisting organisations and workers globally. Not everyone realises, however, that Office 365’s native capabilities may not be enough to protect your organisation from…
Telkom reveals 4.7% increase in revenue
On Tuesday, 12 November 2019, Telkom shared it’s interim results for the six months ended 30 September 2019, with revenue increasing 4.7% to R21.5 billion despite the challenging operating environment. “Profitability was affected by deep investments in future growth, particularly…
