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South African entrepreneurs win international Best Practice Award
A ‘bootstrapping’ philosophy, coupled with hard work and innovation has paid off for four determined South African entrepreneurs who received the prestigious Frost & Sullivan 2015 South African Product Leadership of the Year Award for Enterprise Resource Planning Systems for…
Financial companies handle cyber threats when they happen
Kaspersky Lab, in cooperation with B2B International, has conducted a survey* among company representatives to find out their attitudes towards information security, including financial companies’ policies towards protection from online fraud. The survey found that about half of banks and…
SA cabinet approves internet censorship bill
South Africa’s Cabinet has approved the submission of the films and publications amendment bill despite public outcry that it is guided by policy seeking to curb internet freedom. The cabinet said the bill seeks to amend the films and publications…
In Pictures: Healthcare Innovation Summit
The African Innovator: Healthcare Innovation Summit addressed the critical topic and theme of – “Transforming Healthcare with Technology,” this past week. Sponsored by Telkom, the Healthcare Innovation Summit generated a great deal of excitement within the healthcare and technology sectors. With the…
Unlocking the true value of your organisation’s information
Data volumes are, quite obviously, growing exponentially. But as increasing amounts of information about customers, markets, and products/services engulfs the organisation, we need to look at data in a new way. To achieve true digital transformation, the organisation needs to…
BCX named 2015 Gender Mainstreaming Champion
Business Connexion has been named the 2015 Gender Mainstreaming Champion in this year’s Gender Mainstreaming Awards. The awards programme, aimed at encouraging private sector to buy into achieving more meaningful gender representation in mainstream business, gives public recognition for good…
OutSystems introduces new SAP edition
OutSystems, the enterprise Rapid Application Delivery (RAD) provider, today announced general availability of a new enterprise edition of OutSystems Platform for SAP. It enables organisations to quickly and easily build advanced, end-to-end applications that make the most of their custom…
One million .co.za domains registered in SA
At 09h57, on 19 August 2015, South Africa registered its one millionth .co.za domain name. The registration of www.vulindlela-hpt.co.za with the ZA Central Registry (ZACR) comes 20 years after there were just 450 registered .co.za domains by the end of…
Hackers post Ashley Madison database online
According to a report via EWN, the details of more than 1 million Ashley Madison users has been dumped online. The report reveals that the latest high-profile cyber-attack threatens to wreak havoc in relationships across the globe. Back in July 2015 a group,…
Huawei Marine & WACS Consortium complete upgrades
Huawei Marine Networks (Huawei Marine), a global submarine network provider, has revealed that it has completed upgrades on the section from South Africa to Portugal and Portugal to United Kingdom of the West Africa Cable System (WACS) using Huawei Marine’s…
Top 10 healthcare apps for Africa
Healthcare and technology executives will convene at the Protea Fire & Ice Hotel in Melrose Arch, Johannesburg, today for the African Innovator Healthcare Summit. The Summit will address the theme – “Transforming Healthcare with Technology.” Africa is constantly evolving, and with it…
Enterprise app stores: The cornerstone of the enterprise mobility strategy?
The proliferation of mobile devices, coupled with their vastly increased functionality over the years has resulted in their integration into business environments, with IT as the enabler. This opened up new possibilities in terms of productivity, convenience and efficiency. However,…
Key considerations for digital transformation
Companies often find themselves straining under the demand of remaining competitive and relevant in a hyper-connected world. Customers are fully able to bypass your advertising, compare pricing and features, and switch between brands at the click of a button. Digital is…
Moroccan court orders news website to shut down
According to cpj.org. the Moroccan criminal court has ordered the independent news website Badil to suspend operations for three months and handed a harsh fine to its editor-in-chief, according to news reports and the journalist who spoke to CPJ. Hamid el-Mehdaoui…
Interview: Andrea Lodolo – CTO CA Southern Africa
Andrea Lodolo is Chief Technical Officer of CA Southern Africa. Lodolo is an IT veteran with over 30 years’ experience in the ICT arena in the southern African market. Lodolo commenced his career as a field engineer working on mechanical billing systems.…
MTN Rwanda enables cross-border mobile money service
MTN Rwanda has introduced its cross-border money transfer service to Uganda. According to MTN, the service will nitially be one way only. This is due to MTN Uganda awaiting the necessary approvals from the Bank of Uganda to let its…
