Separation to take 3-5 years, Eskom says
Eskom, struggling with more than R440-billion in debt, has said it will take as long as three to five years to comply with the government’s plan to split the company into three separate units.
VMware to buy Carbon Black, Pivotal for $4.8-billion
VMware has agreed to purchase two software companies on Thursday for almost $5-billion, expanding its reach in development tools and cybersecurity.
Vox introduces hardware-as-a-service offering in boost to SA business
Promoted | Vox has entered into an exclusive partnership with Go Rentals to introduce a hardware-as-a-service offering.
TalkCentral: Ep 269 – ‘Attack of the tardigrades’
In the podcast this week, a discussion about the week’s big technology news, including fresh details on Huawei’s HarmonyOS and how criminals are destroying South Africa’s mobile infrastructure.
Eye-watering spending spree as Apple kicks streaming TV wars into high gear
Get ready, TV fans, because the next few months are going to be wild. Deep-pocketed giants are spending billions of dollars on so much new streaming content that there will be little reason to leave your couch this summer.
FNB’s new password policy makes its customers less secure
Earlier this week, FNB customers woke up to a huge inconvenience: the online banking system now requires you to manually type your password. However, this will actually make this problem worse, not better. By Alistair Fairweather.
SA caught up in 4IR hype – let’s get the basics right first
South Africa is caught up in the global hype of the so-called fourth Industrial Revolution. This is distracting it from the unfinished business of redressing inequality and creating the preconditions for an inclusive digital economy. By Alison Gillwald.
Central banks are ruining money: a defence of bitcoin (and gold)
Investors are being forced into bitcoin and gold by persistent monetary stimulus by global central banks, which has eroded the store-of-value characteristics from traditional financial markets. By Rob Price.
What’s needed to save Cell C
Regulators, including Icasa and the Competition Commission, will have to be pragmatic and lenient about a looming expanded tie-up between Cell C and MTN South Africa if the former isn’t going to go to the wall.
Microsoft has ‘no plans’ for streaming-only Xbox
Xbox has no current plans to develop a “streaming-only” games console, the company’s boss has said.
