The spate of armed robberies on technology and telecommunications retail outlets in recent weeks has led to a new coalition aimed at fighting the scourge. The South African Council of Shopping Centres (SACSC), the Consumer Goods Council, Business Against Crime, the South African Police
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Dimension Data, through its Application Services division, has acquired Agile Business Solutions and Xpedia Fusion to address market demand for Oracle skills. It has bought 100% of the equity of both companies. Agile Business Solutions is a privately owned consultancy specialising in PeopleSoft and Oracle human
Brett Haggard and Andy Hadfield get together to talk about some big e-commerce deals, some start-up investment, some new gadgets and some leaky cloud services. Topics under discussion include the Kalahari, Takealot merger, First National Bank’s R3m donation to
Samsung Electronics says it has achieved a download speed of 7,5Gbit/s using future fifth-generation (5G) mobile broadband technology that is still in the early stages of development. At the same time, the Korean company claims it has managed
Campaigners will march across South Africa this weekend to demand cheaper and broader access to communications, with march organisers saying government has “handed the democratising power of telecommunications to
JSE-listed technology group Business Connexion (BCX) has launched the Benjamin Mophatlane Foundation, in honour of its late CEO, to provide technology-orientated educational opportunities and sponsorships to previously disadvantaged
Criminals intent on stealing from homes and offices are attempting to gain entry into premises by posing as Telkom technicians, the telecommunications operator warned on Wednesday. The evolving modus operandi of criminals is of “great concern”, managing executive Jacqui O’ Sullivan
Mail is piling up at the Witspos post office south of Johannesburg. The mail floor, a giant warehouse the size of about three rugby fields, is almost deserted. Piles of parcels and boxes and sacks of letters are stacked on the floor. A few postal employees sort through the mail in
Brett Haggard is joined by Steven Ambrose for a chat on one spaceman’s victory, a missing version number and Steven’s new bendyphone. The show breakdown is as follows: Mark Shuttleworth’s victory against the South African Reserve Bank, the missing Windows 9, the
Criminals have found a way to hack ATMs and steal millions in cash, an international security specialist has warned.