ASouth African information security start-up, known for its slightly unconventional approach to network defence technology, is preparing to launch two new commercial products. Thinkst’s new Virtual Canary and Cloud Canary are currently in beta
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The MTN group is getting a new procurement and supply chain chief. Dirk Karl, currently senior vice president of network technology at Deutsche Telekom and Orange procurement joint venture Buyln, will join the Johannesburg
In this episode of the TechCentral podcast, Duncan McLeod chats to Matthew Talbot, global CEO of BBM (you may know it better as BlackBerry Messenger). The service is now owned by Indonesia’s Creative
China is stepping up its scrutiny of online and mobile games, as the leading government-owned newspaper blasted Tencent Holdings’ Honour of Kings for harming children in the pursuit of profit. Tencent is one-third held by
Erroneous prices of Nasdaq stocks, including some of the world’s biggest technology companies, flooded traders’ screens after the US market shut early on Monday before a holiday. The prices were distributed by third-party
Moses Kgosana, who withdrew from taking the post as chairman of Alexander Forbes in the wake of allegations related to his tenure as CEO and senior partner at KPMG South Africa, said he offered to step aside from the
Blue Label Telecoms’ planned R1.9bn acquisition of handset distributor 3G Mobile – parent of The Equipment Company – forms part of a plan by the JSE-listed company to get customers that already buy its products, including
As part of a promotion that begins immediately and expires at the end of August, mobile operator MTN has announced its post-paid customers can make unlimited on-network calls at no additional cost. The move comes as competition in
After announcing in May that it is getting into the notebook PC business, smartphone maker Huawei has announced it will two of the three new machines in South Africa in September. The Chinese company will introduce