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Cyberattacks mount on oil and gas companies

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Three out of four oil and natural gas companies fell victim to at least one cyberattack last year as hacking efforts against the industry become more frequent and sophisticated. That’s the finding from a report released Monday by

Post-PC era? Not even close

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Far from the personal computing era being over, young consumers – those between 18 and 24 – are the most pro-PC of all age groups in 2016 and are “very unlikely” to abandon the PC as a platform. This is a key finding in Deloitte Global’s new TMT Predictions 2016 report

Vodacom set to revise R7bn Neotel deal

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Vodacom is in talks with Neotel and its shareholders about a “revised transaction structure”, the mobile group said in a statement to shareholders on Monday. But it has not explained what prompted it to re-look at the R7bn deal. The decision has forced

Memani takes reins at Neotel

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Neotel director and shareholder Kennedy Memani will provide “interim executive oversight as the director in charge” following the decision last week to place CEO Sunil Joshi and chief financial officer Steven Whiley on “special leave” pending an investigation into

Maggy Sibiya breaks the IT mould

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Maggy Sibiya tells me she is relieved when I arrive at her office in Rivonia in Johannesburg without a camera. The ICT-Works chief operating officer says she is a “behind the scenes type of person” and

Smartphones now dominate everything

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The world’s cellphone manufacturers will sell 1,4bn smartphones in 2015, generating US$300bn in sales. Indeed, smartphone sales will dwarf the sale of all PCs, televisions, tablets and game consoles

Growing gap in broadband speeds

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The gulf between those with access to the fastest broadband speeds and those on basic speeds has widened over recent years and in the near term looks likely to increase further. This is a key finding in Deloitte’s TMT Predictions 2015 report, released this