Affordable satellite bandwidth could change rural access

[Douglas Reed] There is little ADSL or 3G access in rural areas. Farms and lodges for example have no communications or are battling with dialup or EDGE services, which are next to useless, and their businesses are suffering as a result. There is research suggesting that safari lodges could increase their occupancies by 50% if they could offer their foreign guests quality internet access. 25 May 2012 10:42

SME Survey 2012: SMEs slow to harness Cloud

Despite the clear benefits of Cloud computing, ranging from reduced costs to improved efficiencies, small and medium enterprise (SMEs) have yet to embrace this approach to technology use. 25 May 2012 10:11

Dimension Data invited for CISCO ATP certification

Dimension Data's efforts in assisting clients with creating mobile management processes that are functional and support business ambitions have culminated in its recent appointment by Cisco as an ATP approved technology provider (ATP) in the identity services engine technology space. 24 May 2012 16:34

RIM secures information on mobile devices

The era of mobile computing has arrived, bringing with it a number of information security risks that companies must carefully manage as end-users do more of their work from outside the corporate firewall. That is according to Robyn Milham, head of sales for Southern Africa at Research In Motion (RIM), the company behind the BlackBerry solution. 24 May 2012 16:29

Infor partners with Amazon for better customer service

Infor, a leading provider of business application software serving more than 70 000 customers, has announced an expanded relationship with Amazon Web Services (AWS), a company that is the leader in providing cloud services related to Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). 24 May 2012 16:24

What lies beneath: behind the scenes of a business transaction

[Rick Parry] Companies relying on complex IT systems to complete transactions are often unaware that rogue services and other security threats are damaging their bottom line. Visibility as to what goes on within a network is a low priority - until something goes wrong. 24 May 2012 15:10

Beating online fraud

According to Peter Harvey, the founder and CEO of payment gateway provider PayGate, Yuppiechef is one of the most successful online businesses staying one-step ahead of fraud attempts. 24 May 2012 06:39