This week two major organisations released their annual reports on the state of global information security, highlighting what's front of mind for today's CIO, and the latest malware figures from Eset are out.

Microsoft says as long as humans are writing computer code, there will be bugs. It should tell British Airways.

This week: The telco loses two key verdicts, Reunert's billion-rand BEE deal, and Virgin Mobile axes CEO.

I like awards; I like being able to call myself an award-winning journalist. And I imagine this is why companies enter - or like being entered - into such competitions.

An advantage of working in the industry is I have a bit of insight into the myriad wonders for which IT can be used.

Company results and the buy-out of Orion Telecom dominated recent local ICT headlines.

This week, Microsoft's Jim Allchin back-pedals on a Vista security claim, SANS releases its annual top 20 threats, and watch out for that funny video clip - it could contain an infection.

This week: International connection freed-up, MTN boss quits, negligible MNP effect, and arivia speaks out about sale.

It is easy for me, as a journalist, to criticise government on issues that make for good scandals, but are at times, irrelevant.

This Saturday I simply could not resist having a peek at what various vendors have done about mobile number portability.

Trusting SMSes can be hazardous, Joburg struggles to act on rogue police officers, Symantec supports Vista, and is screening people at airports with government security clearance is a waste of time?

ICASA is finally getting comment on frequency allocation. But is there really any point?

This week saw ICASA announce its councillors would get a pay hike, and news that IT CEOs earn less than their counterparts in other sectors.