Research commissioned by Centennial Software found that over half of UK businesses have no controls in place to manage workplace use of removable media devices, says SecureData, local Centennial distributor.
Contrary to reports that VOIP take-up will be slow, implementations in corporate SA will gather momentum and VOIP will become a high growth and lucrative market, says Jaco Voigt, DataPro operations executive.
Today`s smaller Internet developments are the ones destined to be really big within 10 years, says Peter Retief, Business Connexion chief executive, Africa.
The failure to employ a structured security policy and staff behaviour issues are the biggest ICT risks facing SA, say experts.
The growth of VOIP since the industry`s deregulation looks set to continue and may even tempt Telkom to play in this space, says an industry expert.
In today`s technology roundup: Nokia and Apple develop open source browser for cellphones, Red Hat introduces Fedora Core 4, IBM releases baby brother of Blue Gene, and Microsoft offers Indonesian government $1 amnesty for pirated software.
ICANN is seeking a number of players to take up leadership positions on its board of directors and its supporting organisations.
Distributor AmVia has released a range of e-mail security appliances to the local market.
Websense's 2005 Stress of Security Survey shows that 25% of IT decision-makers feel that protecting their company against malicious Internet security threats is more stressful than a minor car accident. [Local Websense rep: SecureData]
Karel Rode, a security specialist at Computer Associates Africa, lifts the veil on the shadowy world of cyber criminals, including hackers, pornographers, virus writers, fraudsters and political activists.
In today`s technology roundup: Michael Jackson suicide spam hides Windows virus, Microsoft enters the graphics world with Acrylic, ATI improves graphics line with Catalyst, and Google goes trucking to create online 3D maps.
Amazon.com has chosen Cognos as a provider of business intelligence and enterprise planning solutions worldwide through a multi-year agreement.
South Africans are reluctant to use mobile banking but have confidence in Internet banking, shows a new study.