Author: Tapiwa Matthew Mutisi

As we once reported beginning of June that South African mobile operator MTN was planning on rolling out its new 5G network by end of June, but there was no specific date and had already started promoting its 5G value proposition in its latest Y’ello magazine, we bring to you…

Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), a leading provider of cybersecurity solutions globally, has announced a new partnership with Coursera, a world-leading online learning platform with over 62 million learners globally. The partnership will offer a growing series of Check Point cyber-security courses and content to security and network professionals. The…

Manchester- based businessman Georgios Demetriou of Licence to Thrill Ltd (“the Applicant”) recently applied to register the phrase “BLACK LIVES MATTER” under trade mark application no. 3497647 and “I CAN’T BREATHE” under trade mark application no. 3497640 at the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO). These phrases are associated with…

I am among those people who use Canva a lot for my graphic design work and it wasn’t that much of a surprise that the design software business is really booming especially now in a work-from-home pandemic environment after raising new funding that values the startup at $6 billion. For…

Rectron is excited to announce the addition of Lenovo Data Center Group (DCG) to its datacentre solutions portfolio. This agreement will allow Rectron to deepen its relationships and offering to its enterprise clients by allowing them to provide a more comprehensive range of technology solutions. This partnership comes on the…

The PS5 (or PlayStation 5) is the next-generation PlayStation console, with a release date confirmed for late 2020. During Sony’s The Future of Gaming event on June 11, we finally got our first look at the PS5’s design and the PS5 games line-up, which includes the likes of Horizon Forbidden West and a remake…

Amazon has just announced that during 2020 it will be permanently recruiting at least 3,000 new employees in South Africa to fill roles in new virtual jobs in their Customer Service division. According to Amazon, the remote working roles will range from customer service associates to technical experts who will work virtually…

COVID-19 has created a significant amount of change to our daily lives and how we work. Unfortunately, these changes have in turn created increased cyber-security risks for many organisations around the world. Covid-19 has led to a sharp increase in cyber-attacks worldwide. Cyber criminals have been quick to exploit the current…

Microsoft Corp. and SAS announced an extensive technology and go-to-market strategic partnership. The two companies will enable customers to easily run their SAS workloads in the cloud, expanding their business solutions and unlocking critical value from their digital transformation initiatives. As part of the partnership, the companies will migrate SAS’…

As of late, during election times there are so many political adverts that pops up and it gets kind of irritating at times because most of them are repetitive with the the same content, therefore, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has just given an important update that users will be able…

Amazon recently launched an artificial intelligence-based tracking system to enforce social distancing at its offices and warehouses to help reduce any risk of contracting the new coronavirus among its workers. The unveiling comes as the world’s largest online retailer faces intensifying scrutiny from U.S. lawmakers and unions over whether it…

The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a huge toll worldwide for both individuals and economies. As a precaution, many countries have implemented strict lockdown measures such as closing schools, restaurants and borders, while mask-wearing in public and social distancing have become a must. The enforcement of these policies, along with the…

By Elaine Wang, Cloud and Software Solutions Director, Rectron To celebrate Youth Day, we reached out to some of our younger crew members to find out about their lockdown learnings. From sending out their daily Snapstreak to parodying the hottest memes on TikTok; trend trawling on Insta to avoid FOMO,…

Cyber attacks are on the increase on the continent and this trend is expected to continue if companies use generation 3 and 4 security to ward off generation 5 and 6 attacks, says Michael Tumusiime, Lead Security Engineer, at Checkpoint East Africa, a global powerhouse in cyber-security. In Kenya, theNational Youth Service…

Chris Burke, Sr. Director of Telco Sales at Shape Security (a part of F5), pinpoints the interconnected challenges facing telcos contending with the COVID-19 crisis We live in testing times. For telecoms operators, the COVID-19 pandemic is throwing up challenge after challenge. These range from a major mismatch between network…

SYSPRO- will be providing 500 recently unemployed individuals in the manufacturing and distribution sector with unlimited access to SYSPRO Learning Channel, an online platform, at no cost for a six month period. This initiative aims to increase a candidate’s chance of being successful in today’s exceptionally competitive market adversely impacted…

One lucky data scientist just won a SAS Academy for Data Science licence worth R60 000 – and the opportunity to unlock new career opportunities through further study Johannesburg, 11 June 2020 As the demand for qualified data scientists continues to grow both internationally and here in South Africa, the…

Talks between Grubhub’s and Uber Inc crumbled over a merger foundered due to antitrust issues. Uber and Grubhub had agreed on a price ratio of $.1925 Uber shares for each Grubhub share at a volume-weighted average price of nearly $70 per share. However, prevailing concerns over Uber’s support to Grubhub in…

Last month Google announced that it was going to extend the preview period of Android 11 to June. So instead of launching a beta in May, as it had previously planned, it released a fourth developer preview instead. Now Google has finally launched the first beta version of Android 11, offering improved features over its…

The question everyone’s been asking is, “What can Multichoice do next to keep the angry voices down?” It’s no secret that Multichoice and DStv aren’t exactly in the most publicly acceptable place right now with most people tending to rather dislike their service. Yet maybe the latest deal signed by Multichoice will…