Computing SA staff

Seven out of the 10 initial UUNET Bandwidth Barn Launchpad companies, which started the black ICT entrepreneur development program in August last year, graduated Tuesday as financially stable and viable businesses, able to survive outside the program.

In what seems to be the first phishing scam imitating a South Africa bank, a rapidly spreading e-mail is illicitly attempting to obtain the details of unsuspecting online bankers. According to local anti-virus company NOD32 South Africa, the e-mail seems at first glance to have been sent by First National Bank (FNB), and appears extremely authentic. Closer examination however reveals that it is not a genuine FNB e-mail, but the latest in the recent spate of international 'phishing' e-mail scams. Until now, however, phishing scams have traditionally only targeted users of major banks in the UK and USA.

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South African companies issue mobile devices like laptop computers and personal digital assistants strictly according to the pecking order in the company, rather than the needs of staff.

While VoIP is going to introduce competition into the South African market and thereby drive down the cost of telephony, the lack of broadband adoption due to the high cost of bandwidth is still the key factor in utilizing VoIP technology.

Through its alliance with Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) and Vodafone Group PLC, Vodacom Group (Pty) Ltd. launched its BlackBerry wireless solution to South Africa's consumer and corporate markets Sunday.

Meta Group SA research services released the results of a study into the South African ICT sector that provides insight into ICT spending behaviour and investment decisions among small, medium and large businesses around the country.

Telkom SA Ltd. says that it has reached an agreement with the Alliance of Telkom Unions on its headcount management strategy, allowing the company to offer voluntary separation packages to all employees.