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Connectivity in Africa: high broadband and mobile data prices

Internet connectivity is the bedrock of any modern economy; it contributes to a nation’s development, attracts investors, grows a startup ecosystem, bolsters banking sectors, and a plethora of other benefits.  It is literally the fuel that drives nations forward. Even on a consumer level, smartphones help ease our day-to-day lives from the most mundane of […]

Epsilon Partners with BCX to Provide Global Data Centre Interconnection for African Enterprises

Johannesburg, 29 September 2020 – Epsilon, a global connectivity and communications service provider, has partnered with Business Connexion (BCX), one of South Africa’s leading technology companies, to deliver high performance data centre interconnection (DCI) services for African enterprises. BCX uses Epsilon’s Network as a Service (NaaS) platform Infiny for seamless global connectivity and managing network services from a […]

Telco StarHub Implements the Denodo Platform to Accelerate IT Delivery of Data Services

PALO ALTO, Calif., September 21, 2020 – Denodo, the leader in data virtualization, today announced that StarHub, a leading homegrown Singapore company that delivers world-class communication, entertainment and digital solutions, has implemented the Denodo Platform as part of the modernization of StarHub’s IT landscape. By adopting the Denodo Platform, StarHub aims to provide a single secure data services delivery platform […]

APAC data centre market records significant growth

A new report by Tariff Consultancy Ltd service Datacentrepricing states that cloud and data centres in the Asia-Pacific region are among the fastest-growing in the world. “The Cloud and Data Centres Markets in the Asia-Pacific” report assesses the market landscape of cloud and data centres across eleven countries including Australia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, South […]

FBI investigating COVID-19 data breach in South Dakota

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — The FBI is investigating a data breach that may have compromised the identity of people with the COVID-19 virus in South Dakota. Paul Niedringhaus, who directs the South Dakota Fusion Center that handles emergency calls, sent a letter to people who may have been affected by the June 19 breach, […]

New Google data cable to connect Europe to the US

A new Google data cable running along the Atlantic sea bed is to be launched connecting New York to the seaside town of Bude England and the city of Bilbao in northern Spain, which is set to be completed in 2022. Named the ‘Grace Hopper’ cable after the computer scientist and US Navy rear admiral. […]

Personal data controversy - Legal action taken by the ACCC against Google

On July 27, 2020, The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has announced it has launched legal action against the tech giant Google for collecting potentially sensitive and private browsing history of its users, according to the Guardian. The lawsuit filed by the Australian Regulator states that Google has misled users by failing to inform […]

Data privacy, other measures qualify for California ballot

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California voters will weigh in this November on whether to expand a landmark data privacy law, alter a decades-old law that limits property taxes on businesses and exempt ride-hail giants Uber and Lyft from a new state labor law. They are among 11 measures Secretary of State Alex Padilla certified on […]

Is 2020 the year of next generation television with high-speed internet?

US TV broadcasters and vendors as well as the FCC are now getting behind the latest US ‘Advanced Television Systems Committee’ (ATSC) standard, ATSC 3. This defines the way digital television can be transmitted over terrestrial, cable and satellite. The FCC is promising to remove any regulatory issues which might stymie developments. It views the resulting […]

Sending a job application over the Internet? Think again!

In light of the Covid-19, many people on the planet have lost their jobs. Searching for a job is intimidating and frustrating, but should you grasp the first opportunity given to you? Human Resource managers have shifted their strategy to digital recruitment. However, Scamwatch, has reported 990 job employment scams in Australia since January 2020. […]