Least cost routing contracts should be reviewed - Du Pont

Many South African businesses that installed least cost routing (LCR) systems in an attempt to reduce their telephone bills, are paying far more for calls than they should because they have neglected to update their LCR contracts regularly. 28 May 2012 11:31

Information management strategies must be addressed - Datacentrix

Everything relating to information management is changing, says Charl Joubert, Datacentrix Business Solutions division MD, with social media, smart mobile devices and new collaboration tools, such as Microsoft SharePoint, creating a "big data" explosion. 28 May 2012 11:29

ISPA welcomes cancellation of compliance notice

The Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) has welcomed a recent ruling by the National Consumer Tribunal that has cancelled a compliance notice served on Multichoice by the National Consumer Commission (NCC) under the Consumer Protection Act. 28 May 2012 10:53

Do you have the tools to communicate into the future?

[Paul Fick] Today's organisations face a host of challenges from all directions when it comes to communication, exacerbated by evolving business challenges and customer demand for ever-increasing functionality. Social networking, Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) and the explosion of mobile communication technology only serve to complicate an already complex issue. 28 May 2012 08:56

Vox Telecom leads mobile device management - Gartner

Gartner has named MobileIron, the mobile device management software available in South Africa through Vox Telecom, as the global leader in its newly released 2012 Magic Quadrant report for mobile device management. A notable strength, according to Gartner, is MobileIron's very articulated and rich mix of partnership relations with distribution channels, business application developers and technology companies such as Apple, Google, Microsoft, RIM, Cisco, HP and IBM. 28 May 2012 07:26

Affordable satellite bandwidth could change rural access

[Douglas Reed] There is little ADSL or 3G access in rural areas. Farms and lodges for example have no communications or are battling with dialup or EDGE services, which are next to useless, and their businesses are suffering as a result. There is research suggesting that safari lodges could increase their occupancies by 50% if they could offer their foreign guests quality internet access. 25 May 2012 10:42

SME Survey 2012: SMEs slow to harness Cloud

Despite the clear benefits of Cloud computing, ranging from reduced costs to improved efficiencies, small and medium enterprise (SMEs) have yet to embrace this approach to technology use. 25 May 2012 10:11