Shock! Horror! Now we know what it's like to lose Face...

[Rod Baker] NEWSWATCH: Facebook went down briefly yesterday in some parts of the world - so now we know what life would be like without the social networking giant, reports Financial Review. Meanwhile, for those authorities that like checking everyone out, Mail & Guardian has a guide on 'how to spy on your citizens', but BlackBerry SA has assured SA users that 'you're safe with us', reports Times Live. 19 Jun 2013 08:28

A DIY cloud is no cloud at all

[Alexander Mehlhorn] There's a great deal of pride and enjoyment that the geeks in an organisation get from building servers from scratch, creating server rooms and architecting an infrastructure that they can boast about to their peers - and, five years ago, this was an essential in-house skill. 19 Jun 2013 08:44

BYOD - the new IT challenge

[Perry Hutton] The evolution of the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) trend has been as profound as it has been rapid. It represents the most visible sign that the boundaries between personal life and work life are blurring. 19 Jun 2013 08:40

Atio specialists complete training in Dubai

Atio, the provider of specialist ICT and telecoms service assurance solutions, has announced that a team of five mobile network optimisation specialists have successfully completed a two-week training course in Dubai focusing on Long Term Evolution ("LTE") mobile network planning, optimisation and performance management. 19 Jun 2013 08:28

BlackBerry maintains services are secure

There was no "back door pipeline" to BlackBerry SA's platform, the company said on Tuesday, 18 June, following reports that the United Kingdom government had been monitoring e-mails and phone calls. 19 Jun 2013 06:55

VoIP shifts into top gear as fibre premises bloom

[Rob Lith] A very exciting development currently playing out in the voice over IP (VoIP) arena is the sudden growth in fibre business premises. 18 Jun 2013 14:31

Four non-negotiable areas of focus for IT managers

[Alexander Mehlhorn] We all recognise the stereotypical IT manager sitting behind a desk in the company dungeon, wearing a t-shirt sporting an obscure geek reference, and sighing into the phone as he tries to convince the marketing manager to use a password other than 'God'. 18 Jun 2013 12:57

Orange and Nashua Mobile team up

In January 2013, Orange launched an e-commerce store and online portal for the South African market. Following on from this, Orange and Nashua Mobile have agreed to partner in a venture that will see Orange expanding its South African activity by opening several local retail outlets. 18 Jun 2013 11:30

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SA calls for investigation into spy allegations

The South African government has called on the United Kingdom government to investigate reports that its delegates who attended the 2009 Group 20 meeting were put under surveillance. 18 Jun 2013 09:46

Why every business still needs a fax number

As the business world becomes increasingly digitised and virtualised, it's hard to imagine that corporates are still stamping fax numbers at the bottom of their business cards. But the truth is that there are still over 100 million fax devices in use globally today - and the numbers are rising, not declining. 18 Jun 2013 07:23

SA cities to get own domain names

[Shamin Chibba] In the near future, Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban may have their own top level domain names on the internet, which could spark innovative ways of promoting business and tourism in each city. The suffixes dotJoburg, dotCapetown and dotDurban will be launched later this year. 18 Jun 2013 07:02

Telkom takes a knock with poor figures

[Thabiso Mochiko] Telkom is reviewing its Internet business outside SA‚ its property portfolio‚ non-core assets in SA and staff numbers‚ as part of a full review of its business. It is urgently seeking ways to return the company to profitability. 18 Jun 2013 06:44