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 | Global trends, like big data, cloud computing and advanced security threats, are challenging the relationship between IT and the business, forcing a new operating model for IT. Read more >>
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 | South African companies may have bedded down the email security basics, but they are going to have to relook at how they define email security and look at it with a "wide-angle lens" in 2014. Read more >>
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 | There is no doubt that malware writers are very adaptable, as evidenced by the rise of remote access tools (RAT) that run multiple operating systems. There is also a trend towards cyber crooks manipulating fully functional apps. Read more >>
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 | Bruce Busansky While storage used to be bought in isolation, it's now seldom sold without servers, software, and other network components. Read more >>
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 | Ruben Naicker Digital is the way of the future, and many people have already embraced this - downloading music and movies has never been faster, and it is a lot easier to store all of our content on a PC. Read more >>
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 | With the burgeoning business travel industry in Africa only set to grow in the coming years, Protea Hotel Kampala is moving guests into the digital zone with free Wi-Fi connectivity from the second they set foot in a hotel shuttle. Read more >>
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 | NEW YORK, USA: AT&T and IBM announced plans to join forces to help cities, utilities and others use big data analytics to better manage their infrastructure. Read more >>
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 | Dark Fibre Africa (DFA) is in the process of acquiring South Africa-based Conduct, in a move to overcome the last-mile barrier and give enterprises across South Africa easy access to fibre connectivity. Read more >>
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 | IBM has announced the results of a new study entitled "Setting the pace in Africa: How IT leaders deliver on the potential of emerging technologies". Read more >>
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 | SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: LG will launch its first smartwatch in 2014 allowing it to tap into the nascent market for wearable devices seen as the mobile industry's new source of growth. Read more >>
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 | BARCELONA, SPAIN: Fresh from a US$19bn takeover by Facebook, mobile messaging service WhatsApp said it will launch free voice calls by the middle of this year. Read more >>
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 | RESTON / NEW YORK, US: - comScore Inc, a leader in measuring the digital world, and Acxiom, a leading enterprise data, analytics and software-as-a-service company, have announced a strategic partnership to enhance the granularity and speed of delivering their respective audience reporting and 1:1 multi-channel marketing capabilities. Read more >>
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 | STOCKHOLM - Swedish auto maker Volvo said on Thursday it was developing a system to enable online shopping deliveries direct to customers' cars rather than their homes. Read more >>
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 | BARCELONA, SPAIN - When the next super-fast mobile network launches in 2020 you will be able to download a high-definition movie in about a second. Read more >>
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 | NEW YORK, USA: Apple and its South Korean rival Samsung will return to court next month after failing to agree on a settlement to end a legal battle over patents in the United States. Read more >>
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 | MADRID, SPAIN: Samsung aims to take the mobile world by storm by almost certainly unveiling a new Galaxy S5 smartphone with rumoured Apple-fighting features such as a fingerprint scanner and larger screen. Read more >>
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 | WASHINGTON, USA: Google, environmentalists and governments have unveiled a state-of-the-art database to track deforestation, hoping to increase levels of law enforcement to prevent it. Read more >>
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: WhatsApp was launched five years ago as a shot at doing to text messaging what Skype had done to telephone calls. Read more >>
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Facebook is betting US$19bn on smartphone messaging service WhatsApp, having agreed to buy the firm in an eye-popping cash-and-stock deal. Read more >>
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: A lawsuit filed this week accuses Ethiopia of infecting a US man's computer with "spyware" as part of a campaign to gather intelligence about those critical of the government. Read more >>
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 | WASHINGTON, USA: AT&T said that a secretive US court ordered data be handed to it from more than 35,000 customers in six months as the telecommunications company released its first "transparency report." Read more >>
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 | WASHINGTON, USA: Thanks to smartphones, email, video games and photo sharing are available at the touch of a finger. Read more >>
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 | MADRID, SPAIN: Fanatical players forking out money to get ahead in games such as Candy Crush Saga or Angry Birds are driving explosive growth in the multi-billion dollar mobile gaming business. Read more >>
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 | The Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) has requested that Telkom's chief executive, Sipho Maseko attend a corporate governance and a director duties course after the commission ruled that the company contravened some sections of the Company's Act by awarding a R6m loan to suspended chief financial officer Jacques Schindehütte. Read more >>
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More Government news
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 | Cape Town based publisher is looking for an experienced web developer with excellent C#, HTML, CSS, Javascript and SQL skills. Read more >> |
 | iGroup would like to strengthen our dynamic team by recruiting a driven support technician. Read more >> |
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