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 | Few would question the necessity for ICT continuity solutions - but how many have interrogated how much they cost and how effective they are? That's a question posed by Jaun Harmse, senior business continuity management advisor at ContinuitySA, who asks how many organisations are aware of how accurately their ICT service continuity solutions match business requirements. Read more >>
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 | OutSystems has announced that two Randstad IT projects have received the OutSystems Innovation Award. The award recognises individuals and IT departments that are using the OutSystems Platform to dramatically improve productivity, create business value and drive innovation within their organisation. Randstad has been recognised for an Automated Medical Staff Payroll application and for its Customer Portal project. Read more >>
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 | While the use of cloud is increasing among South African businesses, it seems that adoption remains relatively slow. According to the Cloud in Africa: Reality Check 2013 research study released by World Wide Worx and Cisco late last year, 50% of South African medium and large businesses are using cloud services. When compared to the results of the IP Expo Corporate Cloud Survey released in 2011, this shows only a 4% increase in cloud adoption. Read more >>
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 | Companies are going to have to move away from a mobile security stance to a mobile device management approach if they are going to embrace Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) without compromising information security. Read more >>
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 | According to the data collected for Kaspersky Lab's study Financial cyber threats in 2013, cybercriminals are trying harder than ever to acquire confidential user information and steal money from bank accounts by creating fake sites mimicking financial organisations. Read more >>
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 | Anamika Budree Data is a critical business asset in today's digital world and back-ups have, therefore, become essential in ensuring business continuity. As a result, many organisations have embarked on back-up strategies aligned with business needs and requirements. Read more >>
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 | FNB has seen a 145% growth of data bundle purchases since 2012, reflecting a shift in mobile usage patterns towards data driven smart devices. Read more >>
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 | Gary Allemann A new Data Quality in CRM whitepaper, discusses how to leverage an integrated data quality capability to support successful Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solutions help organisations to manage their interactions with customers, making them an essential tool in ensuring improved customer relationships, customer retention, and an increased customer base - if they are implemented successfully. Read more >>
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 | Jeremy Thomas Nasionale Pers today is not like the beast it used to be in the 1980s when I worked at its Cape Town headquarters. Back then, Naspers was a crypto-fascist newspaper and magazine behemoth that hid its apartheid sympathies behind a vaguely verligte public face, doing its best to reflect a supposedly more enlightened Cape Afrikaner heritage. Read more >>
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 | Orange Horizons confirms that it has launched the initial research and test stage of its planned WiFi service offering in South Africa. Orange has partnered with Cape Town-based African Eagle Tourism, to provide free WiFi services within their fleet of vehicles. Read more >>
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 | It can be tempting to think of virtualisation as a magic potion that will automatically allow IT departments to do more with less - but, says Warren Olivier, Regional Manager at Veeam Software, really making it work requires some changes in attitude, approach and tools. Read more >>
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 | The telecommunications industry has proved its worth in terms of service delivery and has shown a great improvement in the number of delighted customers since 2012 when only 37% were delighted, to 50% in 2013. Read more >>
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Social media is becoming an increasingly popular channel of communication for consumers wanting to lodge complaints about poor service or inferior products. Does this mark a change in preference over more traditional routes, such as telephone, fax, email and the web? Read more >>
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 | Project Portfolio Office (PPO), an online project portfolio management (PPM) and collaboration application, has signed a partnership agreement with NSI Technology Africa (NSI), an Africa-wide technology advisory, solutions and services provider with a primary focus on the financial services industry. Read more >>
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The term Smart TV has become fairly commonplace nowadays, but the reality is that many consumers are still unsure what actually constitutes a Smart TV and how it differs from a standard television set. Read more >>
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Internet overseers are keeping .wine and .vin online addresses bottled in the hope that a few months of 'aging' will make them more palatable. Read more >>
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 | LOS ANGELES, USA: The first show of the new "Games of Thrones" season drew HBO's biggest audience since the finale of "The Sopranos," data showed on Monday (7 April) after the broadcaster's online app crashed. Read more >>
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 | PARIS, FRANCE: French telecommunications group Bouygues stepped up its bid to buy mobile phone operator SFR from Vivendi, launching a new phase in a huge fight over positions in France. Read more >>
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 | KABUL, AFGHANISTAN: The head of the European Union's Afghan election observer mission condemned the suspension of mobile text messaging services across the country, saying it threatened the transparency of the poll. Read more >>
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 | AUSTIN, US: A handful of themes emerged during South by Southwest Interactive's five days of wide-ranging programs. Read more >>
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 | NEW YORK, USA: Amazon unveiled a new media streaming device, ramping up its challenge to online video rivals such as Netflix. Read more >>
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Microsoft took on Apple's Siri and Google Now with a smartphone personal assistant dubbed "Cortana." Read more >>
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Oxford University Press seeks a talented individual to fill this permanent position as a BT systems administrator, in its business technology department, based in the Cape Town area. Read more >>
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