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 | Sylvester Samuel The concept of the 'smart city' has emerged as a term to describe a city that uses technology to address service delivery challenges. However, building a smart city is about more than just using technology - it is about ICT innovation and transformation that improves the quality of life of citizens. read more>> |
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 | Kerry Evans Forming long-lasting business partnerships is a task that requires the building of strong and trusting bonds between IT and business. There are some fundamental tips IT needs to follow if it is going to form strong business partnerships that last. read more>> |
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 | Mariska van Zweel and Simone Gill In an attempt to revamp South Africa's current outdated and misaligned ICT policies - and to take account of rapid changes in the information and communication technology (ICT) sector - former Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services, Minister Carrim, earlier this year published the National Integrated ICT Green Paper. read more>> |
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 | Pippa Wilson Bandwidth availability, speed and quality are continually improving in South Africa and prices have become more and more reasonable for large broadband connections. As a result, the cloud is becoming an increasingly viable option and is now an attractive proposition for many organisations across various industry verticals. read more>> |
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 | Sven Woxholt Information security is top of mind for SMEs as they rely more and more on digital services and applications to get their work done. Many are turning towards cloud services to reduce IT infrastructure costs and to turn patching applications, securing data and running servers into someone else's problem. read more>> |
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 | The industry remains abuzz with talk about the recently Gazetted Protection of Personal Information (PoPI) Act, yet the compliance rate of South Africa's enterprises varies significantly. read more>> |
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 | The web is still the greatest attack surface and largest entry point for malicious code. Attacks usually happen via drive-by downloads, in which malware is downloaded and executed without the user even realising. read more>> |
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 | Modernisation is not technology leading the way, but begins with rethinking your entire business, starting with asking where you want to be in 10 years time. read more>> |
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 | Customer service, something that is so conceptually simple, has become strangely complex in the age of social media. It is a term that can easily carry different meanings, even between business owners working in the same industry. read more>> |
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 | Gareth Tudor Metadata is data about data. It tells us who authored a document, when, what the document contains and where the file 'fits' in relation to other data. Metadata is important because it is a key enabler of data storage, retrieval and/or restoration - a vital requirement for any business in this era of exponential data growth. read more>> |
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 | Issued by Student Brands Student Brands' well established understanding of people, and technology company Kusasa's passion for productivity, have revealed a potential solution to multifaceted management challenges found in many industries. read more>> |
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 | Panasonic Corporation announced that it will launch a range of audio products under the Technics brand name again, reviving its brand long synonymous with high-quality hi-fi sound to deliver rich, engaging sound. read more>> |
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 | Joan Muller Does the rise of consumers who shop online signal the death of the traditional mall? Not necessarily. read more>> |
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 | Mark Allix The scrap metals industry has a complex and often adversarial relationship with the foundries industry and many countries impose duties to prevent exports of scrap metals, while also heavily subsiding their metals industries, despite World Trade Organisation rules. read more>> |
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 | Elrica Quick Power outages are things that we all dread, whether they are as a result of thunderstorms, load shedding, an unstable power grid or any other reason. No access to appliances, heating and cooling or lighting systems can pose a major inconvenience. read more>> |
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 | Gemalto is providing M2M connectivity for Solarkiosk, a compact, solar-powered station transported on board a mobile vehicle. read more>> |
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 | Fixed line operator Neotel, which is involved in the provision of broadband services to the Western Cape, aims to spend up to R500m in the coming year to boost fibre and wireless infrastructure across SA. read more>> |
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 | The Draft International Mobile Telephony (IMT) Roadmap that seeks to ensure universal availability of broadband services, a vibrant and competitive telecommunications industry and promote investments, is open for comments until close of business on 7 October 2014. read more>> |
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: It is a marketing strategy that few experts would recommend and even fewer companies can pull off. read more>> |
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 | WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND: It is believed a handful of computer users clicked on links last week believing they would take them to the illicit images of nude celebrities, but instead they inadvertently installed malware triggering a crippling internet attack. read more>> |
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 | WASHINGTON - Motorola has started launched its new smartwatch, in a series of product launches which could be the last before the Google-owned electronics firm is taken over by China's Lenovo. read more>> |
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 | NEW DELHI, INDIA: Smartphone manufacturers are in a race to capture the bottom of India's economic pyramid as they battle for customers in the fast-growing low-end market where analysts say opportunities are vast. read more>> |
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 | WASHINGTON, USA: US telecommunications company Verizon has agreed to pay a $7.4m fine to settle a probe into its privacy practices, including accessing customer data for marketing purposes, officials have confirmed. read more>> |
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 | WASHINGTON, USA: Google has agreed to issue at least $19m in refunds to consumers whose children made app purchases from its Google Play store without parental consent, officials have confirmed. read more>> |
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 | WASHINGTON, USA: If celebrities like actor Jennifer Lawrence and model Kate Upton knew little about the Internet 'cloud' they would not be alone, but the recent theft of their intimate photos has served as a wake-up call for everyone. read more>> |
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 | The Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services says government will use technology more effectively to improve service delivery in the country. read more>> |
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