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 | Derek Friend Enterprises and carriers continue encountering bottlenecks in traditional service areas, especially long time to market for new services, low resource utilisation, and high OPEX obstacles. Another challenge for both enterprises and carriers is new internet-based business models, customised requirements, and new services. read more>> |
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 | Mammoth BI, a conference with five associated workshops, will be held on 17 and 18 November, 2014, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC). Themed Big Data in Action, the event will feature global thought leaders and local experts sharing their insights in a new IT conferencing model. read more>> |
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 | With an ongoing increase in threat vectors, largely brought on by the proliferation of business trends such as cloud computing, Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), and the Internet of Things (IoT), security awareness and training is becoming a critical aspect to safeguarding data. read more>> |
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 | Should you worry about your connected devices? The internet of things is a new level of internet connectivity that is said to incorporate everyday items from your kettle to your lightbulbs. read more>> |
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 | Fred Mitchell In a data-driven business environment, Disaster Recovery (DR) is critical to ongoing productivity and profitability: the ability to get back up and running quickly after any data loss event, large or small, is absolutely essential to all businesses. read more>> |
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 | According to joint research by Kaspersky Lab and B2B International, 18% of users in South Africa have lost either money or important information as a result of their children's online activity. This number suggests that, in addition to the risk of children encountering cyber threats, they can also cause inadvertent problems for their parents. read more>> |
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 | Siyanda Cele As more people are being glued to their mobile devices, one thing has become clear: mobile is taking over internet surfing. And it's everything from browsing social media outlets to checking emails and doing some online shopping. read more>> |
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 | Wi-Fi networks designed specifically for hospital use are catching on around the world, as both staff and patients see the multiple benefits of secure network access, said Networks Unlimited. read more>> |
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 | TotalSend has launched SMS and email sending via a single channel. This multi-channel platform allows TotalSend to assist marketers who are increasingly looking to connect with customers on mobile devices. read more>> |
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 | EOH Company and Infor Master Partner, Softworx has launched the Africa Partner Network (Softworx APN) to channel Infor software sales and consulting services throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. read more>> |
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 | Michael Frans The automotive industry has become increasingly competitive in the past few years with manufacturers and brands jostling for a leadership position in both international and local markets. read more>> |
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 | The mobile handsets industry in South Africa received an overall satisfaction score from its customers of 73.3 out of 100. This was revealed by the South African Customer Satisfaction Index (SAcsi) released today, 21 October 2014. read more>> |
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 | Greg Sarrail Biometrics has become a rich-and-secure solution that is very much a part of the present, not some distant future. Implementations can be robust, reliable and uniquely coded to the individual, delivering an extra layer of protection for the bank, the business and the individual. read more>> |
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 | Applications in business are being transformed at a faster rate than any time in history. According to the 2013 Cisco Global IT Impact Survey, 71% of companies report that IT is deploying more applications than in 2012. Applications and user expectations are becoming more complex. read more>> |
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 | Investment in strong online customer-care strategies is becoming an imperative in the mobile operator industry, especially in Africa, where the first wave of smartphone users is on a rapid rise. Nonetheless, customer care agents are not properly equipped to deal with the daily onslaught of enquiries from a broad and growing range of internet-capable devices. read more>> |
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 | Banks are today at the mercy of their IT systems. As IT progresses and becomes more consumerised, customers are demanding smarter, faster and better ways in which to do their banking no matter the device. read more>> |
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 | Thabiso Mochiko MTN SA said last week that over 240 managers have taken voluntary retrenchment packages. The company embarked on a cost-reduction programme in August‚ following its poor financial performance. read more>> |
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 | Issued by ITWeb Solo adventurer Riaan Manser is in the speaker line-up at The BlackBerry Experience events organised by ITWeb in Durban and Cape Town this week... read more>> |
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 | DUBAI - The trial of Bahraini Human Rights Activist Nabil Rajab, stands accused of having "insulted official bodies" in remarks posted on Twitter, and his trial has now been adjourned until 29 October according to a judicial source. read more>> |
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 | TAIPEI, TAIWAN: Booming shipments of the iPhone 6 helped Taiwan's export orders rise by 12.7% in September year-on-year to a record $43.3bn, the Taiwanese government said. read more>> |
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 | NEW YORK, USA: IBM reported a collapse of its third-quarter profits because of the $4.7bn cost of offloading its micro-chip business to GlobalFoundries. read more>> |
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 | LONDON, UK: People found guilty of internet "trolling" in Britain could be jailed for up to two years under government proposals, following a number of high-profile cases of abusive and threatening behaviour on Twitter. read more>> |
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: The rise of smartphone use to access the internet has slowed the number of clicks on advertisements and cut into profits earned by Google in the third quarter of the year. revealed. read more>> |
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 | NEW YORK, USA: Microsoft-owned Skype unveiled a new app enabling users to send short video messages to stay connected between calls. read more>> |
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 | WASHINGTON, USA: Hackers based in Russia used a flaw in Microsoft Windows to spy on NATO, European governments and other organisations as far back as 2009, security researchers have found. read more>> |
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 | PARIS, FRANCE: Money is now only a tweet away for French people, after a bank in the country launched a novel way to transfer money using the social networking platform. read more>> |
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 | President Jacob Zuma says government will establish a platform for members of the media and government to share ideas on a range of issues. read more>> |
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