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Save WhatsApp in South Africa
MTN and Vodacom have called for the government to regulate WhatsApp (as well as Skype and similar services). They are claiming that their profits are being undermined... read


BizTrends 2016
Are you ready for the competition? - Retail World Africa 2016

Issued by Terrapinn South Africa

Retail World Africa, featuring the e-Commerce Show Africa, forms part of Africa's largest payments and retail show and will be hosted at the Sandton Convention Centre on 1-2 March. read
Security high on the agenda for 2016

Warren Olivier

I believe securing data and controlling access will join the likes of the Internet of Things and information management as one of the most influential trends... read
Fibre as the quantum shift for technology

Shane Chorley

By now, the vast majority of South Africans, be they consumers or business owners, have heard about the fibre revolution that is taking hold of the country... read
Functionality, accessibility and security: top mobile ICT trends 2016

Paulo Ferreira

Moving forward into 2016, the users will be expecting more connectivity, productivity and security. The shift will be towards a change in the way mobile devices are used... read
Digital transformation: top 10 technology trends of 2016

Kim Andersen

Technology has driven a revolution in the way people work, play, interact and even how they think. Evolving technology has opened up new business models... read
Top IT trends CIOs will be challenged by in 2016

Ian Jansen van Rensburg

It's an exciting time to be involved in the IT field and, technologically speaking, 2016 is going to be a cracker of a year.... read
2016 outlook with Edward Lawrence

Edward Lawrence

Edward Lawrence, ICT entrepreneur and co-founder of Workonline Communications, shares his top trends and outlooks for 2016 with us... read
Mobile technology trends 2016

Bob Min Yu

After the fierce mobile price war globally in 2014, smartphones have undoubtedly shifted to a new stage of competition in 2015 and will continue throughout 2016... read
IT's changing of the guard

Brian Timperley

SMEs no longer need to be responsible for IT in the traditional sense. The likes of cloud computing, high-speed connectivity and hosted solutions have become game-changers... read
Top IT trends to look out for in 2016

Paul Conradie

2016 will be an exciting and fast-paced year for IT. Technologies that gained a foothold in 2015 are reaching critical mass and gaining the momentum needed... read
The African ICT landscape: five trends to watch in 2016

Gareth Mellon

Expect ICT providers to start positioning themselves as complete, end-to-end partners with the ability to transform their clients into digital pioneers... read
Fibre fruit hangs low

Deidré Jonker, Issued by BitCo

Finally. After years of ploughing - a familiar sight to our South African driveways and pavements - kilometres of Dark Fibre will light up and bear fruit... read
Top five ICT trends 2016

Cari Van Wyk

Businesses have to adapt and readapt continuously to keep up with or stay ahead of change. Either that or fall behind and fall away... read
Year of radical innovation in built environment

Alta Schoultz

Much of our modern life is rooted in the way we have designed our cities... read


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Cloud Computing
Six reasons SMEs should explore cloud-based infrastructure

Neels Pretorius

Many enterprises have begun exploring cloud-based infrastructure, but it is small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that stand to benefit the most... read



Cyber Security
SA banks 'coping' amid global cybercrime wave

Duncan Alfreds

Local banks are investing in cybercrime defence as financial institutions globally face an increasing trend of cyber theft, an international survey has found... read
Five key actions to build business resilience in 2016
First there was disaster recovery, then came business continuity and now companies are looking for ways to build business resilience... read



Internet
ZA Domains Multi-Reseller Platform Beta announcement

Issued by ZA Domains

The Multi-Reseller Beta allows domain registrars and domain resellers to create sub-reseller accounts below their account and provide their resellers with access to a customised web-based control panel... read
Tech Startups
Drugstore: Bringing big businesses tech-pain relief

Leigh Andrews

Problem: Lack of collaboration, innovation and knowledge-sharing between 'big business' and small tech startups. Solution: Publicis Machine Drugstore... read
Technology
Tesla bulks up on IT talent for 'car of the future' fight
Tesla's swift rise to both create and dominate the luxury all-electric car market has stunned Detroit. To hold that lead to the next plateau... read
Business
Branding lessons learned from religion (Part 2)

Jimmy Tembo

We went through part 1 of this article without defining branding... read
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