The IT & Telecommunications community of South Africa

Icasa asked to clarify terminology in draft law

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:30:00 +0200

Telecoms companies have asked the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) for a clearer definition of "underserviced area" at hearings on new draft regulations.
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Global Carbon Exchange partners CarbonSystems

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:36:00 +0200

Global Carbon Exchange (GCX), a local carbon and sustainability consultancy, have announced a partnership with global sustainability software providers, CarbonSystems.
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SA ICT skills development gets private sector boost

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:02:00 +0200

Information and communication technology (ICT) skills development in South Africa received a boost after business systems software giant SAP and the Media, Advertising and ICT Sector Education and Training Authority (MICT Seta) partnered to support research programmes in the sector.
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SONA in a nutshell

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:06:00 +0200

Union and business representatives have welcomed President Jacob Zuma's State of the Nation address to Parliament and, while the speech was held by some observers to be uninspiring it contained a lot of detail about the government's plans to boost jobs and invest in infrastructure.
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Jasco restructures as LeBlanc becomes an investor and shareholder

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:31:00 +0200

The Jasco Group restructured in mid 2011, reorganising all group companies and interests into three solutions verticals - Information and Communication Technologies, Industry and Energy - to better focus the company's growth strategy.
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Sentiment analysis provides understanding of info on social media

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:29:00 +0200

The last year has seen a rise in the uptake and infiltration of social networks, blogs, microblogs and forums amongst businesses. In fact, a global survey conducted by Regus revealed that 52% of businesses globally and in particular 55% of businesses in South Africa are using web sites such as Twitter to engage, connect with and inform existing customers.
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Business confidence falls in January

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:33:00 +0200

Business confidence fell to its lowest level since May 2010, the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SACCI) said.
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dti moots small business census

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:09:00 +0200

The Department of Trade and Industry wants to run a regular small business census to help improve its support and funding to the sector as part of a revised policy to boost support to small businesses.
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UMT Consulting SA to attend Microsoft Project conference

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:35:00 +0200

Local project, program and portfolio management solutions provider, UMT Consulting SA, will be attending the Microsoft Project Conference 2012 in Phoenix, Arizona in March. One of its customers, mining giant Exxaro, will also be presenting its enterprise-wide deployment of a project management system based on the Microsoft Enterprise Project Management (EPM) system.
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Samsung's Orange AfCON app now available

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:25:00 +0200

As an official sponsor of the Orange Africa Cup of Nations Gabon-Equatorial Guinea 2012, Samsung Electronics has announced the availability of the Africa Cup of Nations app.
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