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[Michael de Andrade] It's time for the chief information officer (CIO) to make a shift from technologist to strategist. This should be self-evident. It's a perennial argument that's been punted for years by industry observers. With quantum shifts in technology, now is the time for the CIO to align the information technology team with the strategic pulse of the organisation. Read more >>
Internet
[Ross Griffiths] The recent data outages at international company Research In Motion (RIM), which left Blackberry users across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, India, Brazil, Chile and Argentina without connectivity for days on end and sparked outrage from those users on social media platforms, only serve to highlight how dependent the modern world has become on stable Internet connectivity, particularly through previously non-traditional channels, such as smartphones. Read more >>
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 Telecommunications group Telkom on Thursday bemoaned heavy rain and electrical storms for a disruption in its communication services in KwaZulu-Natal. Read more >>
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 [Mongezi Mtati] JOHANNESBURG/LONDON: Just when you think you know where social media and its influencers are going, it all changes again. I recently attended two conferences, one in South Africa and the other in the UK, to see just what technologists are working on and where investors are looking. Read more >>
 A hot topic at this year's COP17 is the fate of the Kyoto Protocol - an international agreement that aims to curb greenhouse gas emissions by 5% from 1990 levels over a five year period that comes to an end in 2012. For South Africa however, this target is much higher where government has set their own target of reducing emissions by 34% below business as usual by 2020. Read more >>
Services
[Fokion Natsis] Lower costs and greater efficiency have long been common refrains in IT and will continue to be. But with IT becoming more central to a business' ability to launch new products and deliver services, CIOs and IT leaders have become increasingly concerned with their infrastructure's ability to execute - and are more concerned that IT isn't fast enough to meet the goals of the business. Read more >>
Software
[Sean Cocks] Viruses, malware, spyware and spam are all common terms in today's connected world and most users who access the Internet using a PC, laptop or notebook would not dream of doing so without some sort of security solution. Cyber-crime has become the world's most profitable underworld "business" and users are now aware of the need to protect themselves from falling victim to any number of threats. Read more >>
 DUBAI, UAE: Effective Measure, a leading provider of digital media planning solutions in emerging markets, today announced that it is investing in MENA's thriving digital media industry with the addition of four new members to the Middle East North Africa (MENA) Business Development team and a dedicated training space in Dubai. Read more >>
 TORONTO, CANADA: comScore, Inc, a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from the comScore MobiLens service, reporting key trends in the Canada mobile phone industry for September 2011. Read more >>
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National Consumer Commissioner Mamodupi Mohlala has accused mobile operators iBurst and First National Bank (FNB) of contravening Section 63 of the Consumer Protection Act by not rolling over unused prepaid internet data. She requested that they amend their prepaid data policy in line with the Act. Read more >>
 SA's lack of a clear telecom policy is costing it dearly. Local companies and consumers have long complained that the high cost of telecommunications is a burden to business here. Read more >>
 [Kemantha Govender] Solutions to climate change challenges can come from virtually anywhere, and now a challenge has been put to software developers to come up with innovative ways to deal with the global phenomenon. Read more >>
 The Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) published its findings of an inquiry into Local Loop Unbundling (LLU) on Wednesday, 30 November 2011. Read more >>
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