Madiba critical but comfortable The news is topped right now, quite rightly, by reports around Nelson Mandela's health status, which is reported to be critical, but his medical team is ensuring he is as comfortable as possible. If you're cohabiting, you may need to cough up in the event of an insurance claim... apparently, unmarried couples who live together or keep their possessions at their partner's residence face an increased risk of insurance claim rejections for personal belongings if they fail to fully disclose their living situation to their insurers. Ouch! The Competition Commission has reached a settlement with 15 construction firms, who have agreed to pay fines to the tune of R1.46bn for collusive tendering. When will these people learn? Some good news at last! A South African team has won a top supercomputing award, scooping overall top honours at the International Student Cluster Challenge held in Leipzig, Germany, recently. Finally... look! Have you created or updated your MyBiz Profile on Bizcommunity yet. If not, what are you waiting for... It's so simple and you will put yourself in the running to win a fantastic GoPro camera and accessories worth over R6,000! Go on... get to it! Rod Baker, Content Director
Submit your company news to itnews@bizcommunity.com. Exclusive contributions may be sent to contributors-it@bizcommunity.com. Weekly top stories | [Tim Wyatt-Gunning] When we fall asleep, I am told that we go through a few phases, one of which is curiously named after an aging American rock band. Read more >> |
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 | [Issued by Mediatech] Ever had the problem where the final mix you approved on that big budget TV ad sounded really different off-air than in the audio post suite? Chances are you've fallen victim to the new loudness management measures that are being put in place. Read more >> |
 | [Issued by Mediatech] Visitors to this year's Mediatech Africa will experience a wide variety of interactive activities and engaging products at the media and entertainment advanced technology hub. Read more >> |
 | [Grant Vine] The business case for big data is virtually unlimited, presenting new challenges and opportunities for ICT players bold enough to take on the challenge of supporting big data use. Read more >> |
 | [Alexander Mehlhorn] There's a great deal of pride and enjoyment that the geeks in an organisation get from building servers from scratch, creating server rooms and architecting an infrastructure that they can boast about to their peers - and, five years ago, this was an essential in-house skill. Read more >> |
 | [Perry Hutton] The evolution of the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) trend has been as profound as it has been rapid. It represents the most visible sign that the boundaries between personal life and work life are blurring. Read more >> |
Atio, the provider of specialist ICT and telecoms service assurance solutions, has announced that a team of five mobile network optimisation specialists have successfully completed a two-week training course in Dubai focusing on Long Term Evolution ("LTE") mobile network planning, optimisation and performance management. Read more >>
 | A University of Cape Town (UCT) PhD graduate is changing the lives of unemployed skilled workers through a ground-breaking technology solution that has also secured her a job with Google in Africa. Read more >> |
 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Phone numbers and email addresses belonging to some 6m Facebook users have been improperly shared due to a software bug, the social network said last week. Read more >> |
 | There was no "back door pipeline" to BlackBerry SA's platform, the company said on Tuesday, 18 June, following reports that the United Kingdom government had been monitoring e-mails and phone calls. Read more >> |
 | Insurer Assupol, formed in 1913, started trading its shares on the over-the-counter market on Friday (21 June) at a price of about R2.50 per share. Read more >> |
 | The 'Everything over IP' (EoIP) phenomenon has taken the business world by storm. Often seen as the ultimate solution to converged communications, IP opens up possibilities for businesses. However, migrating to an IP network is not an entirely simple exercise. Read more >> |
The latest standard and fifth-generation in wi-fi protocols, the 802.11ac, promises to deliver speeds on wireless LAN sites of up to three times faster than the previous 802.11n standard, finally making true high-definition video streaming at 500 Mbps possible. Read more >>
 | The Reach for a Dream Foundation is a nationwide organisation, with 7 branches, 30 full-time staff members, 250 volunteers, and a growing number of sponsors and supporters. In addition to this, the foundation's IT infrastructure is vital to ensuring that dreams can come true. Read more >> |
 | Datacentrix, a leading South African empowered services-led solution integrator, has been appointed by the Western Cape Government to help implement an Enterprise Content Management (ECM) strategy within Department of Health (DoH) facilities across the province. Read more >> |
 | Intuate Group, a privately owned, broad-based IT company, has been appointed as a Gold Partner in Hitachi Data Systems' (HDS) TruNorth partner programme. Read more >> |
 | [Justin Lee] This article, the third in a series of four articles where we explore how the use of mobile devices by employees in businesses represents the convergence of personal and corporate needs, will examine the mobile threat vectors, and how use behaviour can become the Achilles Heel. Read more >> |
 | Invensys has augmented its offering of industrial software, systems and control equipment by acquiring Sarla Analytics' SmartGlance mobile reporting product. Read more >> |
 | SAO PAULO, BRAZIL: comScore, Inc, a leader in measuring the digital world, has released the latest insights on the display advertising market in Brazil based on data from its comScore Ad Metrix service. Read more >> |
 | PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC: Television audience measurement in the Czech Republic attracts interest among professionals at home and abroad. Read more >> |
 | PARIS, FRANCE: Making sure a glass of wine is everything it promises on the label was once a relatively simple process: hold against the light, tilt and observe the shade, swirl a little and give it a good sniff. Read more >> |
 | RESTON, US: comScore, Inc recently released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the US search marketplace. Google Sites led the explicit core search market in May with 66.7% of search queries conducted. Read more >> |
 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Microsoft on Wednesday (19 June) posted bounties of up to US$100,000 for "truly novel" ways to hack the latest version of its Windows operating system software for computers. Read more >> |
 | WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND: Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom on Thursday (20 June) condemned a Dutch company's decision to delete millions of files belonging to users of his defunct website, calling it "the largest data massacre in the history of the Internet". Read more >> |
 | CANNES, LIONS: The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity honoured the winners of a further four categories at its Innovation, Media, Mobile and Outdoor Lions Awards Ceremony. Read more >> |
 | MAIDUGURI, NIGERIA: Nigeria's military commanders on Wednesday (19 June) banned the use of satellite phones in much of the north-east region after cutting mobile phone services as part of a plan to further isolate rebels in the area after a series of fresh attacks. Read more >> |
 | WASHINGTON, USA: Internet giants Facebook and Microsoft say they received thousands of requests for data from US authorities last year but are prohibited from disclosing how many related to national security. Read more >> |
More International
 MTN awards entire Wintel and Linux Server support contract to Integr8 - more info
AxizWorkgroup appoints new executive - more info
Director - technical services and electronic resources management. Stellenbosch University invites applications for the aforementioned position to commence duties on 1 September 2013 or as soon as possible thereafter. Read more >>
Luxembourg ICT workshopLuxembourg for Business - Proud to promote ICT - 25 Jun 2013 to 26 Jun 2013 Johannesburg,Cape Town
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