First and foremost, have fun Work on work that is meaningful. Cape Town's Black River Office Park is taking sustainable development to a whole new level. They're in the process of installing the largest solar PV system in Southern Africa. Two green thumbs up to you lot! Take risks. There's a new SA radio station lurking on the interwebs, and it goes by the name of EuroTrashMusic - not your cup of tea? Don't be put off by the name - it's more a reference to a type of music rather than the location of the music, explains the station's founder Craig Steyn. Ruth Cooper finds out who they are, what they do, and why they do it in, EuroTrashMusic and the future of online radio. Surround yourself with people who are cleverer than you. Education NPO SABSA will soon host the 8th Business School Expo in Joburg, open to anyone interested in finding out more about executive education. Attendance is free if you register online, otherwise pay R100 at the door on the day. Bit of a no-brainer, right?! And finally, have fun! Number one on the list, and my favourite tip from Tara Turkington who shares her ten tips to building a great team - four of which have been mentioned above. Go forth and lead by example! Sindy Peters, Group Head: Content
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Comment online in our ed's column archive. Go mobile with apps and m.bizcommunity.com. Engage with us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google+. Subscribe to YouTube and via RSS. Send all your industry news to itnews@bizcommunity.com, exclusive opinion pieces to contributors-it@bizcommunity.com and international news to internationalnews@bizcommunity.com. Read "How to contribute to Biz, from op-ed pieces to news". Weekly top stories | [Drew van Vuuren] In 2012, the government announced plans to adopt a new identification (ID) system, which would replace the existing green ID booklet with a smart electronic ID card. I personally welcome the move to a more secure form of ID, in hope that it will help to combat the high levels of fraud, which now reportedly costs our economy on average R1 billion per year. Read more >> |
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 | [Niven Perumal] The days when employees were confined to desks in front of a company-owned-and-controlled personal computer are long gone. Workers are increasingly mobile, jetting off to different locations around the country (and the globe), and they no longer keep office hours, preferring to fire off emails and complete tasks on the road and from home. Read more >> |
 | Following on the finalisation of the merger of Westcon Group South Africa (Pty) and Comztek Holdings (Pty) Ltd, the two businesses are announcing their new organisational structure. Read more >> |
 | Small businesses operating in the Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) sectors may find the following information particularly useful as a platform for business expansion and development. Read more >> |
 | The Trust Centre has been developed by the South African Post Office (SAPO) to hold the the public key infrastructure (PKI) and Certificate Authorities (CAs). Through the use of Trust Centre digital certificates, user authentication, trust and legal status in electronic transactions are ensured, thereby providing a highly secure environment. Read more >> |
 | Enactment of the new Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI) is expected in the near future. This means that any businesses that have access to clients' personal details must comply with the Act's terms or potentially face criminal prosecution. Read more >> |
 | According to experts at Kaspersky Lab, in May 2013 email spam decreased by 2.5 percentage points, averaging at 69.7%. Phishing emails showed a slight increase since April, as did malicious attachments which increased 0.4 percentage points and were detected in 2.8% of emails. Read more >> |
 | [Ramone Pickover] The world's premier trade show for computer and video games and related products, E3 Convention, lived up to its expectations with critics labelling it, 'the best E3 in recent history'. Read more >> |
 | The 2013 tax season for submission of tax returns has officially opened‚ the SA Revenue Service (SARS) said on Monday (1 July). Read more >> |
 | [Bekezela Phakathi] Although the number of South Africans accessing the Internet to shop online has decreased slightly in the past year‚ the majority of locals who shop online are "highly satisfied" with their overall experience‚ the latest MasterCard Online Shopping Survey released on Thursday (27 June) has revealed. Read more >> |
 | [Rihana Hoosain] There have been rapid advancements in technology over the past few years with constant new developments. We have seen the launch of Apple's smart TV, Microsoft's Windows 8, the Blackberry 10, Samsung Galaxy S4 and a myriad quirky digital apps. Read more >> |
[Jonathan Kalan] In a tiny sweltering tin-roofed shack inside one of Mogadishu's bullet-riddled neighbourhoods, two brothers, Ali Hassan and Mustafa Yare, sit hunched over one of eight humming desktop computers. Together they show Nasteexo Cadey, a young veiled student at Mogadishu University, how to set up her Facebook account, browse YouTube videos and check her e-mail. Read more >>
[Issued by Private Property] Private Property has launched its all-new offering to international acclaim. The project, which became known to the development team as "Phoenix", was initiated to re-imagine the company's 10-year-old legacy website. Read more >> visit press office >>
 | [Thabiso Mochiko] Frost & Sullivan's Ian Duvenhage says Telkom's proposed tariffs hike will, among other things, see an increase in fixed-line rentals and that this move represents a "the central weakness in Telkom's consumer strategy". Read more >> |
 | Cellphone company MTN has admitted that it furnished the Ethiopian home of African Union commission chairman Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, the Sunday Times reported. Read more >> |
 | Telecommunications group MTN has been ruled out of operating a telecommunications network in Myanmar‚ following the announcement on Thursday (27 June) of two successful bidders for operating licences by that country's Telecommunications Operator Tender Evaluation and Selection Committee. Read more >> |
 | [Phil Lötter] Software as a service (Saas) is gaining momentum in South Africa, especially in the small and medium business sector where companies can now afford the same business systems previously only available to large organisations with big IT budgets. Read more >> |
 | [Alexander Mehlhorn] There's a perception that cloud computing has a fuzzy 'edge' that makes it difficult to tell where being online ends and the cloud starts. This makes it easy for the unscrupulous to pull the wool over the eyes of the uninformed and pass off online solutions as being in the cloud. Read more >> |
| [Niven Perumal] When Dr Rudolph Zinn of the School of Criminal Justice recently did intensive research on the nature of robberies and attacks, he revealed some interesting findings: one being that alarms and armed reaction services are not a deterrent for robbers any longer. Read more >> |
 | [Bruce Taylor] There are three indisputable facts about the insurance industry. Firstly, it's a USD4.3 trillion global business with premium revenues in emerging economies growing at 11% year-on-year. Read more >> |
 | 24 June 2013 saw Insight Venture Partners announce their sizable investment in Kaseya, with terms of the agreement remaining undisclosed. Read more >> |
 | Q-KON has launched a HotZone internet access and distribution solution. The offering is primarily aimed at entrepreneurs who want to leverage off connectivity for their businesses as well as establishments that want to provide this service to patrons and guests. Read more >> |
 | US$5.8 billion ICT solutions and services provider, Dimension Data, has received 28 Cisco Partner Summit 2013 awards. The winners were recently announced in Boston at Cisco's annual channel partner conference. The awards cover several geographic regions in the search for the top-performing channel partners within a specific technology market. Read more >> |
 | Veeam Backup & Replication Cloud Edition, offered by several local service providers including CipherWave, Afrihost, Vox Telecom, Cybersmart, Triple 4 Consulting and Server Alliance, brings offsite backups of virtualised IT environments to South Africa. Read more >> |
 | On 26 June 2013, MTN Business announced that entries are open for the 2013 MTN Business App of the Year Awards, which celebrate South Africa's most innovative mobile apps. Organisers of this second edition of the awards believe it will be bigger and better than before. Read more >> |
 | The BlackBerry Jam Africa & Middle East Tour is coming to Durban, Cape Town and Johannesburg on 15, 16 and 17 July 2013 respectively. The sessions will offer SA developers the opportunity to gain practical experience in working with the range of Blackberry development tools available. Read more >> |
 | BERLIN, GERMANY: Finnish telecom equipment maker Nokia is buying the 50% stake owned by German engineering giant Siemens in the mobile broadband joint venture Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) for €1.7bn. Read more >> |
 | BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - Tourists within Europe can use their smartphones without fear of an outrageous bill waiting at home as this year's summer holidays start. The European Union is cutting maximum mobile data roaming rates by 36% this week. Read more >> |
 | OTTAWA, CANADA: Canadian smartphone manufacturer BlackBerry last week posted an unexpected first quarter loss after disappointing sales of its new phones. The company's share price fell by 20%. Read more >> |
 | RANGOON, MYANMAR: Myanmar has granted licenses to Norway's Telenor and Qatar's Ooredoo to build and operate the country's first foreign-owned mobile phone networks. Read more >> |
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: Kim Nam-Hee pulls no punches as she warns a classroom of wide-eyed South Korean 10-year-olds that they stand on the edge of an addiction that will turn them all into "mindless slaves". Read more >>
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: South Korea's SK Telecom announced on Wednesday the launch of a new generation mobile network. Read more >>
 | BRUSSELS, BELGIUM: Google's competitors on Tuesday warned the European Commission that a set of proposals put forward by the US Internet giant to meet EU antitrust rules constituted "self-advertising" and would do nothing to create a level playing field for searches. Read more >> |
 | WASHINGTON, USA: Smartphone users have seen an explosion of malicious software or malware in the past year, dominated by schemes targeting Google's Android operating system, a survey published on Wednesday (26 June) showed. Read more >> |
 | PARIS, FRANCE: Tired of checking your smartphone every few minutes for new emails, likes or retweets? Do you spend more time looking at your device than chatting to your date? Are you close to a digital burn-out? Read more >> |
 | LONDON, UK - There are few experiences which compare to the life-affirming thrill of a live music event, knowing that you are one of a privileged few being treated to a display of raw artistic skill and power. Read more >> |
 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Microsoft said on Monday (24 June) it would offer an advertising-free version of its Bing search engine for schools, which also includes extra privacy and filtering of adult content. Read more >> |
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