Avoid bad BEE practices Whether one likes it or not, laws applicable to BEE are in place, and in this article Deon Oberholzer shows you the 10 bad BEE practices that could result in you losing your business. This must be the only country in the world with a so-called "strike season" - so it's no surprise to learn that the new tyre manufacturing industry negotiations deadlocked. Doesn't anyone seem to realise that a strike is the last resort, not among the first? Some might think, with good reason, that this country is becoming a nanny state, and others might be in total agreement with the proposed ban, but in the meantime, the alcohol industry is demanding a say on the bill banning alcohol advertising. Come on, admit it... our taxis are among our favourite road-users... NOT! So here's a heady little tale of the taxi that shocked police officers. Rod Baker, Content Director
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 | [Ayanda Dlamini] Next-generation business intelligence (BI) is rapidly being accepted as the critical tool for business success. Knowledge is power, and never more so than now, when access to the right insights from the relevant data can make the critical difference between business success and failure. Read more >> |
[Larking Huang] In the mobile, telephony and technological industry, we hear a lot about "innovation". We are told that our products need to be innovative. We are told that we need to be and employ creative people to help us do this. But what, exactly, is innovation? Why is it important? And why is it considered to be an important hallmark of what the modern-day consumer insists upon? Read more >>
 | The quest to find Africa's leading tourism app drew to a close on 10 September 2013 with "Africa Live" being announced as the winner of the Africa App Quest competition. Read more >> |
[Dean Young] The adoption and overall success of a new global technology is often driven by a number of factors, such as user acceptance, infrastructure readiness or even accessibility. Irrespective of whether the technology offers genuine and numerous benefits, users tend to delay the inevitable - it's human nature after all. Read more >>
 | Yuppiechef, one of SA's prominent online stores, says it is "growing rapidly", but has no immediate plans to accept outside investment into the thriving business for now. Read more >> |
Kaspersky Lab has announced the release of Kaspersky Internet Security for Android locally, a powerful protection solution for smartphones and tablets running Android, the world's most popular mobile operating system. Read more >>
[Rudie Raath] In every technology publication I open, every business symposium I attend, every CIO roundtable I facilitate, we hear about the next wave of change branded "Cloud". Read more >>
 | Samsung Electronics South Africa has announced that users of its Windows-based PC devices will receive 12 months of free access to the Samsung Virtual Training Academy, offering more than 1000 online courses developed by the Virtual Training Company (VTC). Read more >> |
 | MWEB Business has launched a Cloud-based service that frees corporates from the expense and hassle of setting up, operating and maintaining a dedicated data centre - without compromising on data security or the flexibility and control of their IT infrastructure. Read more >> |
 | In order to provide its customers with advanced voice and broadband services, Telecom Namibia (TN) will deploy Zhone's MXK and several additional Zhone services. Read more >> |
[Taryn Cromie] Owners of rapidly growing businesses often reach a point when the company consumes their every thought. Sleepless nights are spent fretting over growing complexities and constant worry of things potentially forgotten besieges all the waking hours. For business owners in this position, the time may have come to consider upgrading the accounting system to one that provides more control, more information and better insights into business performance. Read more >>
[Bernard Kur] Having a cloud solution offers many benefits to business: scalability, reduced costs of software licences, hardware and administration, and the support of a trusted IT advisor - freeing up budget and human resources to focus on the company's core business. Read more >>
[Mikael Nilebacke] Mobile solutions have a huge potential to drastically increase the efficiency of field workers and save big money for companies in a range of industries. However, the implementation of mobile solutions is filled with pitfalls. Here is my best advice on how to succeed. Read more >>
 | [Issued by Striata SA] With more and more people reading emails on their mobile devices, there is a significant opportunity for marketers to leverage mobile emails as effective channels for advertising messages. Read more >> visit press office >> |
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM: Belgian telecom giant Belgacom said on Monday its network had suffered an "intrusion" which a media report blamed on the US National Security Agency (NSA) as it snooped on communications in Africa and the Middle East. Read more >>
 | WASHINGTON, USA: A majority of Americans use their mobile phones to access the Internet and a growing number use their handsets as their primary online device, the results of a survey released on Monday, 16 September, showed. Read more >> |
 | WASHINGTON USA: Most US smartphone owners use their device's location service for directions or other purposes but only a small percentage share their location with friends and others, a survey released last week showed. Read more >> |
 | LONDON, UK: British police said they have arrested 12 men over a "sophisticated" plot to remotely take control of a computer at a branch of Santander bank and steal millions of pounds. Read more >> |
 | BERLIN, GERMANY - Mobile phone operator Vodafone Germany said on Thursday, 12 September a hacker had stolen the personal data of two million customers and that a suspect had been identified. Read more >> |
LONDON, UK: The publisher of Britain's Sunday Mirror newspaper said on Thursday that it is being investigated for alleged phone-hacking by former staff. Read more >>
 | SAN FRANCISCO, US: Yahoo chief Marissa Mayer on Wednesday said she feared winding up in prison for treason if she refused to comply with US spy demands for data. Read more >> |
NICE, FRANCE: A 67-year-old French jeweller has received an outpouring of support on the Internet after being detained on suspicion of murder for shooting dead a teenager fleeing his shop with stolen gems. Read more >>
 | WASHINGTON, USA: The US Department of Homeland Security on Thursday (12 September) enlisted smartphone users in its fight against child pornography with an iPhone app intended to make it easy to report suspected child predators. Read more >> |
 | NEW YORK CITY, USA: Shareholders in Dell approved on Thursday (12 September) a proposal led by company founder Michael Dell to take the iconic computer company private. Read more >> |
 | NEW YORK CITY, USA: Apple shares fell hard on Wednesday, 11 September, after the US technology company's unveiling of two new iPhones failed to allay concerns over a loss of momentum in the smartphone market. Read more >> |
 | BRUSSELS, BELGIUM: The European Union (EU) presents a radical telecommunications industry shake-up this week, aimed at creating a single, fully connected European market and removing unpopular mobile phone roaming charges it claims are unjustified. Read more >> |
 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Twitter is moving deeper into mobile advertising with the purchase of MoPub, a start-up company focusing on mobile advertising exchanges. Read more >> |
 | COPENHAGEN, DENMARK: A Danish bank worker who was fired for using Facebook to tell late-running customers to "go to hell" has won a dispute with her former employer, her union said on Tuesday (10 September). Read more >> |
 | CUPERTINO, USA: Apple on Tuesday, 10 September, unveiled two new iPhones, fielding a slick new top-end model along with one aimed at budget-conscious smartphone shoppers around the world as analysts had predicted. Read more >> |
 | SEATTLE, US: Innovyx, an email and digital messaging agency, is excited to announce the release of Campaign Auditor, an email quality assurance tool based on patent-pending analysis technology. Read more >> |
 | [Francesca Krihley] NEW YORK CITY, US: Successful enterprises operate cross-functionally, incorporating the tasks and objectives of every department within the organisation. Read more >> |
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