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 | For the second consecutive year, Coronation Fund Managers has been named Top Company in the annual Sunday Times Top 100 Companies Awards... read more>> |
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 | Shailendra Singh The role of the CIO is rapidly transforming and it's clear that the CIO's role in the future will look very different from what we have traditionally seen. read more>> |
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 | Tony Willis Considering that IT touches almost every aspect of business operations, the CIO and his leadership team are in the unique position to identify innovation opportunities across the enterprise and develop rapid and aggressive 'digitalisation' strategies. read more>> |
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 | Steven Cohen Cloud back-up provider IronTree estimates that one in five South African small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) experience some form of data loss once a year, most commonly as a result of accidents and natural disasters, data corruption, or theft of computing devices. read more>> |
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 | A survey conducted by Kaspersky Lab and B2B International, has found that 64% of internet users in South Africa felt vulnerable while shopping online or making online transactions, and 63% of users would utilise online payment systems more often if they felt they were protected from cyber fraud. read more>> |
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 | Cellphone giant Vodacom has allegedly been secretly providing the numbers of local and international subscribers to third parties, including businesses and marketing companies. read more>> |
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 | Faulty security software at cellphone network operator Vodacom allowed the distribution of the cellphone numbers of the company's subscribers to websites they browse on their phones... read more>> |
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 | New reports claim that faulty security software at Vodacom led to the distribution of the cellphone numbers of the company's subscribers to websites they browse on their phones... read more>> |
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 | Anton Jacobsz Most enterprises are already using cloud-based solutions, even if they don't see them as such. We see enterprises readily using Salesforce and Webex, yet still voicing concerns about a move to enterprise cloud computing. read more>> |
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 | Tendai Innocent Khumalo Service delivery is at the heart of the government's mandate, and technology is a key enabler in improving service delivery. However, technology alone is not a silver bullet. read more>> |
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 | Software AG has announced that it is participating in this year's annual GovTech conference and exhibition, which is currently underway at Durban's International Conference Centre until 5 November, 2014 read more>> |
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 | The growing need for mobile and web applications is driving development teams away from hand-coding to a new breed of application platforms. They are moving to platforms that accelerate app delivery across a multi-channel environment and that includes mobile and web applications. read more>> |
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 | Duaan Dekker Another new competitor. Where do they get all these programmers? Why am I only learning about this now? Are they an immediate threat? How is this even possible? These thoughts and more are whizzing through my brain as I glide through the local gym's swimming pool. It has been a long day with quite a few unexpected (and sometimes frustrating) surprises... read more>> |
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 | The 2014 International Tablet Survey, sponsored by Dell, surveyed more than 1400 IT decision makers (ITDMs) in 10 countries. Its purpose was to gain insight and feedback from the ITDMs in these countries regarding their tablet usage. read more>> |
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 | Ivanna Granelli There are few workplaces that are as stressful as a telecoms operator's call centre. When a telecoms subscriber phones in, he or she is often already disgruntled because there's a problem with his or her service or bill... read more>> |
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 | It may be surprising to learn that the first Private Automated Business Exchanges (PABX) were used to handle large volumes of customer queries in the mid-1960s... read more>> |
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 | The demand for trust and loyalty is growing from citizens globally, yet trust levels are diminishing, so international market researchers conducted the ultimate survey, asking whether polls can be trusted. read more>> |
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 | SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: Samsung reported its smallest quarterly profit in nearly three years as its key smartphone business faltered under competition from Apple's iPhone 6 and Chinese handset manufacturers in an increasingly saturated market. read more>> |
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 | TOKYO, JAPAN: Toshiba said its half-year net profit rose by about 43% from a year ago, largely owing to a weak yen and strong sales in its infrastructure business. read more>> |
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 | TOKYO, JAPAN: Fujitsu said its half-year net profit jumped by nearly a third on rising IT investments among Japanese firms, but a recent economic downturn took a toll on results in the September quarter. read more>> |
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 | WASHINGTON, USA: Cyber attacks might be taking a toll now, but just wait: a survey of experts says things are likely to get even worse in the US over the next decade. read more>> |
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 | SHANGHAI, CHINA: Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba, which completed the world's biggest stock offering last month, is tapping into the country's growing online travel business with an independent platform, know as Alitrip. read more>> |
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 Future Pavilion Cape Town 2014 brings Portuguese Technology to South Africa in November. From interactive games and innovative retail, to health solutions and impactful design. Read more >> |
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