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Fighting digital colonialism, Q&A with Elizabeth Gould
[Cari Van Wyk] The V&A Waterfront recently launched Workshop17, a multi-use innovation hub in support of start-ups, companies and initiatives working towards a better future... read more>>



ICT
Online gaming to identify talent and create employment opportunities
For South Africa, with over 215,000 people unemployed, the contact centre industry is a major source of employment and one of the few industries... read more>>
Cloud Computing
Designing a cloud that meets your business requirements

Sumash Singh

As cloud technology matures, IT organisations are increasingly rethinking their cloud strategy in order to deliver optimal value versus cost to the business... read more>>
Cyber Security
Can biometrics provide a way for secure and easy online payments?
According to the South African Fraud Prevention Service, identity theft has increased by more than 200% in the last six years and is costing the country at least R1 billion per year... read more>>
Services
Customer experience drives digitisation

Jiten Lala

The world of technology remains saturated, as always, with on-trend buzzwords. The Cloud "revolution" is here to help connect the Internet of Everything read more>>
The future of banking is mobile
According to the Oxygen8 report based on the survey on Mastering Multichannel Journeys, banking is the second most popular category in mobile technology usage, having amassed... read more>>
Datacentrix recognised as best-in-class strategy innovation company
Software
Web developers flock to DrupalCamp Cape Town 2015
DrupalCamp Cape Town 2015 is set to showcase the latest innovations being generated through the Drupal content management platform on Friday 4 September... read more>>
Tech Startups
Report finds SA's emerging companies face significant challenges
According to a report released by PwC today in collaboration with Silicon Cape, Microsoft BizSpark, Wesgro and the City of Tshwane, South Africa's entrepreneurs... read more>>
Special tech start-up secrets: social media and gamification FTW!

Leigh Andrews

Looking for an example of something game changing for the realm of e-commerce in Africa? Look no further than the i-Pay Payment Solution, an innovative tech business. CEO Thomas Pays talks us through the importance of self-belief and slight insanity when launching any business... read more>>
Technology
Technology is a differentiating factor for financial services firms

Sameer Deans

Few industries are as ripe for technological innovation as the financial services sector. This opportunity, however, also carries considerable risk... read more>>
Telecommunications
VoIP: How to plan for bandwidth and calculate costs savings

Issued by WhichVoIP.co.za

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) offers a number of potential advantages over traditional models of telephony. Finding a real financial value in VoIP, however, may involve dealing with some fairly complicated issues... read more>>
Brave new world of VoIP - telephony's new 'owners' and partners

Issued by Connection Telecom

Enterprise telephony market research reveals that Internet Protocol-enabled PBXs are now out-selling analogue PBXs five to one... read more>>
Africa
CEOs named for four Orange subsidiaries in Africa and the Middle East
In agreement with its local partners, Orange has appointed CEOs for four of its subsidiaries in Africa and the Middle East... read more>>
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Business
Save your bottom (line) with well-being

Linda Trim

Have you ever spent the day at work but never actually achieved anything? Have no fear, you are not alone. Due to poor workplace well-being, presenteeism is a phenomenon spreading far and wide across the globe... read more>>
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New events to diarise
IDC's Enterprise Mobility Roadshow
International Data Coporation (IDC) - 16 Sep 2015, Johannesburg

IDC's IT Security Roadshow
International Data Corporation (IDC) - 20 Oct 2015, Johannesburg

EC ICT Summit
Imbizo Events - 4 Nov 2015 to 5 Nov 2015, East London

IDC's Internet of Things Roadshow
International Data Corporation (IDC) - 18 Feb 2016, Johannesburg

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