Broadcast Digital Migration policy to be gazetted
The Department of Communications (DoC) is set to publish the final Broadcasting Digital Migration (BDM) policy in the Government Gazette next week. DoC management presented the country’s state of readiness to migrate from analogue to digital broadcasting to a Joint...New network to boost IoT
IBM Research and Semtech have announced a new technology based on low-power, wide-area networks (LPWANs) that offers significant advantages over cellular networks and WiFi for providing machine to machine (M2M) communications. For years, the enormous potential of the...Eskom suspends execs, orders inquiry
The Eskom board has suspended four key executives – including the CEO – and will commission an independent inquiry on the current status of the business and its challenges. Among other things, the commission will form an independent view on: * The poor performance of...The importance of ethics in data debate
The collection and use of personal data excites marketers, but scares the public. With new technologies, such as big data, it is easy to cross the “creepy” line, says Frank Buytendijk, research vice-president and distinguished analyst at Gartner. He says...SITA under fire for SAPS contracts
The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Police was briefed by the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) yesterday to assess the role these agencies play – and heard that major IT projects are still...