Cape Town now SA’s most congested city
Cape Town now has the dubious distinction of being South Africa’s most congested city, snatching the title from Johannesburg, according to TomTom’s fourth annual global traffic index for 2013. TomTom’s traffic data also showed that traffic congestion on secondary...Age of the digital enterprise dawns
By Kathy Gibson – Companies no longer really have a choice about whether to become digital enterprises: the decision now is about when and how. “Digital is changing the world – how we work, learn, and behave,” says Mike Sutcliff, group chief executive at...Unmet needs will drive big data adoption
A great unmet need for agile cloud application development, application scalability, broader data collection, extreme transaction processing and streaming data management are creating a need for multiple big data technologies besides Hadoop. A newly published...Vumatel wins Parkhurst fibre deal
The Parkhurst Residents and Business Owners Association (PRABOA) has nominated Vumatel as its preferred provider to supply fibre to the area, after a competitive proposal process. The adjudication committee reviewed 16 proposals from operators such as MTN, Vodacom,...Industry co-operates on wireless regulations
A sound regulatory framework is vital for the future of wireless technologies in South Africa. The first Future Wireless Technologies Forum, held on 29 May, brought together service providers, equipment manufacturers, and stakeholders from government and the regulator...