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Practicing good information governance
In today’s information-driven world, data is at the heart of enabling businesses to operate and innovate effectively. However, the exponential growth of data, combined with increasing regulation, has left many organisations struggling with the complexity of compliance...
Network sharing aims to cut costs
The high cost of telecommunications in South Africa could be reduced if the duplication of infrastructure was avoided, and telecommunications operators were required to share network rollouts. “The duplication of public and private infrastructure poses a challenge as...
Minister serious about digital migration
South Africa will finally move forward on digital migration, with a view to meeting next year’s deadline. This is the word from Siyabonga Cwele, Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services, during his budget vote speech in Parliament yesterday. “There is no...
Spotlight falls on SA’s broadband rollout
Broadband is a critical component of the National Development Plan, and is firmly on the agenda for the current year, according to Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services Siyabonga Cwele.Speaking during the budget vote in Parliament yesterday, Cwele says...
Govt moves towards transversal systems
Transversal systems and e-government platforms are on the cards, to allow government departments to deliver services online to South African citizens. This is one of the messages from yesterday’s Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services budget speech,...
Digital a priority for consumer goods firms
The digital revolution is set to be very important to companies in the food and drink, consumer goods, luxury goods and agribusiness sectors - impacting everything from business growth and supply chain management to food safety, sustainability, and data security and...
Datatec revenues on track for 2014
Datatec has delivered a satisfactory performance for the period from 1 March 2014 to 30 June 2014, with group revenues higher overall than those for the four months ended 30 June 2013. Westcon’s financial performance continues to improve as it successfully addresses...
Unintended consequences of the NUMSA strike
South Africa's largest labour union, the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA), rejected a three-year wage offer from metal and engineering firms on 13 July, and threatened to call for sympathy strikes by its remaining 110 000 members.Since 1 July...
SA verticals adopt smart M2M solutions
Enterprises across a growing number of verticals in South Africa are turning to smart machine-to-machine (M2M) solutions to improve operational efficiency, optimise resources and enhance customer experience.The ability of M2M solutions to automate processes, as well...
Work-life blending could be dangerous
A new European workforce study has revealed that the end of the 9-to-5 workday could put workers at risk.Work-life blend is overtaking work-life balance amongst European office workers, according to a new study involving 4 500 workers launched today by Samsung...
Tropa offers emotional voicemail with Voxeo
Tropa Services, a mobile marketing company based in Switzerland, specialises in innovative customer communication. Delivering emotional voice messages to mobile phone voice boxes with its voiceTRO offering, has developed into a main business. For the technical...
Lessons from successful entrepreneurs
It’s a rare entrepreneur who sets out to build a business based on billing more efficiently than the competition - but for Brian Timperley and Louis Jardim of Turrito Networks, streamlined billing turned out to be one of the unexpected factors behind their success....
Vox Telecom, Mimecast offer e-mail solution
South African telecommunications company Vox Telecom has announced its partnership with Mimecast South Africa, a leading provider of cloud-based e-mail archiving, continuity and security. It believes this partnership makes it the first vendor able to deliver a turnkey...
Practicing good information governance
In today’s information-driven world, data is at the heart of enabling businesses to operate and innovate effectively. However, the exponential growth of data, combined with increasing regulation, has left many organisations struggling with the complexity of compliance...
Network sharing aims to cut costs
The high cost of telecommunications in South Africa could be reduced if the duplication of infrastructure was avoided, and telecommunications operators were required to share network rollouts. “The duplication of public and private infrastructure poses a challenge as...
Minister serious about digital migration
South Africa will finally move forward on digital migration, with a view to meeting next year’s deadline. This is the word from Siyabonga Cwele, Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services, during his budget vote speech in Parliament yesterday. “There is no...
Spotlight falls on SA’s broadband rollout
Broadband is a critical component of the National Development Plan, and is firmly on the agenda for the current year, according to Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services Siyabonga Cwele.Speaking during the budget vote in Parliament yesterday, Cwele says...
Govt moves towards transversal systems
Transversal systems and e-government platforms are on the cards, to allow government departments to deliver services online to South African citizens. This is one of the messages from yesterday’s Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services budget speech,...
Digital a priority for consumer goods firms
The digital revolution is set to be very important to companies in the food and drink, consumer goods, luxury goods and agribusiness sectors - impacting everything from business growth and supply chain management to food safety, sustainability, and data security and...
Datatec revenues on track for 2014
Datatec has delivered a satisfactory performance for the period from 1 March 2014 to 30 June 2014, with group revenues higher overall than those for the four months ended 30 June 2013. Westcon’s financial performance continues to improve as it successfully addresses...