Technology News
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...
How to stimulate young brains
A neurologist who became a classroom teacher will explain how best to stimulate young people’s brains to process information into knowledge and wisdom during the upcoming SABC Education African EduWeek, to be held in Johannesburg in July. Thousands of teachers and...
Maths, science results need improvement
The 2014 World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Information Technology Report has ranked South Africa’s maths and science education quality as the worst in the world. Furthermore, the overall perceived quality of our education system has also plummeted from 140 to 146 of...
Technology entrepreneur joins takealot.com
Willem van Biljon has joined takealot.com, South Africa’s fastest growing online retailer, as co-CEO and chief technology officer. A seasoned technology entrepreneur, Van Biljon co-founded Mosaic Software, the creators of the Postilion payment system, and was one of...
East Africa CIO Summit set to debut
International Data Corporation (IDC) has announced the details of its inaugural East Africa CIO Summit, scheduled for 17 June at the InterContinental Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya. Focusing on the theme of Being a CIO in the New Business World of Tech+ Transformation, the...
Managing the application environment
Mobility is changing the way we work, the way we live and the way we play. The introduction of the smartphone in 2007 radically altered consumers’ expectations of what could be accomplished while on the go. Hundreds of millions of smartphones have been sold since...
Electronic payments in the Nigerian economy
With Nigeria having recently eclipsed South Africa as the continent’s biggest economy, it is worth taking a look the nation’s progress from the perspective of a service which is indispensable to the modern way of life – electronic payments. And electronic payments, in...
Cyberoam announces education discount
Cyberoam, a leading global network security appliances company, has announced Education Discount Policy for Universities, Academies, and similar institutes, wherein educational institutions can purchase Cyberoam products and subscriptions at special/discounted prices....
QlikView improves CareCross efficiencies
The CareCross Health Group is a diversified South African healthcare group with the aim of providing quality care to all South Africans, regardless of means. To achieve this, the group leverages synergies between its healthcare provision, insurance risk management,...
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 Accenture...
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...
How to stimulate young brains
A neurologist who became a classroom teacher will explain how best to stimulate young people’s brains to process information into knowledge and wisdom during the upcoming SABC Education African EduWeek, to be held in Johannesburg in July. Thousands of teachers and...
Maths, science results need improvement
The 2014 World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Information Technology Report has ranked South Africa’s maths and science education quality as the worst in the world. Furthermore, the overall perceived quality of our education system has also plummeted from 140 to 146 of...
Technology entrepreneur joins takealot.com
Willem van Biljon has joined takealot.com, South Africa’s fastest growing online retailer, as co-CEO and chief technology officer. A seasoned technology entrepreneur, Van Biljon co-founded Mosaic Software, the creators of the Postilion payment system, and was one of...
East Africa CIO Summit set to debut
International Data Corporation (IDC) has announced the details of its inaugural East Africa CIO Summit, scheduled for 17 June at the InterContinental Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya. Focusing on the theme of Being a CIO in the New Business World of Tech+ Transformation, the...
Managing the application environment
Mobility is changing the way we work, the way we live and the way we play. The introduction of the smartphone in 2007 radically altered consumers’ expectations of what could be accomplished while on the go. Hundreds of millions of smartphones have been sold since...