How public sector can make the most of Big Data

The South African public sector is seeing the value in the analysis of Big Data. With enhanced...

Coding call for teachers

In preparation for Africa Code Week, the Cape Town Science Centre is inviting teachers with little...

Vodacom debuts SMS service for hearing impaired

Vodacom has launched South Africa’s first SMS Emergency Service for deaf, hearing and speech impaired customers....

Liquid buys Neotel for R6.55bn

Liquid Telecom, a privately owned pan-African telecoms group, majority owned by Econet Global, has announced that...

New electricity standards ready

New standards that will enable cost-effective smart grid applications such as distribution automation, smart meters, smart...

SqwidNet challenges students to dream up IoT solutions

SqwidNet has a technology competition for university students across South Africa to come up with innovative Internet...

Videoconferencing becomes mainstream

Videoconferencing (VC) and unified communications (UC) have become mainstream technology solutions for major corporates and government....

This is what makes a Smart City smart

Upgrading a city’s physical infrastructure is one way of making it smart, but it is a...

Trends 2011: SA business will unlock Video-conferencing

With broadband becoming faster, cheaper and more accessible, video conferencing will be here to stay, and...

Tech is key to HR future

In a world where technology is more pervasive and the millennial generation is entering the workforce,...

Trends 2011: Gadget creep

A generation of technology-minded users are finding a way around internal IT policies, not for intentional...

Now gamers help diagnose disease

Over a billion people in the world entertain themselves with video games. Miguel Luengo Oroz has...

OLX sets new security standard 

OLX has blocked nearly 200 000 scammers from its site, writes COLETTE VAN MONTFORT, User Centricity Manager...

Data can combat disease

The recent Listeriosis outbreak in South Africa has highlighted the necessity for increased digital communication and...

Trends 2011: Big in retail

Randy Fry, president and co-founder of Fry’s Electronicsand executive board chairman of the Consumer Electronics Association...

SA in finals of Midem artist accelerator

Midem has announced the 11 finalists in the Midem Artist Accelerator (MAA), the international music career...

Lack of experience in IT security breaks the bank

A recent report has revealed that large businesses that struggle to attract sufficiently skilled IT security...

App takes pain from parking

Ford has unveiled details of two new mobility projects aimed at addressing the daily frustration of...

Digital solution for literacy?

The country’s reading crisis has once again come into the spotlight through the latest findings of...

Trends 2011: Apps and skills rule

As bandwidth gets cheaper in SA a whole new set of application opportunities will open up....