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How social media can help you win at omnichannel
[Lynette Hundermark] Omnichannel from a consumer viewpoint is the ability to have a seamless and consistent experience across multiple touchpoints... read more>>



ICT
Key to successful project management: closing the loop

Chris Dippenaar

I enjoy the physicality, the tangible nature of the outcome... the sense of achievement when I see the final product and experience the benefits of... read more>>
ITWeb/CA summit set to break attendance records

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CA Southern Africa's IT Management Symposium Africa, to be staged in partnership with ITWeb, looks set to break attendance records, with over 200 delegates signing up on the first day of registrations... read more>>
Cloud Computing
Cloud is the next big leap in the evolution of accounting software

Steven Cohen

Over the past 20 years, we've seen the business software market evolve at a rapid speed, moving from basic DOS-based solutions with text-based interfaces to... read more>>
Cyber Security
Broaden your focus from big data to the data implications of POPI

Leigh Andrews

So much has already been said about POPI, the Protection of Personal Information Act, but so much of that has led to confusion. Danny Aaron, director of 3Way Marketing, explains... read more>>
Data Management
Shared data centres: access to the widest choice and optimal pricing

Eckart Zollner

There is no doubt that, in a data-driven world, the data centre is a critical and central component of the technology infrastructure... read more>>
Data Quality landscape highlights key battlegrounds in billion dollar market

Gary Allemann

The 2015 Data Quality Landscape report from Information Difference provides insights into the $1 billion a year data quality market... read more>>
Hardware
Beware of pseudo UHD TVs, warns Samsung
Samsung Electronics South Africa is warning consumers that pseudo UHD TVs have found their way onto the South African market... read more>>
Internet
Five ways to optimise your Enterprise Wi-Fi performance

Patrick Groot Nuelend

In the IT world, speed is the 'final frontier', to paraphrase from Star Trek. Download speed is a big deal, whether we're looking at mobile phones, wired or wireless networks... read more>>
Network
SA government urged to accelerate networked readiness
By increasing its investments in information and communications technologies (ICTs) infrastructure, South Africa has the opportunity to realise great benefits which will ultimately... read more>>
Services
Can an agent make or break your day?
Figures show that contact centre agents have a direct influence on the customer experience. More research is currently being undertaken to find out what contact centre tools... read more>>
Telecommunications
E-Libraries programme launched
Vodacom and Huawei together with the Department of Basic Education and the Nelson Mandela Foundation launched their e-Libraries programme... read more>>
International
Telecoms specialists join forces for FANTASTIC-5G research project
Sixteen companies and research organisations in the telecommunications field have joined forces to advance the development of a new air interface below 6 GHz... read more>>
Gartner: IT spending to decline 5.5 percent worldwide in 2015
STAMFORD, USA: According to the latest forecast by Gartner, Inc, worldwide IT spending is on pace to total $3.5 trillion in 2015, a 5.5 percent decline... read more>>
More International
Africa
The future of the African market
The AfricaCom 100 Leadership Summit will see a panel of the 100 most influential names in Africa's telecoms, media and ICT industry take part in moderated roundtable discussions... read more>>
More Africa
Government news
Correctional Services to deal with "inmate Facebook" creators
PRETORIA: The Department of Correctional Services says it views the creation of an "inmate Facebook account" at Pollsmoor Correctional Centre in Cape Town... read more>>
More Government news
Business
Nearly finished the business plan

Chris Brewer

Last week I wrote about setting objectives, but we also have to consider the two integral parts that make the setting of objectives possible. And this, naturally, includes strategies and forecasting... read more>>
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