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mPos still to reach its full potential
In terms of mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) adoption it is a conservative market, but so far mPOS growth in South Africa has been impressive. It's estimated that there are 10,000... read


ICT
Gartner: IT spending in SA to reach $26.6 billion in 2016
According to Gartner, Inc. IT spending in South Africa is forecast to reach $26.6 billion in 2016, a 5.1 percent increase from 2015. While the IT market is on pace to pick up in 2016... read
Workflow automation: is your business ready?

Beata Green

Businesses spend hours each day completing a host of business tasks manually. Not only can this get repetitive, but it can negatively affect the efficiency of a business and result in higher costs... read
Cyber Security
Protecting yourself from online fraudsters
You receive an email or text claiming that you have won a cash prize - but you didn't enter any competitions - and to claim this cash prize you will have to share your banking details... what should you do? read
POPI business myths popped

Leigh Andrews

Worried about compliance issues once the Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act comes into effect? Don't be. Wayne Clarke, Managing Director of Metrofile Records Management shares some tips you can implement today to turn POPI into a business opportunity... read
Services
Skype 'working on a fix' as communication service faces worldwide outage

Jacques Coetzee

Just after Amazon Web Services issues forced popular internet platforms like Netflix to go offline, Microsoft's popular voice and video chat service Skype went down on Monday... read
Tech Startups
WeThinkCode_ and Ecole 42 to address desperate IT skills shortage
The quote from American educator John Dewey, "If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow", capture a major... read
Telecommunications
Avoiding data bill shock

Issued by Mortimer Harvey

One of the biggest complaints received on a monthly basis in the telecommunications industry are billing complaints, 60% of which are based on bill shock, specifically data usage.... read
Company news
Spring Equinox heralds Bizcommunity's new interface

Issued by Bizcommunity.com

Celebrated in many cultures as the Spring Equinox, 21 September marks the turning of the seasons in the southern hemisphere. Today it also marks new beginnings for Bizcommunity's navigation interface... read
Business
[Relentlessly Relevant] 3. How to innovate - strip them down, tie their ankles, make them run

Douglas Kruger

Here is a curious thing about human thought and creative processes: If you apply no rules whatsoever, you will tend to get poor results. Present your people with a 'white page' and they generally won't know what to do with it... read
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ICT Business Fair
Small Enterprise Development Agency - 29 Sep 2015, Johannesburg


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