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Digital transformation: The new face of business in a mobile-first, cloud-first world
Digital transformation: The new face of business in a mobile-first, cloud-first world
[Nir Tenzer] Technology has become ubiquitous and central to growth... read


Apple debuts iPhone 7 amid investor concern
Apple debuts iPhone 7 amid investor concern

Alex Webb and Mark Gurman

Apple rolled out updated products and new features on Wednesday that mostly relied on an old strategy. The most valuable technology company... Read

Dell-EMC merger forms largest privately-controlled tech company
Dell-EMC merger forms largest privately-controlled tech company

Dell has completed its $67 billion acquisition of EMC Corporation, which goes down as the largest merger in tech history... Read

Why CIOs still need a cloud strategy
Why CIOs still need a cloud strategy

After a decade of cloud it may come as a surprise that the issue of cloud computing is still perplexing to many CIOs. While cloud computing is a foundation... Read

App and website development
ORG.ZA suspensions reversible until September 2017
ORG.ZA suspensions reversible until September 2017
South Africa's ZA Central Registry (ZACR) is tasked with administering second-level domains within the greater .ZA namespace... read
Cyber Security
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Why African startups need to care about web application firewalls (WAF)
Why African startups need to care about web application firewalls (WAF)

Soojin Choi, Issued by Cloudbric

From simple community boards to complicated software, web applications are targeted by a majority of web attacks. Therefore startups need to understand that securing web applications deserves critical priority... read
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Security vs productivity: The mobile device management conundrum

Viesturs Zalaiskalns

Given the significant productivity benefits delivered by mobility, it is unsurprising to note that it is fast becoming a way of life in many organisations... read
Hardware
YOAC fibre cable manufacturing skills transfer commences
YOAC fibre cable manufacturing skills transfer commences
As China strengthens relations in South Africa, Chinese majority owned Yangtze Optics Africa Cable (YOAC) continues its efforts to facilitate opportunities... read
Services
Customer experience and ratings - a two-way street
Customer experience and ratings - a two-way street

Bruce von Maltitz

Customer experience management has traditionally been about customers being able to rate a business based on their interaction... read
Software
Africa could be large market opportunity for gaming
Africa could be large market opportunity for gaming
It's no secret that eSports, or online gaming, is a growing phenomena both in South Africa and across the rest of the continent... read
Tech Startups
High-tech fabric innovation challenge launched
High-tech fabric innovation challenge launched
The Innovation Hub's OpenIX has launched a challenge with Gelvenor Textiles, a South African fabric engineering company... read
City of Joburg supports the rise of 'Silicon Braamfontein'
City of Joburg supports the rise of 'Silicon Braamfontein'
Newly appointed MMC for Economic Development, Councillor Sharon Peetz has confirmed that economic growth and entrepreneurship will be a core focus... read
Telecommunications
MTN launches new B-BBEE share scheme
MTN launches new B-BBEE share scheme

Thabiso Mochiko

MTN's R10bn black economic empowerment scheme has opened to the public today, but the company will not be providing funding to investors... read
Digital transformation: key to a customer-centric telco
Digital transformation: key to a customer-centric telco

Hrusostomos Vicatos and Gavin Holme

Telcos are fast realising that their competitive edge is no longer in merely offering a communications product or service... read
International
UK tech sector in shakeup under Hewlett Packard deal
UK tech sector in shakeup under Hewlett Packard deal
British group Micro Focus will merge with some of Hewlett Packard Enterprise's software assets, the pair said, in a further consolidation... read
Google buys cloud firm Apigee for $625m
Google buys cloud firm Apigee for $625m
Google on Thursday announced a deal to pay $625 million for Apigee, a firm specialising in managing the application programming interfaces... read
Genesys to acquire Interactive Intelligence in $1.4b deal
Genesys to acquire Interactive Intelligence in $1.4b deal
Genesys and Interactive Intelligence Group Inc. have announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement... read
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Business
Get your will drafted for free during National Wills Week
Get your will drafted for free during National Wills Week
As has become tradition over the past few years, members of the public will be able to have a basic will drafted by an attorney, free of charge, during National Wills Week, held from 12 - 16 September 2016... read
Structural reform the way forward to grow the economy
Structural reform the way forward to grow the economy

Nicci Botha

Whatever happens when the next ratings review comes up in December shouldn't derail the structural reform required for the country's growth and prosperity... read
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