Joburg’s network progress slow

Joburg’s network progress slow

Kathy Gibson reports from the Ericsson Business Innovation Forum in Stockholm – Johannesburg ranks 29th out of 40 cities studied for the 2014 Networked Society Cities Index. Despite the relatively poor showing in the Index, Johannesburg has seen increased ICT maturity...
SA set for 7% wage increase

SA set for 7% wage increase

South African employers are forecasting 7% pay rises for staff in 2015 – the same as they received in 2014. This is according to the latest Salary Trends survey by ECA International, which finds that local increases are among the top 20 highest in the survey.

Omni-channel drives IT in retail

Omni-channel drives IT in retail

By 2017, three times the current number of retailers will succeed in explicitly pinning their customer and operations strategies on 3rd platform technologies. This is one of the findings from an International Data Corporation (IDC) report “IDC FutureScape: Worldwide...
The police car of the future

The police car of the future

Vodacom Business and Samsung have partnered to create the police car of the future. This next-generation police car, which uses fixed and mobile network infrastructure in conjunction with the latest hardware, is designed to showcase how innovation and technology can support the South African Police Service (SAPS) to provide the best possible service to the South African community.

SA tops in mobile search

SA tops in mobile search

According to new research by private healthcare search engine WhatClinic.com, South Africa leads the way in using mobile devices to search the site.In the past five years, mobile and tablet traffic to the site – which has over 1-million unique visitors every...
ICT urged to fight corruption

ICT urged to fight corruption

ICT companies are urged to join the fight against bribery and corruption in the sector by signing their names to an anti-corruption pledge. Collaborative Stakeholder Movement (CSM) is issuing a friendly challenge to IT organisations to become one of the early adopters...