Cell C’s new price offensive

Cell C’s new price offensive

Cell C has fired a new salvo in the mobile rates price war, slashing its per minute rate to an unprecedented 66 cents for its pre-paid customers. The announcement has just been made at a press conference currently underway at the company’s headquarters in Woodmead...
Star formation ideas overturned

Star formation ideas overturned

Using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and infrared telescopes, astronomers have made an important advance in the understanding of how clusters of stars come into being. The data show early notions of how star clusters are formed cannot be correct. The...
Successful SMEs look to cloud

Successful SMEs look to cloud

Tech-savvy SMEs (small to medium sized enterprises) perform better and employ more people than their non-technical counterparts. This is one of the findings from research commissioned by Microsoft and conducted by global management consulting company Boston Consulting...
Call to root out ICT corruption

Call to root out ICT corruption

As fraud and corruption in the ICT industry reach endemic proportions, there are calls for an independent body to bring stakeholders together in a bid to chart how widespread the problem is, and to thrash out a solution. That corruption is a problem is, sadly, beyond...
Retail consumers choose privacy

Retail consumers choose privacy

Contrary to popular belief, only a minority of consumers are openly disposed to the “give to get” exchange of private information need for retailers to give relevant guidance to customers. New research shows that 14% are privacy spenders and 15% are open...
Enslin moves up in SAP shuffle

Enslin moves up in SAP shuffle

South Africa’s Robert Enslin has been appointed to SAP’s executive board, along with Bernd Leukert, as the company announces that Dr Vishal Sikka, executive board member for products and innovation, is to step down for personal reasons, effective immediately....