Discussion centres on ECA Amendment Bill

The wireless open access network (WOAN) will come under the spotlight this week when parliament’s telecommunications and postal services committee holds its public hearings on the Electronic Communications Amendment Bill. Role players in the telecommunications...

Tips for staying safe over the holidays

The December holiday period is a time when many businesses close, enabling families to regroup and celebrate the holidays as a unit and engage in family activities in slow mode. However, the contrary is true for crime in South Africa. Generally, criminal activities...

Updated SME definitions to be unveiled

Very small enterprises are set to disappear from the South African lexicon. Lindiwe Zulu, minister of small business development, is set to launch the revised definition of small enterprises in South Africa on Friday (30 November). She will also release the Annual...

Value of diversity, inclusion on the rise

Awareness of the critical importance of diversity and inclusion (D&I) is moving higher in people’s values and expectations of the workplace in a range of cultures and countries worldwide. Lenovo recently conducted a global survey of 5 000 people in five...

IBM, Microsoft tops for lifecycle management

IBM and Microsoft have come out tops in the Competitive Landscape Assessment for Enterprise Application and Platforms Lifecycle Management (APLM) report by data and analytics company GlobalData. APLM supports enterprises as they undergo various processes of digital...

Signs of Chinese smartphone market consolidation

Meitu, a company best known for its selfie app, and smartphone maker Xiaomi, has announced 19 a strategic partnership to jointly launch Meitu-branded phones and other smart devices in a move that IDC believes will have a far-reaching impact on the brand development of...