Keeping unqualified drivers off the roads

Mar 12, 2015

South Africa has the second-highest road accident fatality rate in the world, and yet information from the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) indicates there could be almost 500 000 professional drivers working without proper documentation. By Jenny Reid, MD...
The next phase for the SKA

The next phase for the SKA

Mar 11, 2015

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA), the world’s largest radio telescope, is to move forward to its final pre-construction phase. The design of the €650-million first phase of the SKA (SKA1) is now defined, consisting of two complementary world class instruments one in Australia, one in South Africa, both expecting to deliver exciting and transformational science. Presently in its design phase, the international project, currently consisting of 11 nations, has been engaged over the last 20 months in a rigorous and extremely challenging, science-driven engineering process with teams from around the world working to refine the design of SKA1.

VIDI calls for uncapped mobile broadband

Mar 11, 2015

Video-on-demand (VOD) service VIDI has weighed in on the current uncapped mobile broadband debate, saying that the dearth of wholesale mobile broadband offerings is holding the country’s entertainment industry back. The conversation around true uncapped mobile...

How SMEs can move to the digital economy

Mar 11, 2015

For small and midsize businesses to advance into the digital economy, three things are necessary: vision on the part of business leaders; dependable technology; and trust in that technology. This is the word from Joe McKendrick, contributor to Forbes Insights, writing...

Opportunities, challenges as HP buys Aruba

Mar 11, 2015

The recently announced acquisition of Aruba by HP will bring several opportunities for both companies, writes Surjyadeb Goswani, research manager at IDC CCR. In March 2015, HP announced it would acquire Aruba Networks, a leading wireless networking and mobility...

Inappropriate content rife on the Internet

Mar 11, 2015

More than two-thirds (68%) of users of Kaspersky Lab’s Parental Control technologies encountered inappropriate or dangerous content online during 2014. Adult content, gambling and sites carrying information about weapons were among the most prevalent threats detected...