DiData invests in Oracle SuperCluster

Jul 18, 2014

Dimension Data has invested in two Oracle SuperCluster half rack systems with various Oracle enterprise software components, including Oracle Database and Oracle GoldenGate, to run in its data centres as the key IaaS and CaaS platform for its Oracle client base.

AfricaCom Awards 2014 now open

Jul 18, 2014

Entries are now open for the 2014 AfricaCom Awards. In its seventh year, the event continues to gain prominence in the telecommunications and ICT industry, celebrating the breakthroughs and most influential players shaping the sector in Africa. Reflecting the...
Network sharing aims to cut costs

Network sharing aims to cut costs

Jul 17, 2014

The high cost of telecommunications in South Africa could be reduced if the duplication of infrastructure was avoided, and telecommunications operators were required to share network rollouts. “The duplication of public and private infrastructure poses a challenge as...

Minister serious about digital migration

Jul 17, 2014

South Africa will finally move forward on digital migration, with a view to meeting next year’s deadline. This is the word from Siyabonga Cwele, Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services, during his budget vote speech in Parliament yesterday. “There is no...

Spotlight falls on SA’s broadband rollout

Jul 17, 2014

Broadband is a critical component of the National Development Plan, and is firmly on the agenda for the current year, according to Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services Siyabonga Cwele.Speaking during the budget vote in Parliament yesterday, Cwele says...

Govt moves towards transversal systems

Jul 17, 2014

Transversal systems and e-government platforms are on the cards, to allow government departments to deliver services online to South African citizens. This is one of the messages from yesterday’s Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services budget speech,...