May 10, 2013
BT has announced its Connecting Africa project, which will bring broadband Internet access to communities across Africa. BT is working with SOS Children’s Villages, an international charity that focusses on children at risk, to connect twenty of the charity’s sites in...
May 10, 2013
In its most recent survey of Web users, Alexa notes that FNB was the only banking Web site in the top 10 sites in Africa, and the most popular banking Web site on the continent. FNB Online CEO Lee-Anne van Zyl comments: “We have over 2,8-million unique visitors to our...
May 10, 2013
Accepting higher project failure rates can help organisations become more efficient more quickly, according to Gartner. Gartner says project and portfolio management (PPM) leaders who take a “fail-forward-fast” approach that accepts project failure rates...
May 9, 2013
In a first for South Africa, Vodacom Blue Bulls season ticket holders simply tapped contactless cards to gain instant access to the Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria last week. The near field communication (NFC) turnstile access-control and ticketing systems were...
May 9, 2013
There is still confusion regarding the details and implementation of the new carbon tax, set to become effective in 2015. The Carbon Tax Policy Paper, released last week by National Treasury, has clarified some issues, but a number of pressing questions still remain....
May 9, 2013
CIOs must realise that innovation needs to go well beyond the technology used to manage big data, and that to get maximum value, enterprises will need to seek and embrace innovation in the way business problems are analysed with big data. This is according to the...
