Enermatics leverages MTN’s M2M platform

Management at Enermatics Energy, an established provider of smart metering technology and reseller of power to end users, believe that machine-to-machine (M2M) platform infrastructure is a game-changer within the utility business model and is the only way to...

TaxTim heads into Namibia with PwC

South African-born digital tax assistant TaxTim began its African expansion this week, working together with audit, tax and advisory firm PwC to enter Namibia. Since raising seed funding from Google in 2011, TaxTim has helped over 1.3 million South Africans make tax...

Workflow essential to IoT success

The Internet of Things (IoT) is the IT industry’s latest buzzword. The confluence of the physical and digital worlds enabled through smart, connected devices may still be a far cry from the all-connected, intelligent network IoT ultimately promises, but the closing...

Eliminate junk data to boost data centres

Junk data is like a disease eating away at the heart of the modern data centre, says Veeam Southern Africa region manager Warren Olivier: “It’s an invisible tumour chewing up resources, and can cause everything from poor performance to sudden failure of whole storage...

Bullying: from schoolyard to smartphone

The phenomenon of bullying is nothing new – many adults can recall being bullied in their childhood. While “traditional” bullying can involve physical and verbal abuse in the playground, our growing reliance on the Internet and connected devices...

Ericsson 5G pilot makes Swedish mines safer

Ericsson is to launch a pilot project that will use 5G technology for communication and remote control operations. A collaboration between several Swedish companies, the project is set to improve productivity and safety in the Swedish mining industry. In the initial...