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South Africans are at the mercy of unwanted direct marketing messages, as the DTI has yet to fund a national opt-out database.

DTI leaves consumers hanging

The National Consumer Commission is still waiting for R5 million to build an in-house registry.

• All SMS marketing is 'technically illegal'
• NCC needs R100m
• No decision on opt-out registry yet

by Nicola Mawson, Fri 3 Feb

 

Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s 27-year-old CEO and founder, is worth about $28 billion. Photograph by Reuters.

Facebook IPO is biggest ever tech listing

The social network giant files its initial public offering paperwork, indicating it seeks to raise $5 billion.

• Facebook to file $5bn IPO

by Nicola Mawson, Thu 2 Feb

 

The revival of the 112 call centre project has been prioritised by communications director-general Rosey Sekese.

112 rising from the dead

The Department of Communications wants public comment on a single national emergency number, before moving forward.

• 112 emergency number cancelled
• Govt resurrects 112 plan
• 112 centres up 'soon'

by Farzana Rasool, Wed 1 Feb

 

Public service and administration minister Roy Padayachie has a tough job ahead of him to make sure IT frameworks are implemented.

DPSA fails to deliver

Vital frameworks have not been developed and implemented by the department.

• Govt ICT entities misspend R500m
• Govt IT fails SA

by Nicola Mawson and Farzana Rasool, Tue 31 Jan

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Gijima has been working with the SAPS for the past 10 years and has delivered in accordance with the contract, says CFO Carlos Ferreira.

Gijima files urgent application against SITA

The listed company argues the State IT Agency improperly cancelled a R20 million-a-month deal.

• Gijima welcomes probe
• Gijima ups BEE rating

by Nicola Mawson, Mon 6 Feb

Vodafone unveils Ghana's 'largest' WiFi zone

The Internet access point serves up to 5 000 connections at the same time, at a university in Accra.
by Gareth van Zyl, 6 Feb, 11:58 AM

Crime Line approaches milestone

The tip-off service also supports an Eskom-led initiative to curb electricity and cable theft.
by Staff writer, 7 Feb, 10:19 AM

Amazon ventures into the real world

The largest online retailer offers more products in stores that may benefit from hands-on interaction with shoppers.
by Reuters, 7 Feb, 10:04 AM

Oracle, SAP copyright battle resumes

Oracle rejects $272 million in damages from SAP and opts to head back to court, after a SAP subsidiary downloaded its files.
by Reuters, 7 Feb, 10:00 AM

Cisco sees positive second quarter

After unnerving investors with consecutive weak quarters, the company looks set to report a stable quarter buoyed by improving enterprise demand.
by Reuters, 7 Feb, 10:02 AM

Web site helps with failed romance

WotWentWrong presents users with pre-made templates to request feedback from former dates.
by Reuters, 7 Feb, 09:57 AM

Internet giants remove content in India

A court directive warned the companies of a crackdown similar to that of China, if content sensitive to religion in the region was not removed.
by Reuters, 7 Feb, 10:01 AM

Verizon, Redbox team up

The venture will combine the Redbox DVD rental kiosk business with an Internet video offering from Verizon, including mobile offerings.
by Reuters, 7 Feb, 09:59 AM

Three arrested for Postbank heist

The institution was hit for R42 million, but there is no word on whether any of the money has been recovered.
by Farzana Rasool, 7 Feb, 10:40 AM

• KPMG investigates Postbank theft
• Postbank heist signals policy gap

Vodacom cuts data tariffs

The operator reduces data prices by up to 60% for contract and Top-Up customers.
by Staff Writer, 7 Feb, 10:38 AM

• 8ta unveils more data savings
• 8ta offers 120GB data bundle

Cell C, DOC bolster educational ICT

The mobile operator and the Department of Communication strengthen ICT in one of SA's newly-opened rural schools.
by Staff writer, 7 Feb, 10:21 AM

• DOC, MTN back rural development
• Rural town looks to technology

MTN headquarters under threat?

The operator is following up on a security threat received by its head office in Fairland this morning.
by Bonnie Tubbs, 6 Feb, 12:53 PM

• MTN to invest $1bn in Nigeria
• MTN shares down on legal threats

Banks must exercise 'extreme caution'

SA's banks are increasingly being targeted by phishing syndicates, with Absa topping the list of attacks.
by Bonnie Tubbs, 6 Feb, 12:01 PM

• Absa clients denied 22seven access
• Banks discredit 22seven

UJ to develop rural communities

The university and Siyafunda Community Technology Centres partner to bring virtual incubators to communities nationwide.
by Staff writer, 6 Feb, 11:35 AM

• USAASA, Siyafunda unite for rural telecentres

MTN shares down on legal threats

Stock in Africa's largest cellular operator closes 230c lower, after allegations of bribery are levelled against it.
by Nicola Mawson, 6 Feb, 11:11 AM

• MTN in legal dispute

'E-tolling defies CPA'

Citizens must keep piling pressure on “arrogant Sanral”, says the Democratic Alliance.
by Farzana Rasool, 6 Feb, 11:36 AM

• Sanral reconsidering e-tolls?
• E-toll roadblock a 'malicious rumour'

Zuma calls for Twitter comments

Politicians have taken to social networking sites to listen to the views of citizens ahead of the State of the Nation Address.
by Farzana Rasool, 6 Feb, 11:12 AM

• Zuma uses Twitter for State of the Nation
• Zuma neglects ICT

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Business Spar establishes social learning platform The company has partnered with DigitLab to set up a social learning platform for employees engaging in key learning programmes.	Business No more hiding from big data Today's massive volumes of data need a new management model, says CXO.
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Channel GRCBizassurance, Qualys partner As part of the agreement, GRCBizassurance will deliver vulnerability management services to South African and sub-Saharan customers.	Hardware HP drives Web-enabled printers HP focuses on its ePrint applications in order to encourage consumers to print their mobile content.
Security Spammers exploit calendar events Symantec expects to see spammers taking advantage of events like the Chinese New Year and Valentine's Day.
Tender Watch Tender watch A roundup of new tenders, service provider warnings, supplier database invitations, cancellations and results.

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• Simon Dingle

  Incite

  

  How to fix BlackBerry

  What can RIM's new CEO do to bring his company back from the brink? I have the answer...

• Paul Booth

  Booth's Bites

  

  Facebook sets more records

  The IPO is set to raise $5 billion and will be one of the biggest US stock market debuts of all time.

• Ivo Vegter

  The Spike

  

  When good companies go bad

  The price of a free market is eternal vigilance.

• Simon Dingle

  Incite

  

  There's gold in them hills

  Digital media companies have forgotten about the little country with the big wallet on the southern tip of Africa.

• Donovan Jackson

  Cyberbyte

  

  Megatrouble

  Web sites profiting from sharing copyrighted material better beware – it may be popular, but it's still against the law.

• Paul Booth

  Booth's Bites

  

  Apple shares soar

  The company has become the most valuable in the world, worth over $430 billion.

• Farzana Rasool

  Double Take

  

  Government for dummies

  If government had R21 billion to spend irregularly, then it had R20 billion to not implement e-tolling.

• Simon Dingle

  Incite

  

  Knott about the money

  You don't snag Knott-Craig with cash - he must be serious about Cell C's prospects. Or he was brought in for another reason.

Off the Wires

 

 

Industry Insight

• Contact Centres and CRM

  

  From outbound to blended

  The evolution of the contact centre has seen a number of twists and turns.
  by Karl Reed

• Cloud Computing

  

  Twenty-twenty vision

  The cloud vision should be broad enough to provide the re-usable cloud platform that users are aiming for.
  by Gareth James

• Business Intelligence

  

  Using BI to drive BI

  Deploying the 80/20 rule in designing and building BI systems can result in improved performance.
  by David Logan

• Cloud Computing

  

  It's war!

  Apple, Microsoft and Google battle it out to gain a bigger share of the cloud services marketplace.
  by Martin May

• Cloud Computing

  

  Bricks and mortar

  Building a cloud platform involves constructing the underlying platform, and then adding the services.
  by Gareth James

• Business

  

  A win-win situation

  Can business be green and efficient?
  by Shiona Blundell

• Cloud Computing

  

  When protocols collide

  The dual-stack option will run both IPv4 and IPv6 networking stacks on the same system.
  by Lori MacVittie

• Business Intelligence

  

  The ETL framework

  An extraction, transformation and loading framework originates from difficulties experienced with BI projects.
  by Rene Muiyser

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