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[NEWS OF THE WEEK]

• Social Media
Social media mobilises change

• Gartner Preview
Moving from tech to information

• Contact Centres
Joburg promises better service

• Telecoms
Telkom gets speedy

• It In Government
Zuma orders probe into SITA-SAPS dealings

• Green IT
SAP zeroes in on sustainability targets

• Financial
Absa banks on R8bn IT investment

• Business
DTH delisting sanctioned

• Government
Lefatshe CEO, DHA officials caught in the act

• Government
Nyanda wins one, loses one

• Gartner Preview
New picture of telco industry

• Telecoms - Infrastructure
Convergence Partners eyes R5bn fibre roll-out

• Telecoms - Financial
Pay-TV unit still weighs on Telkom

• Telecoms - Broadband
Eassy does it

•
Nokia music becomes Ovi

[THE PULSE]

[INFOBITS]

• ICT metrics

• IT spending improves

• Smartphone shipments soar

[PRESS OFFICE]

SITA REALITY CHECK
[On The Cover]

SITA REALITY CHECK

The time for fairytales is over As the State IT Agency's (SITA) 5th annual GovTech Conference looms on the horizon, it seems a fitting time to explore some hard truths about government's ICT services provider and consider the possibility that "happily ever after" may not be the actual ending of this story.
Author:Martin Czernowalow

[LEADERSHIP]

PATRICIA PIETERSE
SMES NEED HOSTED SERVICES TOO
Previously thought of as a large enterprise issue, hosted services are becoming an SME concern

[VIEWPOINTS]

PETER PEDLAR
MANAGING THE POLITICAL-ADMINISTRATIVE INTERFACE
PFMA delineates functions of the minister and DG

[SPECIAL REPORT]

NICOLA MAWSON AND ADMIRE MOYO
IT A RISK FACTOR, SAYS KING
The growing need to outsource fuels the growing need for risk management

[SPECIAL REPORT]

ILVA PIETERSE
SOUTH AFRICA GEARS UP TO EMBRACE THE CLOUD
On a worldwide scale, Gartner predicts cloud services revenue will reach $68.

[SPECIAL REPORT]

ONE SIZE FITS ONE
A company's ITSM strategy is determined by how it sees IT

[SPECIAL REPORT]

ALEX KAYLE
MOBILE TECH BOOSTS BUSINESS IN AFRICA
SMEs and mobile operators will be the biggest winners as the mobility market provides a wide scope for business opportunities

[Training and recruitment]	[Events and books]

Issue 226 :: Wednesday, August 25, 2010

[Editors Letter]

MARTIN CZERNOWALOW
ONCE UPON A TIME...