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  • Video-blogging `comes of age`

    THE DEBUT of www.reporter.co.za will expose some of the challenges of amateur reporting, including the rigours demanded by journalistic standards such as fairness and accuracy....
  • Managed services a growing opportunity for vendors and SPs

    MANAGED SERVICES provide "a large and growing opportunity" for mobile service providers to offload network operation tasks to third parties, and for infrastructure vendors to secure new revenue streams, according to ABI Research....
  • Sober-Z tops virus charts in December

    SOBER-Z has taken the world by storm in December, accounting for 78.92% of all malware reported to Sophos. Its domination makes other current threats "pale in comparison"....
  • ICT Metrics

    According to Merrill Lynch, overall IT spending will grow 2.5% in 2006, up from 2% in 2005. 65% of respondents had "long wish lists" of IT projects that have not yet been funded....
  • Top storage software vendors: EMC, Symantec, IBM

    ACCORDING to IDC, the worldwide storage software market grew 10% year-on-year, to R2.1 billion in Q3, marking eight consecutive quarters of double-digit growth....
  • `04 credit card market shares: Visa - 40%, Amex - 36.4%, MC - 21.3%

    IDC data shows Americans spent $340 billion on credit cards in 2004....
  • PC hardware and peripherals grew 126% in holiday season

    IN TERMS of revenue, apparel/clothing was the top product category in the holiday shopping season, reports Nielsen/ NetRatings....
  • Xantium acquisitions get nod

    SIMEKA BSG, which until last week was known as Xantium Technology Holdings, has received Competition Commission approval for the merger with MICT Solutions Group and the acquisition of Simeka Consulting....
  • Symbol debuts rugged enterprise digital assistant

    SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES introduces the MC70 mobile computer a rugged enterprise digital assistant (or `EDA`), offering multi-mode communications including cellular voice/data, Wi...
  • CA and Funambol cozy up

    Company to develop software for managing mobile devices...
  • Web-based streamlined security

    FACILITIES MANAGEMENT services group Bosasa Operations faced enormous challenges to meet client requirements as set out in its tender specifications for new kitchen rollouts, including the job of ensuring adequate stock levels....
  • Cell C`s invisible tracker

    CELLULAR NETWORK operator Cell C has partnered with tracking company SA Electronic Tracking Systems (ETS) for use of its GSM network to recover stolen goods that have been hidden indoors, outdoors or underground....
  • East African fibre optic cable project set to begin

    Project attracts over $200m in investment interest...
  • African countries jostle for satellite

    MORE THAN TEN African countries have indicated their desire to benefit from the operations of the yet-to-be launched Nigeria Communication Satellite, known as NIGCOMSAT-1....
  • Vodacom eyes Angolan licence

    VODACOM would consider bidding for Angola`s third cellular licence, following reports that Angola might license a third operator by year-end, writes Business Report....
  • Vodafone-VenFin deal gets go-ahead

    THE COMPETITION Tribunal has unconditionally approved the R21 billion buyout of VenFin by Vodafone, of the UK, and the subsequent disposal of all of VenFin`s assets...
  • Fossfa HQ moves to SA

    THE FREE SOFTWARE and Open Source Foundation for Africa (Fossfa) secretariat will move from Kenya to the Meraka Institute in SA next month....
  • Visit CommerceZone for online resource

    MWEB CommerceZone CEO Michelle Beetar reveals that the site now offers online resourcing, acquired from Online Liquidity Holding (OLH)....
  • eThekwini goes for free and open

    THE MOVEMENT towards open source software has received another boost, with the eThekwini municipality basing its Intranet and Internet portal (www.durban.gov.za) on open source tools....
  • Airlines lead e-commerce in SA

    ONLINE retail in SA grew by 20% in 2005, down from the 25% growth rate of 2004, as the industry finds itself lagging due to the high cost of broadband Internet ac...