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  • Silicon Cape appoints chairperson

    Alexandra Fraser, InvenfinSilicon Cape has appointed Invenfin business development manager Alexandra Fraser as its chairperson for 2013....
  • Recommended Reading

    Computational Statistics


    Geof Givens and Jennifer Hoeting present a comprehensive guide to modern and classical meth...
  • EA faces development challenges

    George Ambler, Gartner
    Enterprise architecture teams struggle to move from a tech role to a business optimisation function...
  • Massive demo network powers Cisco Expo


    At the Cisco Expo 2013, Cisco will demonstrate a live infrastructure rivalling many enterprise networks...
  • Open standards unlock software potential

    Jan Wildeboer, Red Hat
    Unpacking all things open source, Red Hat’s open source evangelist for EMEA, Jan Wildeboer, stressed that open so...
  • A year of uncertainty


    I don’t know about you, but I’m quite happy to see the back of 2012. It just hasn’t been such a great year. In fact, if we conside...
  • Cash injection for tech fund

    Justin Stanford, 4Di Capital
    SA’s wealthy Oppenheimer family has invested an undisclosed sum of money into 4Di Capital, doubling its c...
  • The week in review

    At Home

    South Africa’s first mobile-only bank called ‘Take Your Money Everywhere’, or Tyme, has officially launched. The mobile-only bank is a distribution channel of the South African Bank of Athens, an authorised financial services and r...
  • Vodacom, MEF open African office

    Vodacom and MEF (formerly “Mobile Entertainment Forum”) have teamed up in a bid to promote African mobile growth and innovation....
  • SITA board steps down

    Jerry Vilakazi, SITA
    Cabinet has approved a request from the board at the embattled State IT Agency (SITA) to step down, pending an inves...
  • Black Friday online sales top $1bn


    Black Friday online retail spend in the US exceeded $1 billion for the first time ever this year. This is according to a report by ComScore, whic...
  • MTN Zone goes abroad

    SA’s second mobile operator announced an extension of its Zone price plans – to international countries....
  • E-tolling stalls – for now


    The controversial Gauteng e-tolling system was put on ice once again, after the ANC withdrew the Transport Laws and Related Matters Amendment...
  • Vodacom switches on LTE in Durban

    Vodacom has announced the commercial launch of long term evolution (LTE) services in Durban, and Cape Town is expected to follow before year-end....
  • Internet on the box

    Jerry Liu, Hisense
    Internet-enabled televisions are set to become a reality in SA as early as next year, as Chinese manufacturer Hisense gears...
  • Potentiate taps tech lifestyle

    Absa has launched an account targeted at tech-savvy qualifi ed individuals, offering a bank card that incorporates tap-and-go, and an LCD screen. According to Simon Just, head of retail and consumer banking at Absa, the Potentiate current account aims to ...
  • E-tag roadblocks illegal

    The South African Roads Agency (Sanral) says although no one has ever come forward with proof that people are being forced to register for e-tolling, such actions would be illegal....
  • TCS expects a loss


    Total Client Services (TCS) has warned shareholders that it expects to report a loss in the first half of the year....
  • Market unmoved by Naspers

    JSE-listed media giant Naspers says core headline earnings will be slightly higher, while core earnings per share will leap in the six months to September....
  • Whose line is it anyway?


    Telkom’s ominous prediction – made several years ago – that a second operator could take away as much as 15% of its market share, is becomin...