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Climate control for the smart home
Climate control for the smart home
[Neil Cameron] It is important that people be comfortable at home - and climate control forms an integral part of the perceived comfort of a person's surroundings. read
ICT
Minister invites public inputs on ICT strategies
Minister invites public inputs on ICT strategies
The Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services invites members of society to provide written inputs on three strategies that are aimed at leveraging technology to modernise service delivery... read
App and website development
Solving SA's urgent challenges using clean tech
Solving SA's urgent challenges using clean tech

Sindy Peters

With the Global Cleantech Innovation Programme for SMEs in SA (GCIP-SA) now open for applications, we interviewed Gerswynn McKuur, national project manager of GCIP-SA, to get some insight on how clean technologies could address some of SA's most urgent challenges... read

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Cyber Security
Digital clutter makes you vulnerable to security threats
Digital clutter makes you vulnerable to security threats
Digital clutter is growing due to an explosion in application usage and advances in the storage capacity of devices. But poor maintenance of these apps is leaving devices vulnerable to security threats... read
Data Management
Africa faces need to improve enterprise infrastructure
Africa faces need to improve enterprise infrastructure
At this year's WAN Summit in New York City, Michele McCann, business development manager at Teraco stated that the amount of businesses embracing an online strategy is driving an urgent review of legacy infrastructure... read
Internet
Roll-out of Qantas inflight Wi-Fi underway
Roll-out of Qantas inflight Wi-Fi underway
Following months of performance testing, Wi-Fi will now operate in beta mode on a single Boeing 737 aircraft so customers can test it out for themselves on selected flights while Qantas continues to fine-tune the system. read
How IoT can drive smooth, smart, free-flow traffic
How IoT can drive smooth, smart, free-flow traffic
The total cost of road traffic accidents on South Africa's roads was estimated at R142.95 billion in 2016, equating 3.4% of GDP in that year... read
Services
Facebook helps SMMEs to unlock potential, grow
Facebook helps SMMEs to unlock potential, grow
According to Abi Williams, Facebook's sales manager for small and medium businesses in the Middle East, Turkey and Africa, small businesses are the engine of economic growth in South Africa... read
Marije Gould, Verint VP of marketing EMEA.
Customers still like personal interaction in a digital world
A new study from Verint and Opinium Research reveals that customer experience (CX) is considerably more nuanced than many businesses realise and they should focus on both traditional and digital interactions... read
Tech Startups
Minister Koenders visit
Netherlands Minister participates in roundtable conversation on Cape Town startup scene
Minister Koenders showed significant interest in the “attractions of Cape Town as a business destination” and was “impressed with how the Dutch entrepreneurs were facing their challenges in the local market.” read
Technology
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Drone industry closing the skills gap through training
A plethora of job opportunities exists for drone pilots, an untapped sector ready and waiting to train students, address the lack of skills in the industry, and boost the country's employment rate. read
Digital transformation to affect entire automotive industry
Digital transformation to affect entire automotive industry
The automotive industry is facing unprecedented disruption. Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and Tier 1 suppliers continue to see the importance of software investment in their growth strategies... read
Playing Minecraft today will prevent R2D2 taking your job tomorrow
Playing Minecraft today will prevent R2D2 taking your job tomorrow

Stephen Reid

Technology has deeply embedded itself within the modern workplace, enabling companies of all sizes to use innovation to disrupt the market, tackle challenges, take up opportunities and create demand for their offerings... read
International
Sachin Bansal, co-founder & executive chairman, Flipkart speaks during a press conference on ‘Model GST Law (TCS) for the e Commerce Sector' in New Delhi on February 9, 2017 ()
India's Flipkart raises US$1.4bn from Microsoft, eBay, Tencent
MUMBAI, India: India's top e-commerce company Flipkart announced on Monday it had raised $1.4 billion in a record funding round that shores up the online retail giant in its fight against Amazon... read
Tesla investor group seeks to limit Musk sway on board
Tesla investor group seeks to limit Musk sway on board
NEW YORK, US: A group of Tesla shareholders has urged the electric car maker to recruit two independent directors to add to the company's board to limit the influence of Elon Musk... read
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Business
Indian Prime Minister most followed, most effective leader on Instagram
Indian Prime Minister most followed, most effective leader on Instagram
‘World leaders on Instagram' is Burson-Marsteller's latest research into how world leaders, governments and international organisations communicate via social media... read
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Routers will be more than an ugly box you keep in the corner, but a sort of smart home hub that controls everything https://t.co/2xKo5XEyts
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