by Kathy Gibson | Sep 1, 2015 | Features, Uncategorized
The “Second Wave” of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Standards Association’s (IEEE-SA’s) 802.11ac standard is nothing like your grandfather’s WiFi. Representing the fifth-generation of wireless networking, this solid wireless LAN (WLAN) workhouse...
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 1, 2015 | Features
The acquisition of Business Connexion (BCX) by Telkom has been subjected to numerous delays, but is now expected to go through by the end of August. Customers and partners of the successful IT company are understandably nervous about what will happen once it becomes...
by Kathy Gibson | Aug 30, 2015 | Features
Developments in technology and new business trends such as social networking and mobility have all resulted to make the customer king within the mobile-first, cloud-first era, writes Leon Wright, cloud & enterprise business group lead at Microsoft South Africa....
by Kathy Gibson | Aug 30, 2015 | Features
With the days of unlimited data becoming a thing of the past, there has been a growing trend in customers using up mobile data much quicker than they were doing previously. Is this because user habits didn’t factor in just how data hungry our habits were or is there...
by Kathy Gibson | Aug 30, 2015 | Features
Research conducted by Telecom Intelligence has revealed that information security remains the biggest inhibitor of the development of the Internet of Things (IoT), with 42% of respondents identifying security as one of the top two challenges for widespread adoption of...
by Kathy Gibson | Aug 30, 2015 | Workplace 2020
Aon Hewitt’s 2015 Trends in Global Employee Engagement Report confirms that top companies build and sustain a culture of engagement and are often led by CEOs who understand that employee engagement is not just a nice to have but critical to achieving business results....
by Kathy Gibson | Aug 30, 2015 | Workplace 2020
According to Steven Spielberg, “the delicate balance of mentoring someone is not creating them in your own image, but giving them the opportunity to create themselves”. While this is the ideal outcome, in many instances this relationship is misunderstood, leading to...
by Kathy Gibson | Aug 30, 2015 | Innovation
In many ways, Africa can be seen as the Wild West of network services, though not so much an outpost as a boomtown, writes Ben Maddison, co-founder and director of Workonline Communications. Large global operators have woken up to the fact that this continent is the...
by Kathy Gibson | Aug 30, 2015 | Innovation
South Africa boasts some pretty impressive metrics when it comes to the adoption of cutting-edge ICT, writes Peter M’Crystal, sales director of Otel Telecoms. From being a late starter with television in 1976, and then only having a paltry 4-million landlines by...
by Kathy Gibson | Aug 30, 2015 | ITSM and Application Development
Behavioural interventions are vital for the successful implementation of a new system, according to Bizmod MD Seugnet van den Berg. “People often stick within their comfort zones and focus on the logistical, analytical and technical details of the implementation, but...
