Load shedding is here to stay.
We can ignore it, we can fight against it, but the reality is that load shedding will remain a challenge to South African businesses for the foreseeable future.
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As more businesses move to the Cloud and offer employees the opportunity to work remotely, the need for mobile data access becomes more apparent. Adding to this Eskom’s continued load shedding, it is a wonder that all companies are not moving across to mobile access, Cloud computing and remote working.
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Caxton & CTP Publishers & Printers Limited, is recognised as one of the largest publishers and printers of books, magazines, newspapers and commercial print in South Africa. Publishing a number of newspapers and magazines, Caxton employs approximately 5 500 employees and has over 40 different divisions within the business, all of whom have varying mobile connectivity needs.
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Nowadays when most people think of wearable technology they think of sports aids that monitor and track your movements or assist with GPS while you exercise. But wearables actually extend beyond this concept to all sorts of new products with a wide range of focuses and capabilities, including eyewear, wristbands, ‘jewellery’ clip-ons, smart watches and wearable cameras like GoPros. A fun, nifty product that we found is the Narrative Clip 2 a wearable camera that takes automatic photos of ‘life as it happens’, which are then shared through its mobile application. These ideas have certainly come a long way from the calculator watch of the 1980’s; arguably one of the first pieces of ‘wearable technology’.
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Just 6 months after the launch of our incredibly fast Internet connectivity product; City Fibre, we are excited to announce that we are doubling the coverage of our broadband Internet solution for businesses in most major metro areas.
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If you have ever worked in an agency or a media company, then you will have no doubt experienced this problem at least once in your working career. You spend countless hours, days, weeks, months, planning and preparing for your new and exciting campaign. You know it is brilliant. You have worked tirelessly with a team of developers, copywriters, designers and your client to build a ‘never been done before’ campaign. You have tested it, launched it, let your colleagues and a few outside people test it, and the big day arrives. (more…)
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What is net neutrality?
Net neutrality is a hot topic in America where it sparks big debate, but is it something we need to be monitoring in South Africa? The idea behind net neutrality (also known as network neutrality, Internet neutrality, or net equality) is that Internet service providers (ISPs) should treat all data on the Internet equally, and not discriminate or charge differentially based on user, content, site, or platform.
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Now in its 12th year, the Cape Epic is an eight day mountain biking event that took place from the 15 to 22 March 2015. A monster of an event, the Epic sees both local and international mountain biking enthusiasts heading to Cape Town to take on the massive adventure and challenge, riding from University of Cape Town to Meerendal Wine Estate in Durbanville, in what is now considered the most prestigious mountain biking event in the world.
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What does the future hold? When thinking about the future of the digital economy or digital marketplace, brands and investors need to consider consumers’ growing and changing online purchasing trends, as this is where the greatest business opportunities will lie.
Wanting to know more about this, I found a recent article by the Harvard Business Review that highlighted research into how the digital economy has been evolving since 2008 and where it is likely to develop in the future.
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That magic space called ‘the Cloud’
The ‘Cloud’ is such a massive word/concept that, until recently, in my mind, it could only exist in an unreachable place, far up in the heavens, and more and more I have found myself wondering, “what exactly is the Cloud?” and what does it really mean for businesses?
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