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Mobile PAYMENTS

Mobile commerce may make mobile operators, banks competitors

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The growth of mobile payments, or mobile commerce, can lead to a situation where mobile operators, banks and credit providers compete with each other, says business research company Informa Telecoms & Media senior analyst Shailendra Pandey.

RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY

R9m upgrade puts SA supercomputer back in top 500

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South Africa’s Centre for High Performance Computing’s (CHPC’s) Tsessebe Sun Constellation System has regained its position as one of the world’s fastest 500 supercomputers, following a R9-million upgrade.

By: Irma Venter

03 Feb 12

Process Management

Real-time monitoring software can save costs, boost efficiencies

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Real-time production and power monitoring software linked new or old equipment using direct protocol interrogation, or programable logic controllers and sensors, improves the efficient use of available time of equipment and ensures that work is...

By: Schalk Burger

27 Jan 12

Information Security

Real-time, deep-packet inspection of network traffic improves security

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The real-time, deep-layer inspection of inbound, outbound and internal network traffic enables companies to improve the security of their information and also to secure information accessed remotely by different devices, says firewall supplier...

By: Schalk Burger

27 Jan 12

TELECOMMUNICATION

MTN launches upgraded Gallo Manor data centre

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Following an R80-million systems upgrade and expansion project, one of the largest ‘live’ upgrades undertaken in the southern hemisphere, telecommunications company MTN Business on Tuesday launched its enhanced Gallo Manor data centre. The...

By: Henry Lazenby

24 Jan 12

ICT

Gijima to cooperate with latest DHA investigation

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JSE-listed Gijima said it would cooperate with the latest investigation into the 2007 awarding of the Who Am I Online (WAIO) contract by the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) and that it was confident the Public Protector’s probe would not find...

By: Natasha Odendaal

23 Jan 12

Energy Market

Energy deregulation could spur new businesses, industries

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A diverse and robust energy industry can be created in South Africa through government’s deregulation of the South African energy generation market, similar to the deregulation and subsequent boom of the telecommunications industry, says...

By: Schalk Burger

20 Jan 12

TECHNOLOGY

Intel’s investment arm turns its attention to African prospects

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The new optimism surrounding future economic prospects for Africa – home to six of the world’s ten fastest growing economies over the past decade – is becoming more and more palpable.

By: Schalk Burger

20 Jan 12

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Internet growth strong in Africa

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Internet use in Africa has seen unprecedented growth over the last decade, coming in at 2 000%, well over the global average of 480%, owing largely to significant information technology (IT) developments in Africa in recent years, reported market...

By: Idéle Esterhuizen

16 Jan 12

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