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Beyond the buzz

Why ‘social media’ is not just a Facebook page and a Twitter account.

Incubator extraordinaire

In addition to a high-pressure day job, Justin Spratt somehow finds time to help startups in South Africa.

Incubator
Paul Furber

Local developer branches out

An entrepreneurial programmer from Cape Town is about to give his pride and joy away – for free. 

Local
Paul Furber

Building in efficiency

A business refocus and need to manage SLAs led local financial services company Glacier to implement a BPM solution.

Business
Samantha Perry

Where has that taxi got to?

Two young local entrepreneurs have solved the problem of public transport notification.

Public transport
Paul Furber

Local Hero

SOFTWARE - OPERATING SYSTEMS Words: Pamela Weaver UBUNTU Local is always lekker, but this South African distro is one of the most popular in the world – founder Mark Shuttleworth is reported to have claimed it for eight million desktops, which is probably a bit over the top, but there’s no mistaking Ubuntu’s success: it’s the most popular operating system on distrowatch.

Local
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NEW SITA CEO’S VISION FOR THE FUTURE

  SITA’s new CEO, Llewellyn Jones in the spotlight.

New
Llewellyn Jones

VOIP all quiet on the local front?

The primary motivation offered by vendors for implementing VOIP is the cost savings on call charges.

VOIP
Janet Paterson

TRANSFORMING THE WAY THE WORLD MANAGES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

CA SA country manager, Gary Lawrence, provides an insight into the local operation of the world’s fifth largest independent software vendor.

Transforming
Ca Sa

MAKING A DIFFERENCE TO HOW LOCAL COMPANIES DO BUSINESS IN AFRICA

The promotion of the local ICT and Electronics sector on a local and international basis is vital for the continued growth of the South African economy, and to this end, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has put in place a programme that has big plans for improving the lot of local businesses.

Making
The Dti

MIRRORING THE SME PASSION

Small and medium-sized enterprises, long seen as the growth engine of the local economy, are turning to Absa’s SME banking offerings to help them develop their business and reduce the costs and risks associated with manual processes.

Mirroring
ABSA

Tech gets a sporting chance

Even sport gets technological as sportsmen embrace the digital life.

Technology
Iwan Pienaar