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CEO Adrian Gore said Discovery's bank will be built from a technology perspective.

Discovery's digital bank waiting for licence

It will take at least two years before health insurer Discovery is allowed to disrupt the banking market by opening its own retail bank.

• Discovery will pay for members' Apple Watch
• MTN appoints new CIO

by Simnikiwe Mzekandaba, Thu 22 Sep

 

Radio personality Tbo Touch has called for data prices to be cut in half in SA.

More voices join #DataMustFall Parliament debate

The Right2Know Campaign says the high cost of data and airtime is stifling SA's freedom of expression and right to communicate.

• Parliament to hear #DataMustFall debate
• Vodacom the most expensive network in SA

by Paula Gilbert, Wed 21 Sep

 

Phumzile Van Damme says the Bill is unworkable, unaffordable, vague and unconstitutional.

DA blasts Internet 'censorship' Bill

The Films and Publications Amendment Bill in its current form "gives government wide-sweeping powers to censor content on the Internet".

• FPB unmoved by R2K on 'censorship' policy
• Press exempt from FPB Internet censorship

by Paula Gilbert, Tue 20 Sep

 

South Africans used social media to bemoan exorbitant data costs, resulting in the trending topic, “#DataMustFall”.

Parliament to hear #DataMustFall debate

Citizens and the opposition call on government to deliver what the public has long demanded: plentiful and affordable data.

• Vodacom the most expensive network in SA
• MVNOs cheaper than established operators

by Simnikiwe Mzekandaba, Mon 19 Sep

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Uri Rivner of BioCatch offers an explanation as to why the 2014 hack was only discovered now.

Yahoo breach: experts discuss culprits, ramifications

A previously unknown indicator of compromise was possibly discovered through investigating some current state-sponsored campaigns.

• 500mn Yahoo accounts hacked
• Yahoo hack believed to be 'state sponsored'

by Kirsten Doyle, Fri 23 Sep

KnowRoaming introduces global hotspot

The cellular data roaming company has announced a new hotspot for travellers with unlimited data offerings and the ability to connect up to 15 devices.

by Staff Writer, 23 Sep, 09:54 AM

Tender Watch: National no show

National government gives this week's National Tender Bulletin a skip.

by Kimberly Guest, 23 Sep, 12:22 PM

Vodacom, PRASA in R1bn deal

The telco has entered into a 15-year strategic partnership agreement that will help the rail agency monetise its existing ICT assets.

by Staff Writer, 23 Sep, 10:54 AM

High Court rules in favour of Tasima

Judge orders transport department to immediately pay Tasima R33 million.

by Staff Writer, 22 Sep, 17:29 PM

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• Zuckerberg unveils plan to beat diseases
• Building a business case for data governance
• Survey reveals many benefits of call recording
• Number of data breaches rises by 15%

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• Instagram doubles advertisers
• Grab partners with driverless car startup in Singapore
• Probe of leaked NSA hacking tools examines operative's 'mistake'
• Rocket Internet trims losses, increases debt buyback

Vodacom extends FTTH reach

The telco has signed new lease agreements with a number of key fibre players to grow its FTTH range.
by Staff Writer, 23 Sep, 11:38 AM

• Expect fibre price battles
• Telkom boosts fibre coverage with Vumatel deal

LinkedIn upskills users with learning offering

The professional social network has introduced a learning platform.
by Lauren Kate Rawlins, 23 Sep, 11:01 AM

• LinkedIn integrates online education
• MS acquires social media street cred

Spotlight on Eastern Cape start-up

Gartner selects Port Elizabeth-based start-up to showcase at Aspiring Innovators Programme.
by Simnikiwe Mzekandaba, 23 Sep, 10:49 AM

• Gartner picks aspiring innovators
• PE start-up makes Silicon Valley pilgrimage

#DataMustFall debate could move to National Assembly

Parliament's portfolio committee on telecommunications and postal services is appealing to have the cost of communication debate pushed up the Parliamentary chain.
by Paula Gilbert, 23 Sep, 09:45 AM

• Afrihost jumps on #DataMustFall bandwagon
• ICASA 'to protect consumers' from high data costs

Cwele urges African nations to invest in ICT

African countries must eparticipate meaningfully in the Internet economy and not just as consumers, the minister says.
by Simnikiwe Mzekandaba, 23 Sep, 11:41 AM

• SA gets IBM's second research lab in Africa
• Huawei's 7th global innovation centre opens in Joburg

Yahoo hack believed to be 'state sponsored'

At least 500 million of Yahoo accounts were hacked in 2014 by what the company believed was a state-sponsored actor.
by Reuters, 23 Sep, 08:26 AM

• 500mn Yahoo accounts hacked
• Multibillion-dollar deals abound

 

Net Events Global Press & Analyst Summit

Sibahle Malinga, reporting from Silicon Valley, California. Dell-EMC driving digital innovation in EMEA Using AI to fight cyber crime

 

Oracle Open World 2016

Admire Moyo reporting from San Francisco

SA govt exec scoops top Oracle award Top executive from Government Motor Transport in the Western Cape wins the Oracle Leadership in Finance Award.

• JavaOne 2016: Boost for cloud app developers
• Oracle ups cloud game in a bid to outdo rivals
• Accenture, Oracle in IaaS pact
• Oracle's Ellison fires shots at Amazon

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Booth's Bites

Informa bags US rival he company bought Penton Information Services for £1.2 billion.

 

Digital Economy Summit

CIOs at the centre of digital transformation ITWeb spoke to Discovery Vitality CIO Joe van Niekerk about how CIOs are driving innovation.

• The digitised CIO
• How does the digital economy affect you?
• Demystifying going digital

 

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Industry Insight

• Artificial
  intelligence

  

  AI is open for business

  Artificial intelligence has the potential to change the future of work and the role of people.

  by Ryan Falkenberg

• Open source

  

  Smarter data for you

  Paying lip-service to data analysis is no longer good enough.

  by Muggie van Staden

• Cloud computing

  

  Making sense of cloud TCO

  Not all costs are quantifiable or transparent, like the cost of a lack of innovation or access to front-line technologies.

  by Kevin Hall

• Legal view

  

  POP(I) quiz

  Companies would do well to ask themselves three questions about device security ahead of POPI compliance.

  by Amit Parbhucharan

• Software testing

  

  Navigating mobile software testing

  Many companies have the misperception that an app is part of any attempt to enter the mobile space.

  by Mario Matthee

• E-mail

  

  Long live e-mail

  The rumours about e-mail's demise have been greatly exaggerated.

  by Ross Sibbald

• Data management

  

  Don't blame data management

  When poor quality data and siloed information impact operational efficiencies, companies generally point a finger at data management.

  by Mervyn Mooi

• Big data

  

  What about the data files?

  No discussion about security in the connected economy would be complete without spending quality time thinking about files.

  by Godfrey Kutumela

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ITU adopts smart sustainable city KPIs

Policymakers sign the 'Montevideo Declaration', aiming to unlock the potential of ICT for sustainable urbanisation.

by Staff Writer

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IN FOCUS: Tech in cars

Go ahead, drink and drive

Hello connected car, goodbye boring commute.
by Tamsin Oxford

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