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Cyber attacks on educational institutions on the rise

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Cyber threats are no longer a rarity, they are expected. With recent ransomware attacks such as WannaCry and NotPetya, the potential theft or leakage of data, particularly confidential information in an educational setting, should be top of the list...
Gadgets and Gaming

Titanfall cancelled for South Africa

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Games distributor Electronic Arts announced today that Respawn Entertainment’s highly-anticipated online-only multiplayer shooter Titanfall has been cancelled for retail release in South Africa – a week before it was scheduled. The company cited poor online play quality as a...
Mobile and Telecoms

CPA: BlackBerry Legal Comment

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BlackBerry BIS (BlackBerry Internet Service) subscribers have experienced service disruptions over the past 3 days. Mobile users were unable to access their Internet, instant messaging and roaming services. On 12 October RIM issued a statement  that states that “The messaging...
Top Stories

Metrofile reports accelerated revenue growth

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Metrofile, the JSE listed information and records storage management business, which released its full-year results for the period ending 30 June 2011, has announced positive growth in earnings and revenue, alongside a maiden final dividend of 2.5 cents per...
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Consequences of the CPA for digital marketers

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There’s a lot of legislation that has just come out regarding South Africa’s Consumer Protection Act (CPA) and how it may affect online and marketing businesses. Speaking with ITNewsAfrica during the Email/SMS Marketing and Law Seminar held in Johannesburg, PMailer...
Features

Enterprise VOIP – how to engineer for the real-world

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South African companies have for many years, shied away from Voice over IP (VOIP) telephony solutions because of our legacy of slow and expensive bandwidth, says Stephen Davies of Connection Telecom. Much has improved over the last two years though. The introduction...
Mobile and Telecoms

SA’s WASPA dispels tender rumour

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The Wireless Application Service Providers' Association of South Africa (WASPA) is not tendering or planning to tender for the contract to be the service provider responsible for maintaining South Africa's 'do not contact' (DNC) registry. That's according to Leon Perlman,...
Features

Abandoned calls: how local market can meet DMASA requirements

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Abandoned calls – a silent ‘no response’ call terminated by the call originator when answered by a live individual – can be very harmful to the reputation of the direct marketing industry. Calls like these are inconvenient, annoying and can be downright...
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NAMFISA Empowers Consumers with New Education Portal

NAMFISA, in collaboration with Green Enterprise Solutions (Green), officially launched its Consumer Education Website. Held at NAMFISA’s Head Office in...
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