Author: Gugu Lourie
Driverless cars are the future, right? Wait. While things would be simple if our roads were 100% driverless, getting there is anything but. And planning for roads shared by robots and humans is hard.
Some of our metros are already using or thinking about using Internet-of-Things (IoT) architecture to create machine-to-machine (M2M) networks that allow devices – the ‘things’ in the IoT – to gather, share and analyse data about the state of city infrastructure.
A recent massive distributed denial-of-service attack by compromised Internet of Things devices highlights a growing cyber security threat.
A consequence of this type of “me too” driver for products by the tech companies is that consumers can end up with devices that never really develop in the way that the companies promised in their marketing and worse, the devices are often discontinued after a relatively short amount of time meaning that they become unsupported.
Vox launches national long distance fibre project: First stop for long distance fibre initiative is Richards Bay
Vodacom has been providing accessible products and services to customers with disabilities since 2004.
Peach Payments, a fintech startup that makes customer payments to online merchants seamless and secure, is now processing more than R1-billion in transactions per year and expanding into Kenya and Nigeria with plans for other African countries. By Staff Writer The business started trading in South Africa just three years ago. This month it launched a new offering, PaySafe, which has already processed transactions worth R1-million, and will change how businesses collect invoices and payments globally. Peach PaySafe is ideal for businesses that are not online but still want an online payment facility. SMEs such as freelancers, professionals and tour…
FTTH means that anyone working from home can now have the same systems access as a person sitting in the office, and business applications such as document collaboration tools and web based video conferencing are all made possible.
The proposed recapitalisation will reduce the net debt of the company to approximately R8 billion and enable the company to continue to deliver on its growth strategy in a sustainable manner.
Harvey joined FibreCo at its inception in 2010 and has played a pivotal role as Chief Commercial Officer, successfully driving revenue growth and network acquisition throughout the start-up phase, building up a client base comprising several major operators, service providers and other enterprise clients across South Africa.
