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Cloud Computing South Africa : Cloud Computing Resources

25. June 2010

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Cloud Computing is most definitely one of topics on everybody’s minds, but what is cloud computing? How does cloud computing work, how much does cloud computing cost and how does it influence my business? These are the relevant questions that business professionals and Organizations are facing. Deloitte South Africa has written some excellent pieces on [...]

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Barnes & Noble, Amazon Slash Kindle & Nook Prices

23. June 2010

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As the digital economy catches up to us each day, digital retailers feel the heat of intense rivalry and competition which forces them to cut prices, this is good for us no doubt. In this light, with the release of Apple’s iPad which is pretty expensive especially for South Africans, Amazon and Barnes & Noble [...]

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IT Cloud Security as a Service from Avira & CleanPort

25. May 2010

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IT security company Avira recently acquired cloud Computing pioneer CleanPort to form Avira Managed Security Services (AMSS) as part of its ‘Security as a Service‘ strategy. While cloud computing is still in the beginning phases it is definitely a range of technologies that need to be watched with keen interest. The challenge for IT remains [...]

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DSTV On Demand – Video On Demand from DSTV & MWEB

10. May 2010

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Pay TV operator MultiChoice and their pay tv offering DSTV have been in the firing line since the release of South Africa’s second pay tv network called TopTV from ODM launched a couple of weeks ago. MultiChoice and DSTV have now hit back with a remarkable offering called the DSTV On Demand Service which is [...]

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Cloud Computing Security Risks

6. May 2010

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Cloud Computing and Cloud Computing security risks in particular has been one of the biggest threats to the up take and eventual boom of the technology or group of technologies if you will. Cloud Computing exposes great opportunities in a wide variety of markets from health care and government straight through to big technology enterprises [...]

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Vodacom Business Metro E Fibre Network

20. April 2010

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Vodacom Business today launched their latest super fast fibre network connection with a time test again Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton. Vodacom Metro E is a super-fast, last-mile fibre connection aimed at businesses in metropolitan areas with higher bandwidth requirements. The new ventures offers transfer rates between 2Mbps and 1Gbps. The fibre optic network allows [...]

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Cloud Computing in South Africa

15. April 2010

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Cloud Computing has been around for a while, but like all things technological. South Africa is a bit behind and only now beginning to understand the benefits of cloud computing and the integration of a grid computing system to their current businesses. The question on many people’s lips will now be… What is cloud computing? [...]

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