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African telecom industry should make true broadband services a priority

The telecoms industry in South Africa and the rest of the continent is on the cusp of a fibre and mobile broadband boom, as network operators scramble to meet the demand for video, cloud applications and mobile...

CIOs have a major role to play in preparing businesses for the impact of...

Gartner, Inc. predicts that by 2022, smart machines and robots may replace highly trained professionals in tasks within medicine, law and IT. CIOs have a major role to play in preparing businesses for the impact that...

The Internet of things: the best is yet to come

A piece by Morten Illum, VP of EMEA, Aruba. The Internet of things (IoT) is a term that’s been bandied about for a long time and we’re finally at a stage where it’s coming more into the forefront, in terms of the techn...

Orchestration: making the software-defined, multi-vendor network a reality

Network functions virtualisation (NFV) has the potential to transform the networking industry and help free network managers from the constraints of proprietary hardware. Devices such as routers, firewalls and load...

Virtualisation promises radical transformation to smart networks

Can software really replace cumbersome and often expensive hardware in the network? This is the idea behind network functions virtualisation (NFV), an evolving area of networking in which devices such as routers,...

New Kenyan government should drive job creation by fostering SMBs

The party that emerges as the winner of Kenya’s general election, to be held on 8 August, has an opportunity to supercharge job creation and economic growth by adopting policies that help small and medium businesses to t...