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Pc user base in SA reaches 5 million

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The number of Personal Computers in use in South Africa will pass the 5-million mark for the first time this year, according to a new study released today.“PC Users in South Africa 2006”, a study by World Wide Worx of the installed base of computers in South Africa, shows that the 4,5-million [...]

ICT a healthy business man in SA again

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The information and communications technology (ICT) sectors in South Africa have returned to health, according to a new study released this week.The 2005 edition of the Map of the IT and Telecoms Sector (MITTS), a joint research study of the ICT market by independent research houses World Wide [...]

Big Boys get the small toys

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Companies issue mobile devices like laptop computers and personal digital assistants strictly according to the pecking order in the company, rather than the needs of staff.This was among the key findings of a research study conducted by World Wide Worx as part of its Mobility 2005 project, which [...]

Internet nomads spark boom in free mail

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The idiosyncrasies of many South African Internet users - their nomadic nature in the job environment and the propensity for international business travel among a large proportion of them - has sparked a boom in the use of free web-based e-mail services.
The best-known international services of this kind, [...]