VoIP finally meets expectations

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), which allows Internet users to make phone calls to each other at no cost, is finally taking off among South African businesses, four years after it became legal to use it outside company networks. This is the key finding of the...

SMEs adapting to new challenges

Are small to medium enterprises coping with power cuts and the prospect of erratic supply for the next half-decade? What about crime? Is South Africa’s infrastructure failing the SME? These are among the crucial questions SME Survey 2008 raises as it gauges the...

Dreaming of an e-Christmas

8 December 2007:- Online retailers will have generated around R200-million by the time stores close for Christmas this year. And the most popular item on sale on the Internet? Satellite navigation systems for cars. Research conducted separately by leading independent...

Big upturn for online retail

1 October 2007:- Online retail in South Africa has finally turned around. By the end of this year, online spending on retail goods in South Africa is expected to have grown by more than 35%, after 33% growth in 2006.The total spent on online retail goods in South...