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latest news & developmentsTechnology firm Cisco is helping countries like South Africa plug the digital skills gap
It aims to upskill 3 million Africans in the digital and cybersecurity space
Cisco Hologram will power the future of work
Webex Hologram is Cisco’s hybrid work collaboration tool that uses reality headsets to combine meeting functionality with 3D holograms
‘Toxic, hazardous’ dust harming preschool children in Kuils River
Residents say the findings proves their concerns about pollution ‘are real’
The White House opens a new era of cybersecurity
South Africa, too, is vulnerable to cyber attacks and needs to take steps to secure its digital futur
Millennials’ wants will change work
The new generation will be looking at speed, agility and user-friendly tools — and the option to work from a coffee shop
Cisco intends 15% workforce cut and sale of factory
Cisco Systems plans to cut 15% of its staff and sell a set-top box factory as part of a plan to cut annual expenses by $1-billion.
Tablets, video to drive mobile data growth
Africa and the Middle East are set to contribute 20% of total global mobile data traffic by 2015, according to a new mobile data forecast from Cisco.
Yahoo! delays meeting to avoid showdown
The internet company Yahoo! has postponed its annual meeting as it grapples with the prospect of a shareholder rebellion in which as many as 30 candidates may try their luck in…
UN launches poverty monitoring site with Google
The United Nations launched a new website powered by Google and network equipment maker Cisco on Thursday that will show how and where the world is succeeding or failing in…
‘A pot of gold at the end of the rainbow’
Online video-delivery service Joost, now boasting more than 3 000 hours of content, has finally gone live at the beginning of this month and, to date, two million users have…
Internet telephony pioneers stumble
In spite of its global popularity, internet telephony (voice-over-internet protocol, or VoIP), which is almost free for users, has not become a gold mine for its pioneers such as…