In the ever-changing world of information and communication technologies www.MyByte.co.za brings you the monthly round-up of what's news. The latest on Smartphones, Snow Leopard, social media, software and more in our August edition!
Our community has grown this month to 1651 members. We'd like to thank a few of our most active members- Bette Kun and Raakee Inderman and welcome to one of our newest members, Kelvin Jonck.
If you register on www.MyByte.co.za in September you stand a chance of winning one of five tickets to the Rage gaming expo in October courtesy of Tide Media. To find out more visit www.rageexpo.co.za
Don't forget that every time you contribute to the www.MyByte.co.za community you earn Bytes and can win exciting prizes! To find out more about Bytes click here! This month we are giving away a Symantec® Norton Internet Security 2009 and a Canon Pixma IP1900 printer sponsored by PCDirect. See the site for more details on how you can win in September!
Our library of blogs has grown to over 430, browse our blogs here and get insight and information from our www.MyByte.co.za community.
Our August edition is packed full of the best from www.MyByte.co.za, if you've got industry relevant news or any requests for next month's newsletter let the www.MyByte.co.za Team know by e-mailing us at info@mybyte.co.za.
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We hope you all have a successful, productive August and we'll see you all on www.MyByte.co.za - putting the ICT industry in one room – virtually.
www.MyByte.co.za has an archive of over 300 blogs. Some of our most popular blogs in July (click on the link to view):
Snow Leopard proves no threat to windows 7 After months of headlines about the phenomenon known as Snow Leopard, it has hit the streets and reality has set in. It turns out that the updated Mac OS X is.....well, it's simply an updated Mac OS X. Read more.
Time for concerted action There is a well-worn expression that says "the more things change, the more they stay the same". South Africa's ICT industry has the potential to occupy a strong leadership position in the African market and should be seen as a desirable source of supply throughout the world. And yet, we are still net consumers of technology, in spite of the flashes of brilliance that we often demonstrate. Read more.
How many people actually use Twitter? As you no doubt have heard, Twitter’s traffic is growing at an incredible rate – the most recent numbers we’ve seen show that the microblogging service now attracts nearly 14 million visitors in the US alone... Read more.
Seacom reaches across East Africa The final pieces of the East African connectivity puzzle are falling into place with the announcement today of a partnership that will extend international connectivity from the SEACOM undersea cable throughout East Africa. Uganda Telecom and Rwandatel have purchased capacity on the SEACOM undersea cable, and secured links from the landing point of the cable on the Kenya coast through to Kampala and Kigali... Read more.
Nokia announces Comes with Music- free music for a year. Really. In 2002 the legendary David Bowie said: “Music itself is going to become like running water or electricity.” He showed great insight into the fact that, with the coming of the digital age, music is everywhere. Nokia is going out of their way to prove the Thin White Duke right with yesterday’s launch of “Comes with Music” in Sandton, Johannesburg. Read more.
SAPPI and OKI team up for sustainability As environmental consciousness finds a foothold in the minds of the general public as well as business leaders, Sappi, a global brand in the paper, pulp and chemical cellulose sectors, and the global office automation company, Oki Printing Solutions are working together to raise awareness of the importance of sustainable business practices and their respective green credentials. Read more.
There are some important Events happening in August:
Overview of Model Based Process Improvement 10 September 2009 All organisations hope to improve their performance. Some will focus on better quality, others on improved delivery times or cost reductions. It is often possible to improve business performance by adopting a strategy to improve key processes within the organisation. CMMI is a widely used example of a "Process Improvement Model". These models help organisations to both measure the quality of their processes and provide a "roadmap" to guide process improvement activities. Find out more.
Webstyles Webstyles is a website hosting, Hardware and software procurement, IT Support, Email accounts, Blogging, FTP accounts, Mysql databases company in South Africa. Their most recent MyByte post explores the value of a rand. Read it here
Giselle McKenzie Giselle is a community administrator who has posted some of the most popular blogs on MyByte. Read her latest post '12 technology terms that date you' here.
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