The digital dividend - a long time in coming
by Hans van de Groenendaal, EE Publishers If mobile operators think that the digital dividend will solve their spectrum woes soon, they had better think again. It may take ten years or longer before the spectrum released as part of the television digital migration process is likely to become... ( more) |
Big data - where do you start?
by Gary Allemann, MD, Master Data Management Big data is currently a buzz word in the industry with many organisations pondering its value, virtues and implementing strategies to harness the benefits. Countless organisations' understanding is that this data, when tapped into correctly, can... ( more) |
 In conversation with Alan Knott-Craig, Project Sizwe CEO
by Hans van de Groenendaal, EE Publishers
"If we want to achieve digital inclusion in South Africa, we need to radically think out of the box on how we can provide affordable or free broadband connectivity to the masses," says Alan Knott- Craig (Jnr), CEO of Project Sizwe... ( more)
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Large companies realise that the big data bell tolls for them, not just for startups. But big data is far more than simply collecting large amounts of data, it's all about how you collect it and what you do with it. One thing is clear, however, 2015 will be a big year for big ... ( more) |
Giving power to consumers
by Mark Warren, Gemalto South Africa
A recent study by the CSIR discovered that renewable energy projects, using sun and wind in South Africa, created R800-million in net savings last year. Yet the total renewables share in domestic electricity production was only 1,4%. Through a greater contribution of renewable energy, South Africa... (more) |
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Innovative ICT makes cities safer and smarter
by Hans van de Groenendaaal, EE Publishers
The acceleration of global urbanisation and the proliferation of the internet will drive the convergence of ICT and urban infrastructure - so said Li Peng, Huawei Eastern and South African president at the opening of the Huawei Safe City Africa Summit 2015 held in Cape Town on 28 April... ( more)
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Virtual panel discussion: Telepresence versus web-based conferencing
Telepresence requires a major investment at a fixed location. With so many web-based options becoming available are telepresence facilities becoming white elephants or are there opportunities to live side by side and still warrant further investment? In our virtual panel discussion we asked a number of experts to explore these questions... (more)
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Do new technologies benefit automation?
by Gary Wilson, Siemens Factory Automation
As time goes by technology evolves and advances, bringing many benefits. An example would be the replacement of relay control logic with PLCs. The use of PLCs reduced a lot of wiring work and engineering design cost. Another example would be the use of networks that allow distributed control... ( more)
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IO-Link for more production efficiency
IO-Link has arrived: The new communication standard offers measurable production advantages and added efficiency for numerous applications. The new communication standard is set to make the transparent mapping of processes from the... (more)
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EMC compliance testing: Improve throughput with time domain scanning
Information from Keysight Technologies
EMC testing requires detailed and exacting methodologies to ensure that all emissions are accurately measured. Long test times impact test facility availability and reduce the number of devices that can be certified - capping the amount of revenue a testing service can generate or the number of new devices a company... (more)
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Traceability and validation of liquid flow measurands
by Dr. Nicolaus Mathies, Krohne, Germany
Measurement of flowing liquid in closed conduits is present in many different applications in our daily life, e.g. water or heat metering, gas metering, filling stations, in the chemical industry, the food industry, for batching or for process regulation. Usually liquid flowmeters are used to fulfil most of these requirements... (more)
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Using soft ferrites for interference suppression
Information from Ferroxcube, Germany
Several trends point to the growing necessity of EMC engineering. These trends, directed to functional upgrading or reducing cost, inevitably also contribute to an increasing level of electromagnetic interference (EMI) emissions. The article covers general principles of EMC and EMC regulations, material specifications... (more)
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How big is big data; where will you find it?
by Dr. Anelize van Biljon and Dr. Eduan Kotzé, Free State University
Many discussions are currently taking place about which data sets are to be classified as big data. Estimations of the size of data sets generated everyday can be found on the internet, but it is difficult to get accurate numbers. But, nevertheless, the data set sizes are enormous. The International Business Machines (IBM) website... (more)
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The democratisation of IT disaster recovery
by Freeform Dynamics in association with Commvault
For some, the term "disaster recovery" conjures up visions of racks of equipment and rows of empty desks with phones, screens and keyboards sitting there doing nothing, waiting for the day when a fire, flood or natural disaster takes out your offices and systems. When disaster strikes, you ship the business wholesale to... (more)
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Big data diamonds are a business's best friend
by Gilbert Marciano, CMO strategic marketing, Alcatel-Lucent
The proliferation of data from mobile devices, broadband internet and video applications for millions of end-users and objects is transported, collected and spread over thousands of data centres. These Zettabytes (1021 bytes) of data are the 21st century's diamond mines... ( more) |
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Migrating to advanced displays
Information from Renesas Electronics
No doubt Steve Jobs did a great job at Apple, some might say he even changed the world! Today a simple seven-segment display is not enough for even the simplest of applications. Marketing teams are increasingly asking the engineering department for bigger displays with more impressive graphics on their next generation products... ( more) |
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Amateur radio: 29 MHz - the forgotten frequency for amateur radio satellites
by Hans van de Groenendaal ZS6AKV, South African Radio League
In the early days of satellites, not many years after the launch of Sputnik One in 1965, amateur satellites were designed and launched with downlinks on 29 MHz. Satellites were much larger than the present day CubeSats which only measure 10 x 10 x 10 cm... (more)
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Compiled by Aimée Clarke, EE Publishers
- Ivory Coast e-commerce operations expanded
- CommProve wins African networking monitoring contract
- Internet exchange at key landing site for Africa
- Mobile West Africa 2015 garners industry-wide support
- Senegal: 'Data for Development' challenge winners announced
- Mobile banking growing in Africa
- Social media site launched in Zimbabwe
- MTN Namibia to sell 30% shareholding... (more)
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