The world`s number one gamer, Johnathan “Fatal1ty” Wendel, recently attended the rAge gaming expo held in Johannesburg. Brainstorm managed to talk to him about his career as a cyber-athlete.

An effective employee can become even more beneficial to the company if his/her work environment is aligned with a good ergonomic programme. Microsoft encourages companies to assess the conditions under which their employees work, in an effort to save costs and encourage efficiency.

If time away from your workstation means money lost, you`ll be happy to hear that Intel`s working on fixing it.

IBM says it believes it is the first major corporation to give an undertaking not to use genetic information in its employment decisions.

Is Peter Watt South Africa`s version of legendary IBM chief Lou Gerstner?

Juniper grabs Cisco whistleblower

It is predicted that by the year 2010, seventy percent of all connections over mobile networks will be non-human. Talking people will instead be outnumbered by machines “talking” to one another.

A ubiquitous wireless broadband network will change business strategy – once it finally gets here.

DStv has released the dual-view Personal Video Recorder (PVR), a development that promises to free TV viewers from viewing schedules and end the fight over who watches what when.

The magnificent view of the azure sea that greets you as you walk into the Bahia Mar Conference Centre in Vilanculos, Mocambique, must surely be one of the main reasons why more and more international conferences are being held at this great location

Balancing the portfolios of both managing director and CIO for the highly successful Intergr8 IT, Rob Sussman took first place at this year`s African ICT Achiever`s Awards in the category of Top Private CIO.

Dimension Data with its Bellerephon acquisition cuts Alexander Forbes` rollout of Microsoft Systems Mnagement Server from 21 weeks to three.

The ICT industry is currently experiencing an unprecedented set of consolidations and the IT services sector, in particular, is one of those being significantly impacted at the present time.

It has been more than a month since Telkom`s three executives were suspiciously suspended but with Telkom`s recent announcement that the two parties have parted on friendly terms, industry speculation still indicates that there is more to the situation than meets the eye.

African innovation was highlighted at the 2005 African ICT Achievers Awards, with South Africa emerging as the continent`s leader by winning both innovation categories.

Microsoft, in the person of its GM: Nigeria, Gerald Ilukwe, has claimed that the cost of software is not an important issue in the developing world.

As reported last month, the IT department for the government of Massachusetts had decided to adopt the OpenDocument Format (ODF) standard. Any vendor of office productivity products who refused to support it would effectively exclude themselves from consideration.

The most critical of any outsourcing activity aspects are people – those upon whom it impacts directly.

Through a name change, some key acquisitions, ‘ring fencing` what it has, keeping competitors out and customers happy, Enterprise Connection has now become an individual enterprise in its own right which has been able to ‘sever the links of the past`

A While the charitable initiatives of companies are often dismissed as being carried out purely for image or for the tax rebates on offer, there are a number of noteworthy projects that stand out as true examples of how corporate spending is helping to grow a nation.