Brainstorm Magazine

1. Real-time all the time
(October 2008/UpFront)

... flight tracking, which would layer on top of these platforms. Already SAA and the Airports Company of South Africa offer live “flight status” information on their websites. A year ago, SAA launched a ...

2. Silent crimes
(October 2008/In-Depth Analysis)

... on a PC means criminals can record the websites you visit or do business on, the credit card details that you enter, and your online banking information, the ramifications for companies are even more damaging. ...

3. Software – Who Needs It?
(Informatica/Bytesize 2008)

... the Web applications they develop only for internal communications and reporting. Beyond establishing a presence on the Web, not many SMEs are making sure their websites are linked to business processes, ...

4. Pointing Fingers At Workmates
(Informatica/Bytesize 2008)

... needed to access websites known to present a high security risk, such as peer-to-peer services and free software download sites. European employees spend an average of two hours a day online, with about ...

5. Bots: A Double-Edged Sword
(Informatica/Bytesize 2008)

... bots and botnets include: • Spambots that harvest e-mail addresses from contact forms or guest book pages. • Download programs that suck bandwidth by downloading entire websites. • Website scrapers ...

6. Home Rules Rule
(Informatica/Bytesize 2008)

... employee productivity to ensure that they’re not wasting company time – and opening it up to attack – by browsing non-work related websites. This strategy needs broadly address four issues: • Perimeter ...

7. Your Software Is Served
(Informatica/Bytesize 2008)

... comes in two flavours (premium and standard) and offers e-mail, Internet connectivity, internal websites, remote access and support for mobile devices as well as the usual file and printer sharing and ...

8. INNOVATE AND SERVE
(Informatica/The e-Business Handbook)

... opposed to consumer-facing websites). • Microsoft is looking to enter the tourism space in SA. SA Tourism is working with the company to allow any tourismrelated business to build and host their own ...

9. OUTSTANDING E-MARKETING INTELLIGENCE
(Informatica/The e-Business Handbook)

... placements: OUTsurance contracts service providers to place its adverts on websites that are viewed by target markets, and these providers are paid for sales or leads they generate. • Advertising: Advertising ...

10. RECOVERY CONTINUES FOR ONLINE SHOPPING
(Informatica/The e-Business Handbook)

...  • Build, outsource or buy? 37% of shops use a packaged solution, 35% in_house development and 28% outsourced development. • Your host tonight: 79% of websites are hosted in South Africa. • Stats: ...

11. BURSTING THE CYNIC BUBBLE
(Informatica/The e-Business Handbook)

... sort of ad hoc networking that produces the kinds of outcomes you’d expect from a collective intelligence exercise. But Web 2.0 doesn’t begin and end at the Facebook or Flickr websites; it’s got a lot ...

12. Playing in virtual worlds
(Mindshift/Autumn 2007)

... by doing quests, hunting, and/or providing in-game services and virtual goods to other players. Many others, however, choose to simply spend real money for virtual money by using dedicated websites that ...

13. Getting a second life
(Mindshift/Winter 2007)

... websites, become a crucial part of the online world.  ...

14. Click send to change the world
(Mindshift/Autumn 2008)

... unfolded. Hourly postings of events occurred on websites and bulletin boards around the world and e-mail list servs relayed massive e-mail campaigns to news desks and consulates. The network is the cornerstone ...

15. Marketing to the rescue
(Mindshift/Spring 2008)

... 2008. This category includes all newspapers, magazines, and websites, as well as photography. QUOTE Planet Earth is blue and there’s nothing I can do...”– David Bowie  ...

16. Go do your bit!
(Mindshift/Winter 2006)

... that are not being over-fished, and buy green or organic cleaning products. “ Be the change that you want to see in the world” Mahatma Ghandi WEBSITES: WWW.SUSTAINABLE.ORG.ZA  WWW.EARTHDAY.NET  WWW.GREENPEACE.ORG ...

17. Made in the SA
(Mindshift/Winter 2006)

... websites, a State Department journalist, and a researcher for a Congressional pressure group. We toured some of the country’s flagship enterprises getting briefings from top management. Stops included ...

18. Stupid is as stupid does
(Mindshift/Winter 2006)

... I am – perhaps even more than most – frequently stupid. Without listing my numerous short-falls, it reminds me of Forest Gump’s celebrated saying, “stupid is as stupid does.” There are numerous websites ...

19. A brave new world

The online world has changed the hospitality industry forever.

20. Local software a safe bet?

Bookies have always had the reputation of operating in a dark and secretive, but lucrative industry. On the web, too, betting and gambling websites are thought to function in dark corners.  ...