After first meeting the people at Itec Innovate almost four years ago, former Springbok Bob Skinstad decided he wanted a longer-term relationship with the group, and a career change.

Has the digital revolution spawned a generation of apathetic protestors, or is online advocacy just the evolution of traditional activism?

No matter how big a business is, running it shouldn't be complicated.

There's a common link between the joint winners of this year's IT Personality of the Year Award - Prof. Barry Dwolatzky and Mteto Nyati. Both men have a passion for supporting young emerging entrepreneurs, and both have made that a core principle guiding their careers.

The IT Personality of the Year Award - now in its 35th year - recognises an individual who has made an exceptional contribution to the South African IT industry in the past year. Here are this year's finalists.

ITWeb picks the brains of industry professionals on what stood out for them this year - and what they see making headlines in 2014.

CIOs are no longer meeting the expectations of their companies and are in danger of being deposed by young upstarts with titles like 'chief digital officer'.

Telecoms players must up their games.

Tablets are beginning to take their rightful place in local classrooms and lecture halls.

The 'Father of the Internet' had more of a hand in SA's Internet industry than many realise.

42Engines is a tech start-up accelerator programme concentrating on Africa-specific tech ideas.

Bring your own device and the consumerisation of IT pose new challenges for enterprise information security.