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Janet Paterson

Editor, ITWeb Informatica

Janet Paterson is an editor of ITWeb Informatica.

Articles

4:00
Features
Aug 21, 2014

Mother of invention

In the movies, inventors are invariably men and usually a bit mad. In the real world of wireless communications, one of the most important inventors was a woman ... and a Hollywood actress.

6:30
Features
Jul 31, 2014

The god of small things

Gartner is making a lot of noise about the Internet of things, but many commentators are sceptical.

5:50
Features
Jun 25, 2014

The productivity principle (part 2)

Globally, only one in eight employees is fully engaged at work. Almost a quarter is `actively disengaged', spreading negativity to the 63 percent who are merely `not engaged'.

5:40
Features
May 23, 2014

The productivity principle

In the first of a two-part series on improving workplace productivity, Janet Paterson talks to productivity strategist Cathy Sexton about strategies to help employees and managers make more of their time.

9:40
Communications
Dec 14, 2009

Sea change for telecoms

South African telecoms seems to be in a permanent state of flux.

2:40
Communications
Dec 14, 2009

The last mile or the final straw?

Big issues in the telecoms debate are local loop unbundling, carrier preselect and co-location. What gives?

3:10
Wireless
Apr 30, 2009

Simple currency

The M-PESA is changing the way Kenyans handle their money transfers.

2:50
Computing
Apr 6, 2009

Kindle can't hold a candle to the real thing

There is nothing like the act of burying your nose in a good book.

3:10
Computing
Mar 19, 2009

Because it's there, dummy

Why do people choose to spend their free time in front of a computer?

2:50

One thing I know about me

While I love the Web, I find social networking rather nauseating.