Cyber risk and the challenge for directors
The jump in cyber attacks is challenging how boards approach risk management and their readiness to handle emerging threats, says WomenCorporateDirectors (WCD) and Marsh & McLennan Companies’...
View ArticleIs customer-centricity the solution?
Quinton Pienaar, lead: customer engagement and salesforce at PwC South Africa, asks whether focusing on the customer is the way to survive the technology storm. A couple of years ago, you couldn’t walk...
View ArticleDDD’s @Heimeshoff aboard for DevConf 2018
German trainer, coach and software developer Marco Heimeshoff, of Germany’s Domain Driven Design (DDD) community renown, is set to be the keynote speaker at this year’s South African DevConf....
View ArticleThe future of personal devices
Time, comfort, and connection: these are the root of future devices, writes Thibault Dousson, GM of Lenovo South Africa & SADC. The use of technology in modern life is evolving at an...
View ArticleTime for broadcasters to adopt cloud
Cloud and virtualisation technologies have the potential to entirely reshape the local broadcast industry – changing how broadcasters create, distribute and monetise their video content. “In recent...
View ArticleSpotlight on Labour Laws Amendment Bill
The Labour Laws Amendment Bill, first introduced to South Africa’s parliament in November 2015, and has been passed by the National Assembly. If it passes the review process by the National Council of...
View ArticleAvaya Happiness Index makes Edison Awards cut
The Avaya Happiness Index, which securely collects and automatically analyzes customer interaction data from multiple sources across all channels in real time, has been named a 2017 Award Finalist for...
View ArticleRise of the robots adds new risks
Chatbots, autonomous vehicles, and connected machines in digital factories foreshadow what the future will look like: the widespread implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) applications brings...
View ArticleGaming SX950U 3D NAND SSD from ADATA XPG
ADATA Technology has launched the XPG SX950U 2,5-inch SATA 6Gbps Gaming SSD which utilises the latest 3D NAND flash memory and is driven by a high-speed SMI controller to reach large capacities of up...
View ArticleEngineers need to start mining soft skills
In order to remain competitive and to achieve growth, engineers at firms in South Africa’s engineering, mining and manufacturing sectors need to recognise the role that emotional intelligence plays in...
View ArticleThe future of home
As far back as 1932, inventors imagined smart homes – but not in the way they’re now envisaged. Most ‘automation’ focussed on creating robots to do the tasks humans usually did in the home. Think C-3PO...
View ArticleOutsourcing lead generation to meet sales targets
For the first time in a while, April doesn’t have too many public holidays, as Easter falls at the end of March this year. This is giving businesses an extra window to drive revenue, in a month that is...
View ArticleAnthony Ekerold is new WASPA chair
Newly-installed chair of South Africa’s Wireless Application Service Providers’ Association (WASPA), Anthony Ekerold, says he is highly-motivated to make a positive contribution to the local...
View ArticleHow cybercriminals hide in your phone
While analysts figure out new methodologies for analysing malware and users begin to understand how all this works, cybercriminals are seeking new ways to hide in phones and compromise devices, says...
View ArticleInnovations that have shaped BI
Gustav Piater, sales and marketing director at AIGS (Yellowfin South Africa), outlines the five innovations that have all significantly shaped the current era of business intelligence (BI). If the...
View ArticleSD-WAN overlay improves network performance, speed
The explosive growth of data, together with the need for faster delivery and processing, are already causing greater network latency and increased access issues for many enterprises striving to keep up...
View ArticleCut costs by bringing printing in-house
From bakers to business owners, muffins to multifunction printers (MFPs), there’s one thing everyone, everywhere can agree on: whatever we’re spending our money on, we’d like it to cost a little less....
View ArticleCanon SA aims to be carbon-neutral
For the third consecutive year, Canon South Africa has reached its target to offset its carbon footprint by a minimum of 365 tons of CO2e. Now well on its way to becoming a carbon neutral business,...
View ArticleJasco Carrier Solutions launches virtual CPE
Jasco Carrier Solutions is developing a cost effective virtual Customer Premises Equipment (vCPE) solution for the South African market. Aimed at ISPs and small and medium enterprises, the vCPE brings...
View ArticleBroadband spectrum key to safe cities
The unavailability of broadband spectrum is an impediment to unlocking the fully potential value of the technologies available to enhance the public safety and security. Public safety entails the...
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