Digital printers and digital workflows
Printing doesn’t have to be complicated, but, let’s face it: for every user who wants something different from that machine, the complexity increases. By Karl Boissonneault, vice-president: channel...
View ArticleSmart home basics: creating a reliable LAN
Smart homes are supposed to simplify our lives and make our homes more convenient. But without a reliable internet connection and local area network, your smart devices can go offline and underperform,...
View ArticleHow to protect your kids online
Children know how to play online games, get updates on their favorite celebrities, find the latest music hits, chat with their equally tech-savvy peers, or ask the Internet for answers to their...
View ArticleSecuring and regulating IoT
In the data centre, servers, storage and, more recently, networks are highly automated, and the processes are “industrialised”. However, in the case of IT security, point solutions and manual work...
View ArticleHomeFixer announces Hirsch collaboration
South Africa’s recently-launched home improvement app, HomeFixer, has announced a partnership with Hirsch’s, one of South Africa’s most well-known independent home appliances and furniture store....
View ArticleSunbet debuts new online betting platform
Sunbet, Sun International’s sportsbook, have unveiled their new website following the announcement of their partnership with the digital platform specialists, Bede Gaming and Kambi. Kambi’s end-to-end...
View ArticleHow to safeguard personal information
By now, it’s well known that the IT systems of insurance giant, Liberty Life, were breached by cybercriminals late on Thursday 14 June. David Munro, CEO of Liberty, had this to say regarding the...
View ArticleThe difference between a data breach and ransomware
It is clear that South African organisations are at risk from the same cyber-attacks that affect major global economies. The cyber threat landscape is constantly evolving in order to get around...
View ArticleThe link between compliance and risk
Compliance is a growing challenge. 48 percent of companies saw their regulatory teams grow in 2017 and 75% foresee the need to focus more on managing regulatory risk, according to a Thomson Reuters...
View ArticleNew perspective needed to solve real-world problems
SqwidNet, the licensed Sigfox IoT network operator in South Africa, has launched the second phase of the SA IoT University Challenge with a webinar introducing the eleven finalists to the Sigfox...
View ArticleStay ahead of World Cup cyber threats
Sophos has issued this warning to football fans, reminding them how cybercriminals have used people’s interest in the sport to launch cyber attacks. Football has been targeted before by those who want...
View ArticleGirlCodeHack aims to impact 400
GirlCode, a social enterprise that aims to empower young girls and women through technology, will be hosting its fifth annual GirlCodeHack from 3-5 August 2018. The hackathon will be the largest...
View ArticleCrisis communication with migrant app
Thousands of buildings in the Southern Mexican state of Oaxaca were destroyed by a powerful 8.1 magnitude earthquake in September 2017. At least 98 people lost their lives nationwide. A week later,...
View ArticlePayroll innovation creates youth career opportunities
Traditionally payroll has been perceived as the dull domain of those in dull clothing immersed in numbers from dusk to dawn. However, like many industries today, payroll has been disrupted by...
View ArticleMentoring to build job skills
Statistics show that 65% of the jobs Generation Z will perform do not even exist yet, owing to the accelerated pace of change in business, the further development of technology and the...
View ArticleWelcome to an IP world without buttons
A much lower cost to communicate is the single biggest driver for companies switching to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technologies with average savings coming in at 45% of current voice and data...
View ArticleSUSE paves the way for IT transformation
SUSE continues to help organisations transform and adapt with software-defined infrastructure and application delivery solutions that enable IT operations and DevOps to meet digital business demands...
View ArticleManaging the ever-evolving mobility challenge
Technology continues to evolve at a rapid pace, transforming the way people work. By Ronald Ravel, director: B2B South Africa at Toshiba South Africa The ongoing rise of mobile working is one of the...
View ArticleSMBs need to be cyber secure
With headline-grabbing data breaches and high-stake hacks on the rise, earning and maintaining the trust of visitors to one’s website is a mounting challenge, especially for small and medium-sized...
View ArticleUnlock the value of data for future success
Data is a fundamental part of digital transformation for businesses. It’s the fuel that powers every link in the value chain of a connected company, the lifeblood of innovation and the food that...
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