Productivity, innovation in manufacturing calls for better risk management
With manufacturing focused intensively on innovation, combined with a reliance on connected networks and products, it is an industry that is highly vulnerable to cyber attacks. Yet, the manufacturing...
View ArticleApex BI helps MiX Telematics track IoT expenditure
MiX Telematics Africa and Apex BI are demonstrating how it is possible to manage an ever-expanding Internet of Things (IoT) environment. The IoT sector is much hyped, but few realise that one of the...
View ArticleCan SD-WAN help overcome IT skills shortages?
A recent survey, conducted by Uptime Institute, showed that data centre IT skill shortages will intensify as most operators continue to struggle with staffing issues. Interestingly, the primary driver...
View ArticlePepkor division looks to SAS RTDM for robust analytics solutions
Risk is one of the largest challenges that any company has to face, and being able to reduce risk as much as possible is one of the most critical actions a company must undertake. In order for a...
View ArticleDevelop SA, TVT Systems partner to meet IEC needs
When TVR Systems was awarded a contract to supply the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) with multifunctional devices in 2016, it partnered with Develop South Africa to provide it with...
View ArticleWe need a gear shift to support our youth
With South Africa’s unemployment rate reaching 27.6% in the first quarter of 2019, worryingly approaching a 15-year high, it is important for corporate South Africa to assist in creating a pool of...
View ArticleFujitsu named Gartner Magic Quadrant leader
Gartner has once again named Fujitsu a Leader in the 2019 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Center Outsourcing and Hybrid Infrastructure Managed Services, Europe1. This is the seventh consecutive year...
View ArticleIntelligent business management drives SME success
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is an all-in-one intelligent business management solution that is starting to gain massive traction in South Africa. Although the product set has been available...
View ArticleRedstor launches mobile data management app
Redstor has launched a new app, giving customers instant, secure access to their data from their mobile devices. It is the latest initiative by the company that is disrupting the world of data...
View ArticlePentaho 8.3 facilitates DataOps across edge-to-multicloud environments
Hitachi Vantara, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), today announced Pentaho 8.3, the latest version of the company’s data integration and analytics platform software. Pentaho 8.3...
View ArticleABB motors that let you know when it’s time for a service
A new smart sensing solution from ABB can reduce downtimes of low-voltage motors by up to 70% and extend their lifetime by up to 30%. Until now, the monitoring and preventive maintenance of low-voltage...
View ArticleESET discovers Window exploit used in a highly targeted attack
ESET researchers have discovered and analysed a 0-day exploit deployed in a highly targeted attack in Eastern Europe. The exploit used a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Windows....
View ArticlePresidential endorsement of smart cities creates compelling vision
In his State of the Nation address, President Cyril Ramaphosa said: “I dream of a South Africa where the first entirely new city built in the democratic era rises, with skyscrapers, schools,...
View ArticleSpotify Lite extends the app’s reach
Spotify Lite is a small, fast, and simplified version of the music experience that works much like the main Spotify app. Users can still search and play songs and artists, save them, share with others,...
View ArticleFirst dynabook laptops to land in SA
Dynabook Europe has announced two new laptops, the Portégé X30-F and the Tecra X40-F, the first to be dynabook-branded in Europe following the rebrand of Toshiba’s computer business in April of this...
View ArticleFujitsu simplifies and accelerates digital transformation
Fujitsu has announced enhancements to its high-productivity cloud platform RunMyProcess DigitalSuite, designed to lift organizations ahead of their competitors by speeding up and simplifying the...
View ArticleCloud ERP is seeing a massive uptick in the mid-market
The South African ERP landscape is transforming, writes Gerrit Olivier, CEO of About IT. On-premise ERP is falling out of favour and there’s a huge uptick in demand for hybrid and public cloud ERP...
View ArticleBI must put customer at the centre
Even though companies might have become jaded by the concept of the ‘customer is king’, the truth is that the customer experience in the digital landscape remains fundamental to competitive...
View ArticleHow to drive down storage costs while data volumes are exploding
As data volumes continue to increase exponentially the value of data is more critical to business than ever before. By Hayden Sadler, country manager at Infinidat However, IT budgets are constantly...
View ArticleRetrenchments not an opportunity to eliminate dead wood
With the unemployment rate of economically active South Africans reaching 27,6% in the first quarter of this year and media reports filled with job cuts across industry sectors, companies need to be...
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