Just how seriously should you take digitisation?
Today’s business environment is constantly being disrupted by new market entrants using innovative technology, writes Rick Parry, chairman and CEO of AIGS. There are the usual headline examples: The...
View ArticleTrend Micro TippingPoint launches 100Gb IPS
Trend Micro has announced the availability of the latest Trend Micro TippingPoint NX Series next-generation intrusion prevention systems (NGIPS). The series includes a first-to-market standalone NGIPS...
View ArticleOVH is a Red Hat Certified Cloud and Service Provider
OVH has joined the Red Hat Certified Cloud and Service Provider (CCSP) program, offering customers and independent software vendors (ISVs) greater confidence from a partner ecosystem when building...
View ArticleDon’t risk employee anger over payroll errors
It’s not uncommon for a payroll to be consistently managed so poorly that workers threaten to strike over incorrectly administered pay. Often, the person administering the payroll is not adequately...
View Article2017 heralds a brighter future for e-commerce
ICT professionals admit that 2016 was a tough year, but those who are positioned at the edge of technology trends application are confident the tide is about to turn. Next year South African businesses...
View ArticleIs flash poised to kill disk for primary storage?
Flash is now the only realistic choice for primary storage with the performance and bottom line benefits it brings. The historic concerns over cost and stability are now a thing of the past, meaning...
View ArticleT-Systems offers simplified application landscapes
T-Systems has released its Application Modernisation and Management to Go (AMM2Go) service to South African businesses. As local companies look to transform digitally, to compete in the modern digital...
View ArticleInfinidat array gets no-footprint iSCSI
Big iron array vendor Infinidat has made its third major software release, adding compression, baked-in iSCSI support and enhanced array analytics. The company’s architecture has three controller...
View ArticleStart preparing for POPI now
The Protection of Personal Information Act (PoPI) may not have been made effective yet, but businesses need to make compliance one of their top priorities for 2017. This according to Wayne Clarke,...
View ArticleTallying the ripple costs of a cyber attack
The cost of any type of theft is often a lot higher than just the value of the stolen goods, writes Doros Hadjizenonos, country manager of Check Point South Africa. If your house was broken into, you...
View ArticleDon’t be lured by ISP honey traps
As the fibre to the home (FTTH) market explodes in the South African market, consumers are faced with a flood of Internet Service Provider (ISP) options, writes Calvin Collett, CEO of iConnect...
View ArticleThe future of HR in the next decade
The decade could be messy for those organisations that fail to recognise the impending HR revolution and act upon it. And that action needs to take place now, writes Mark McCallum, chief technology...
View ArticleUncloaking corruption within encryption
Encryption is an effective weapon against cybercrime, writes Martin Walshaw, senior engineer at F5 Networks. Securing valuable data flow between applications is essential for safeguarding identity and...
View ArticleBalancing the digital demand with human touch
It’s no secret that banks have looked to move many of their services to online solutions in response to the growing consumer demand for digital, and in an effort to manage cost, writes Michiel Lely,...
View ArticleKaspersky Lab unlocks CryptXXX-encrypted files
After releasing decryption tools for two variants of CryptXXX ransomware in April and May 2016, Kaspersky Lab has released a new decryptor for files that have been locked with the latest version of the...
View ArticleHow to slash e-commerce cart abandonment
Kyle Rozendo, chief technology officer at SID, puts forward nine simple ways to make sweeping changes to e-commerce website performance. Global shopping cart abandonment on e-commerce websites is...
View ArticleWhy omni-channel is the only way to communicate
ICT has progressed to a point where it makes no sense for businesses to use single or one-dimensional channels. Today, the advent of social networks, social media and other interactive platforms means...
View ArticleJasco launches new version of DataVoice
Jasco has announced the availability of the latest update to the DataVoice Libra Voice Recorder solution, Libra V10.0, which offers users a host of new, enhanced and improved functionality to maximise...
View ArticleUPP boosts inventory management, access to info
Universal Paper and Plastics (UPP), one of South Africa’s leading manufacturers of paper and plastic products, has improved inventory management, gained better control over its business processes and...
View ArticleNew 2 in 1 tablets from Fujitsu
Fujitsu has launched three 2 in 1 tablets for business users. The new FUJITSU Tablet LIFEBOOK P727, the first 360-degree foldable 2 in 1 device, provides a new level of flexibility in mobile business....
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