Data quality, governance assist with counterparty exposure
Financial institutions have become so complex and the products they sell have developed at such an accelerated pace that their internal risk infrastructure has been unable to keep up. In such...
View ArticleVideo on demand set for disruption
Digital entertainment on demand is set to disrupt broadcasting, traditional media, telecoms, marketing and more. Stephen Watson, MD of on-demand specialist company Discover Digital, comments: “There’s...
View ArticleSaicom adds managed SD-WAN service
End-to-end telecommunications and networking solutions provider Saicom has extended its offering with a fully managed software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) service. Saicom’s SD-WAN service,...
View ArticleThe business case for DDoS protection
As our businesses continue to digitise, and an increasing number of services are delivered via the cloud, we tend to have very low tolerance for downtime. “Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks...
View ArticleTime to review critical safety controls
Recent incidents have highlighted the need for all companies and organisations to review the safety and security of their data and their IT systems, as standard approaches no longer protect against...
View ArticlePreventing, managing risk in electronic banking
Banking is a tough industry to be in. Not only do financial institutions carry the burden of managing large amounts of money, they also have to stay on top of constantly changing legislation and the...
View ArticleNew-gen enterprise storage for SMEs
As part of its all-flash storage portfolio, Huawei unveiled its new-gen entry-level storage systems, the OceanStor 2000 V3 series, at the Huawei South Africa Eco-Connect Conference in Sandton...
View ArticleHuawei launches all-flash storage in SA
Huawei officially launched the industry’s first new-generation convergent all-flash system that features flash-oriented storage OS, chips and Solid State Drive (SSD) end-to-end in-depth optimisation...
View ArticleConnecting people without the Internet
Fabien Delanaud, GM of Myriad Connect, talks about how to bring web-based services to people who don’t have Internet access. At least 3,9-billion people globally do not have access to the internet,...
View ArticleM2M and IoT complicate data management
When it comes to big data, South Africa is keeping up with the rest of the world, writes Johan Scheepers, Commvault systems engineering director for MESAT. However, one of the largest concerns for...
View ArticleDigital whacks the benefits of US into a new league
With the arrival of digital everything, there’s been a step change in the benefits that a unified communications strategy can deliver, yet companies in the public and private sector still appear...
View ArticleGet ready for the IoT big time
The adoption of the Internet of Things (IoT) in South Africa is expected to follow the same path as that of cloud computing, with the big time arriving in 2019, writes Pieter Engelbrecht, business unit...
View ArticleNetshield SA’s Data Centre in a Box is IoT-enabled
As a result of the finalisation of Netshield South Africa’s recent developments to its Data Centre in a Box (DCiB), the self-contained cabinets (SCC) are now 100% IoT and cloud-enabled. This recent...
View ArticleInformation security must be automated
Security must be automated and integrated to keep up with the fast-changing, ever-growing risk of cybercrime, says Fortinet. Paul Williams, country manager: southern Africa at Fortinet, says global...
View ArticleIoT-enabled field service management from IFS
IFS has announced major updates to its IFS Field Service Management product. The latest version of IFS Field Service Management (5.7) is available now and includes a number of enhancements including: *...
View ArticleWhat is credential stuffing?
Employees who don’t take security policies seriously pose a significant threat to corporate systems. Martin Walshaw, senior engineer at F5 Networks explains why. We’ve all heard about the myriad of...
View ArticleAdd value to employees this Workers Day
In the run up to Workers Day, commemorated annually on 1 May as a celebration of South African workers and the contributions they make toward the well being of the country, Manpower South Africa...
View ArticleFujitsu adds people to digital transformation
Digital transformation will empower people by bringing together emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT), according to the latest edition of the...
View ArticleBringing quality content to Africa
Fastly, the edge cloud platform that powers fast, secure, and scalable online experiences for the world’s most popular businesses, continues to grow and expand rapidly, now adding Africa to its...
View ArticleThe threats keep rolling in …
J2 Software launched its Cyber Security Centre just over three months ago and the company reports on the success of the venture in the midst of a cyber crime onslaught. J2 Software MD John Mc Loughlin...
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