Hitachi enhances unified compute platform offerings
Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) has announced Hitachi Unified Compute Platform (UCP) RS series, a fully integrated, software-defined data center (SDDC) rack-scale platform, powered by VMware Cloud...
View ArticleVeeam Availability Suite for VMware Cloud on AWS
Cloud adoption is soaring. According to IDC, worldwide spending on public cloud computing will increase from $67-billion in 2015 to $162-billion in 2020, attaining a 19% CAGR. The cloud is here to...
View ArticleVMware helps to modernise the data centre
At VMworld 2017, VMware has announced new releases of VMware Integrated OpenStack and VMware vRealize Network Insight to help customers modernise their data centres to increase business and developer...
View ArticleStronger banking security is needed
The financial services industry is under increased threat from cybercriminals who use ingenious methods to attack institutions and consumers. Cybercriminals are employing ever more sophisticated means...
View ArticleTeach coding to grow the economy
Tomorrow’s workplace holds incredible opportunities for individuals with the ability to code, says Alan Turnley-Jones, executive for services for the Middle East and Africa at Dimension Data. It’s no...
View ArticleAll-in-one tool helps SMEs digitise
mobical.me, a free all-in-one business tool for SMEs, schools, clubs and associations is a comprehensive platform to simplify business and personal digital engagement. The platform was established as a...
View ArticleDevOps: the missing link
Greg Pritchett, MD of Marval, examines why he thinks there’s something missing from the DevOps model. For IT professionals, the idea of having a more collaborative approach between development and...
View ArticleHow do employees want to work?
Lauren Timmer-Somer, head of Marketing and Technology Services at Ricoh SA, outlines nine ways that employees want companies to beat the challenges of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.First there was...
View ArticleAfrica needs data centres fast
Sybrand Pretorius, sales director at Flexenclosure, says there is a solution at hand to fill Africa’s need for data centres. Every day people around the world generate 500-million tweets, post...
View ArticleThe rise of biometrics in business
Biometrics may at the outset seem like a space-age, technology driven discipline, but using unique physical characteristics as identifying features is nothing new, writes Davina Myburgh, director of...
View ArticleEconz Wireless signs partner agreement with NeTrec
Econz Wireless, a global leader in GPS mobile employee tracking and time and attendance solutions, has signed a partner agreement with NeTrec, a Vereeniging- and Pretoria-based company which...
View ArticleVMware unifies end user experience
VMware has unveiled innovations that make VMware Workspace ONE powered by AirWatch the industry’s first unified end user experience, management and security solution for all endpoint platforms....
View ArticleEmbracing a mobile ERP world
Stuart Scanlon, MD of epic ERP, examines the role mobility plays in digital transformation. The popular IT vernacular of last year — cloud computing, big data, and virtualisation — has been replaced...
View ArticleMobile users are in denial …
Leo Meyer, MD of Black Castle Technologies, gets under the covers with the mobile security denial syndrome. A myriad of polls over the last year have confirmed what we would expect; consumers don’t...
View ArticleWelcome to the next era of digital entertainment
Vian Chinner, CEO of Xineoh, examines how artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the entertainment industry. Imagine a time in the not-too-distant past, when our consumption of media was entirely...
View ArticleIncorporating ECM with emerging trends
Enterprise content management (ECM) systems are used by many organisations to store, move and manage their information. However, many of the original or legacy ECM systems have not kept up to date with...
View ArticlePersistent gender pay gap in payroll sector
Cathie Webb, director at The South African Payroll Association, explains that the gender pay gap is shrinking, but it just won’t go away. During Women’s Month, it is important to consider the gender...
View ArticleJoburg has a new space for gamers
Including a state-of-the-art gaming facility and a creative hub with eight working spaces, the Goethe-Institut’s new Library — Gamebox — Hub is now open to the public. The Gamebox allows visitors to...
View ArticleThe risks of allowing smartphones at the bank …
Employees aren’t just bringing their devices into work — they’re living on them. Checking one’s phone is the first and last thing many do every day. With smartphones becoming constant companions,...
View ArticleHacking humans
The easiest way to hack into a network is by exploiting the one vulnerability most often left unpatched — human nature, according to Michael Ferendinos, enterprise risk business unit head at Aon South...
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