Data security sits at the heart of democracy
Military risks immediately spring to mind: a recent report found that even the Pentagon's latest advanced military systems are vulnerable and can be "easily hacked". By Thomas Mangwiro: public sector security specialist at Mimecast The consequences for citizens of...
Workplace 2025: where humans and machines coexist
The world is undergoing its biggest transformation ever. As emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) enter workplaces, human talent is grappling with an existential crisis. By Ronnie Toerien, HCM sales development and strategy leader at Oracle Africa...
Here’s how to teach entrepreneurship at schools
Teaching entrepreneurship in schools usually extends to bake sales and market days. While these are great ways to teach children about product development, budgeting, finance, and profit and loss, they don’t encourage true entrepreneurial thinking. We need to focus on...
How smart models can make solar and wind energy more reliable
South Africa’s shift to renewable energy is moving at a slow pace, however there are some small communities which have already been integrated into renewables and are predicted to be the future of energy. Communities in the remote areas of the country have opted for...
Insight 2019: digital leaders will consolidate and automate backups
Ask clients a few years ago what concerned them most about data backups and it was universally about volumes. By Servaas Venter, sales director: data protection solutions at Dell EMC SA The amount of data they had to manage seemed insurmountable. I could see that for...
Innova HTS set to connect Africa’s unconnected
The UN has declared Internet access a basic human right, but tens of millions of Africans still remain unconnected. Looking to change this scenario, though, is a newly-formed South African company – Innova HTS. Founded by Rob Griggs, former executive MD of Bytes...
Private news, automation and the moon: a peek into 2019
2018 was full of surprises. 2019 will have many more. Andries Brink, CEO of Andile Solutions, ventured a few educated guesses on what we will be talking about in 2019 - and he starts by leaving the planet: “2019 will mark a return to the Moon with nations like Israel...
What would you do if you didn’t need the money? (and why it matters now)
What would you do if you didn’t need the money? It’s not a question we often give much serious thought to, but it may very well be one that we need to answer in the next few decades. By Paige dos Santos, digital lead at SAP Africa The advent of the internet was...
Addressing the causes of alcoholism
The dangers of alcohol abuse are well documented, and there is no shortage of adverts that highlight the risks of drinking alcohol, particularly around driving under the influence. It is even more prevalent during peak holiday seasons, highlighting the link between...
Workforce of the future: what is driving it and where is it going?
An increasingly rapid pace of innovation is driving forward technological advances in the enterprise at an unprecedented rate, meaning that workforce dynamics are set to change drastically in the coming years. By Ronald Ravel, Director B2B South Africa, Toshiba South...
The world at your fingertips with Office 365
Microsoft Office – already the world’s favourite user productivity application suite – is now packed with more features than ever before. “Not only do users get all the great features and benefits of Office 365, they get them automatically and at no additional cost,”...
Special feature: the data centre and its role in transformation
The data centre has gone from top of the CIO’s priorities, to the back-burner – but it’s back in the spotlight as data and the data centre has become central to business survival. Digital transformation spending to hit $2trn by 2022 Worldwide spending on the...
