How can I be compliant at a reasonable cost?
While the cost of compliance has escalated due to the ever-changing regulatory landscape, which can often mean a ripple effect of change across the business, there are solutions that enable organisations to reduce these costs. Taking a closer look at what these costs...
News ways to drive energy efficiency in the data centre
Reducing energy consumption in South Africa is a national imperative. Hyperscalers currently investing in South Africa, and those planning on doing so in the future will have to take this into consideration when designing their facilities. By Sameer Cassim, R&D...
Blockchain in Africa: the new frontier
An interview with John Kamara, director for Global Gaming Africa, on how Africa has embraced blockchain technology, by Katy Micallef What kind of solutions can blockchain technology offer the continent? Is Africa on the road to becoming a blockchain hub? Africa is...
Protect your business from the unexpected
Whether it is caused by cataclysmic weather, technological malfunctions or human actions, an IT outage can be devastating. By Kate Mollett, regional manager for Africa South at Veeam Unfortunately, the perceived cost and complexity of disaster recovery put many...
African businesses could become obsolete
If African businesses do not adapt to the fourth industrial revolution (4th IR), they will become obsolete. At the very least, they will become isolated and unable to compete globally. This is according to Dr Gustav Rohde, chief operating officer of Aurecon, speaking...
First carbon-positive data centre goes into operation
With data centres expected to consume as much as 20% of the world’s energy within only a few years, the deployment of energy-efficient data centres is crucial. Swedish developer of climate-positive data centres EcoDataCenter has launched the first carbon positive data...
Rebuilding education for the class of 2030
According to the National Department of Basic Education there were more than 12-million learners in South African schools, both public and independent, in 2017. By Zoaib Hoosen, MD of Microsoft SA Most of these learners, 33 %, were in the Foundation Phase, meaning...
The gap between the law and how to apply it
Emerging forces in the environment pose a variety of challenges for today’s legal professionals. Attorneys and corporate counsel are expected to keep abreast of increased regulatory complexity in local and global jurisdictions, while clients are facing cost challenges...
Consumer buy-in vital for a peaceful digital transition
It’s no secret that the Fourth Industrial Revolution has officially begun. The era of intersection between people and machines is among us, with more industries embracing the new technologies that are available. By William Mzimba, chief officer for Vodacom Business...
People power needed to win the online security war
It’s estimated that two-thirds of people online – more than 2-billion individuals – have had their personal information stolen or compromised, and a business falls victim to a ransomware attack every 40 seconds. The threats are changing constantly, and there’s an...
Cloud-based systems help to combat poaching
Faced with swelling numbers of increasingly brazen poachers and an apparently insatiable appetite for the purported mystical qualities of their horns and tusks, African elephants and rhinos face the real prospect of extinction in our lifetime. But for the brave work...
An African blueprint for IoT success
There is plenty of published research around the potential, the capability and the impact of the Internet of Things (IoT). In telecommunications, and pretty much every adjacent industry, IoT is an opportunity knocking on the door. IDC forecasts global IoT spend to be...
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