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...
Where to now for Internet of Things?
Internet of Things (IoT) has been the hot trend of 2018 so far, but it could be heading for a period of consolidation. By Kathy Gibson Gartner’s latest Hype Cycle for Africa shows the IoT has already crested the Peak of Inflated Expectations and has started its...
Better resourcing, reduced waste, managed risk with IoT
When you boil it right down, the primary responsibility of the corporate chief financial officer comes down to a few short words: “Allocate resources well, reduce waste and manage risk”. By Roger Hislop For chief financial officers and the finance leadership in...
IFS takes aim at the SA market
IFS is one of the well-kept secrets that abound in the IT industry. It’s a smaller enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendor that gives the big players a run for their money in the market niches that it is making its own. Kathy Gibson met up with Darren Roos, CEO of...
At the cutting edge of digital transformation
By now every organisation has come face to face with the reality of digital transformation, and recognises that it’s imperative to change the way they do business if they’re going to be successful in the months and years to come. But actually implementing changes,...
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