Better EQ puts you a step ahead
By Dr Karina de Bruin - When going to work, one does not necessarily consider the emotional aspect of it, which in reality plays a significant role in your productivity and success. We are, after all, emotionally-driven creatures, whether we want to be or not. This is...
Professionalised cyber-crime a key business issue
By Mike Rogers - Cyber-criminals had a banner year in 2017, with ransomware variants like WannaCry, Petya and NotPetya bringing major organisations such as National Health Service trusts in the UK, Spain’s Telefonica and the National Bank of Ukraine to their knees....
Are investment banks ready for blockchain?
By Prashant Prakash - Two years ago, Accenture published a report on the potential impact of blockchain technology on the investment banking industry. Since then, interest in and funding for this type of financial technology (fintech) have grown exponentially. An...
AI should empower and enable human prosperity
By Paige dos Santos - Despite the reservations of several leading technologists and scientists - most notably among them Messrs Musk and Hawking - artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the most exciting and possibly useful technological developments in our history....
How can you ensure consistent service delivery?
Imagine you’re at a restaurant. When you arrive, there is no menu. You decide to order what you feel like, however, every time you place an order, the response back from the kitchen is that they don’t serve what you’ve asked for. After several attempts, you finally...
#GetModern without the risk
Not modernising your technology infrastructure is a big risk, but so are the perceived costs. To to see the real value of next-generation data centres, try a risk-free assessment. Modern companies are caught in a serious struggle. They must balance cost and still...
Nasa Twin Study confirms what happens to a body in space
The Twin Study propelled NASA into the genomics era of space travel. It was a ground-breaking study comparing what happened to astronaut Scott Kelly, in space, to his identical twin brother, Mark, who remained on Earth. The perfect nature versus nurture study was...
Enterprises urged to choose their tech future
Kathy Gibson reports - South African companies are at a watershed when it comes to the technology they employ – and they will have to embrace emerging technologies in the near future to avoid being sidelined. This is the word from Arthur Goldstuck, MD of World Wide...
Trends that are shaping data centre transformation
By Paul Ruinaard - Infrastructure is transforming and as the years pass, the evolution we are seeing complexities creep into technology. Not only do we need to take into account that businesses themselves are spread across multiple geographies, but now we also need to...
SA’s biofuel industry not quite ready to grow
We need clean, renewable energy. It’s the only way forward. Clean, renewable energy sourced from natural elements would meet our energy needs in a sustainable way while not causing too much harm to the environment. Creating environmentally-friendly fuel in the form of...
Data centre management and the drought
Data centres are utility-hungry installations that require always-on supplies of power and cooling. This means electricity – possibly as much as 2% of the world’s energy - and it often means water. As our demand for data, and the infrastructure in which to store it,...
Users the biggest cloud security risk
Cloud is coming into its own. Forrester says that public cloud platforms, business services, and applications will reach $236-billion by 2020. With cloud spending predicted to be six times that of IT spending over the same period, a cloud strategy is how companies...
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