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...
Demand for cyber insurance for business soars
For businesses across the public and private sector, a breach can mean enormous financial losses, catastrophic damage to reputation and customer confidence, as well as embarrassment and legal and regulatory fines. Simon Campbell-Young, CEO of MyCyberCare, says high...
Critical for employers to be procedurally fair
South Africa’s labour law is decisive in that there are definite processes that have to be followed in order for disciplinary cases to be confirmed as being both substantially and procedurally fair. Human resources (HR) and human capital management (HCM) solution...
Political stability to boost Kenya’s GDP growth
Kenya's GDP growth is projected to increase to 5.7% during the first quarter of 2018. This is according to ICAEW's (the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales) latest report. In Economic Insight: Africa Q1 2018, the accountancy and finance body points...
Wading through the continuum of web, native and progressive web apps
By Mike Geyser - Trying to wade through the continuum of application technologies sometimes feels like you’re strolling through a swamp in an astronaut suit. But if you take a step back you’ll see a logic to how web, native and progressive web apps work in different...
Develop for the bad guys: DevConf expert
As Africa’s youth embrace the development opportunities presented by new technologies and infrastructure, young developers must remain cognizant of the need to build applications with the ‘bad guys’ in mind. This is according to Nigerian full-stack developer and...
You’re on the HCI journey: now what?
Alan Browning outlines what hyper-converged infrastructure is, and how companies that have started the journey can proceed to the next step. A subset of the complete software-defined data centre, hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) is becoming more mainstream, with...
SA Start-ups Rock
Fintech shakes things up and Gauteng drives technology and innovation.
FMI gains speed, agility with Lenovo ThinkSystems
The insurance business is fast-paced and dynamic, so IT must provide fast processing and storage that’s both available and easy to manage. When Durban-based insurer FMI needed to refresh its existing IBM systems, it turned to long-time partner Network Configurations...
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