by Dianne Bayley | Nov 27, 2020 | Sustainability
Marketing guru Philip Kotler said that the customer is king. But has this been the case during the Covid-19 pandemic? Having wreaked havoc on a majority of businesses, the pandemic has forced brands to reconsider their business models, and most importantly, the...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 27, 2020 | Sustainability
It’s no secret that South Africa’s already ailing economy is taking a massive knock during Covid-19, with water pollution one of the areas surfacing as a ‘must-change’ situation post Covid. But just how seriously are the mega-industries who are major contributors to...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 25, 2020 | Sustainability
With the economic rollercoaster ride of 2020 drawing to its uncertain conclusion, CIOs and business leaders are formulating and finalising strategies for what is hoped to be a new year of growth and recovery, writes Tim Wood, CIO, Vox. There can be no doubt that...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 25, 2020 | Security and Legal
As the world becomes increasingly digital as a result of the so-called Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), more and more of our devices are becoming connected to the open Internet as well as to each other, writes Vishal Barapatre, Chief Technology Officer at In2IT...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 25, 2020 | Workplace 2020
The reality of an increasingly digital world is shaping the future of our youth and our country, whether we’re ready for it or not, notes Byron Clatterbuck, CEO, SEACOM. There is no doubt that the future of work will look different; so much so that the World Economic...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 24, 2020 | Innovation
Fintech sector disruptor ProfitShare Partners is well into a year-long campaign to #GetSAWorking, and assisting small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to take their place as the backbone of South Africa’s economy. In providing qualified SMEs with their share of...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 24, 2020 | Security and Legal
The turmoil experienced in 2020 will bring along many structural and strategic changes, not just in our daily lives but in the realm of targeted attacks too – not in the least due to the now-broadened attack surface. New attack vectors, such as the targeting of...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 24, 2020 | Innovation
We aren’t putting modern applications on mainframes, writes Craigh Stuart, Systems Engineering Manager SADC & WECA at Nutanix. Nor should we be shirking one cloud provider because another says they don’t believe in the multi-cloud. If we have taken...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 23, 2020 | Security and Legal
We all know we should never tell someone our banking PIN number, or allow a person behind us at the ATM to see the numbers we’re pressing. However, just as cyber security firms and banks warn us of a new scam, criminals are already working on the next. With Black...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 23, 2020 | Innovation
As the restrictions imposed on the movement of people and social interaction begin to lift, people will soon take their first steps into a world that will be very different from the one that they had known pre-COVID-19, notes Marcus Smith, Technical Director, Hey...
