by Dianne Bayley | Aug 24, 2020 | Innovation
2020 will surely be looked back on as a watershed moment for the role technology plays in our lives as well as business. But even before this year, Digital Transformation (DX) was becoming a critical priority, writes Daniel Fried, General Manager (GM) and Senior Vice...
by Dianne Bayley | Aug 23, 2020 | Security and Legal
The saying “nothing worth having comes easy…” couldn’t be truer in the case of fortifying an organisation’s systems and infrastructure and ensuring it meets the industry standards and compliance requirements, writes Simeon Tassev, Managing Director and Qualified...
by Dianne Bayley | Aug 19, 2020 | Innovation
As computers become smarter they are going to take over many of the mundane tasks now performed by people. Robotic process automation (RPA) will do many jobs better and quicker than their human counterparts, releasing people to do the creative and innovative things...
by Dianne Bayley | Aug 19, 2020 | Innovation
While South Africa navigates its way through lockdown measures and confirmed COVID-19 coronavirus cases now head towards 600,000, this is a time to take stock and act, notes Hamilton Ratshefola, Country General Manager, IBM, South Africa. Many industries can use this...
by Dianne Bayley | Aug 19, 2020 | Security and Legal
Draft Film and Publications Amendment Regulations were recently published to align the regulatory framework with the Films and Publications Amendment Act 11, of 2019 (Amendment Act). Carla Collett, a Partner & Jodi Hardy, a Candidate Attorney at Webber Wentzel...
by Dianne Bayley | Aug 19, 2020 | Sustainability
Migrating to the public cloud has not necessarily been a successful move for everyone, writes Ryan Skipp, Portfolio & Solution Design at T-Systems South Africa. According to IDC research, 80% of companies surveyed repatriated workloads in 2018. That means they...
by Dianne Bayley | Aug 19, 2020 | Featured Articles
The accessibility of private primary healthcare in South Africa has taken a leap forward with the introduction of an innovative new service through mobile communications and chat commerce technology. “In the evolution of healthcare in South Africa, this application of...
by Dianne Bayley | Aug 19, 2020 | Workplace 2020
South Africa is well into the fifth month of the national lockdown measures implemented to combat the spread of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). With a higher acceptance of the realities of our new normal, businesses are actively working on their recovery strategies...
by Dianne Bayley | Aug 19, 2020 | Sustainability
While key areas such as advancing and retaining female employees have shown some progress over the past few years, there is more work to be done in other areas such as equal access to leadership roles. This is according to Mercer’s When Women Thrive 2020, Sub-Saharan...
by Dianne Bayley | Aug 18, 2020 | Security and Legal
Threats related to the Covid-19 crisis defined the cybersecurity landscape in the second quarter of 2020, according to ESET’s Q2 2020 Threat Report shows. “Our telemetry showed a continued influx of Covid-19 lures in Web and email attacks, as well as an increase in...
