by Dianne Bayley | Apr 15, 2020 | Security and Legal, Uncategorized
Webber Wentzel is encouraging its clients to use its technology tools and capability to progress and resolve disputes during the Covid-19 lockdown, rather than postpone matters indefinitely, writes Paula Youens. Webber Wentzel’s legal technology roadmap started...
by Dianne Bayley | Apr 15, 2020 | Innovation
Distributed development is not a typical company structure. BBD, a custom software development company with an international footprint, has been moving away from traditional work structures over the last 15 years and is now operating a mature and successful...
by Dianne Bayley | Apr 14, 2020 | Security and Legal
Cutting edge social media analytics are being used to weed out bizarre examples of mis-information, and some deliberate dis-information, that is being spread as the pandemic unfolds. A research unit attached to the Centre for Analytics and Behaviour Change (CABC) at...
by Dianne Bayley | Apr 14, 2020 | Workplace 2020
When the COVID-19 outbreak – and the subsequent national lockdown – hit, many small and medium businesses in South Africa were caught unprepared, writes Pieter Bensch, Executive Vice President, Africa & Middle East: Sage. Few had a contingency plan in place to...
by Dianne Bayley | Apr 14, 2020 | Featured Articles, Features
Covid-19 – the virus shaking the world – is rapidly increasing the number of employees who work remotely… and cyber-criminals await, write Jodi Hardy and Cindy Leibowitz, from Webber Wentzel. This mass exodus of employees from the “more...
by Dianne Bayley | Apr 14, 2020 | Security and Legal
More companies are moving data to the Cloud to empower a dynamic workforce, improve the reliability of their services, and to gain flexibility in their IT expenditure. Cloud-based systems are accessible from anywhere, are mostly unaffected by power outages, and are...
by Dianne Bayley | Apr 14, 2020 | Innovation
Some of the results that you want to achieve with SD-WAN are cost containment, increased capacity, enhanced security and improved user experiences. In addition, corporates also want to put themselves in a position to leverage cloud and other digital platforms. Hein...
by Dianne Bayley | Apr 13, 2020 | Sustainability
Our world has changed, writes Prof Francis Petersen, Rector and Vice-Chancellor of the University of the Free State. The aspects that we have accepted as daily occurrences, and those that we have taken for granted, are no longer possible. Anxiety and uncertainty have...
by Dianne Bayley | Apr 13, 2020 | Sustainability
Supply chain professionals are responsible for maintaining South African supply chains, even as Covid-19 brings massive challenges. To do this, they need to ensure the efficient supply and distribution of food, basic goods and medicines, while mitigating the risks...
by Dianne Bayley | Apr 13, 2020 | Security and Legal
The regulations related to COVID-19 published on 18 of March 2020 make testing and treatment for COVID-19 mandatory in certain circumstances, according to Lara Kerbelker and Justin de Wet from Webber Wentzel. According to the regulations, a person who has been...
