by Dianne Bayley | Mar 30, 2020 | Sustainability
While journalists and commentators have focussed recently on lessons from Asia in relation to the current Covid-19 pandemic, with some referencing pandemics that have hit Europe and North America in the past, a less obvious question to ask is whether there are also...
by Dianne Bayley | Mar 30, 2020 | Sustainability
CIOs must be able to adapt to the changes that come from the continuously evolving digital landscape. Thinking outside the box is a prerequisite if they are to ensure their companies remain competitive. It comes down to being dynamic and always looking at innovations...
by Dianne Bayley | Mar 30, 2020 | Security and Legal
Patented technology holds the key to many solutions that assist medical professionals daily in the diagnosis and treatment of patients, writes Tim Ball and Naseema Sonday of Webber Wentzel. In this context, we look at several issues relating to enforcement of patents...
by Dianne Bayley | Mar 29, 2020 | Security and Legal
Humans have embraced the digital and electronic developments and changes of the last two decades with almost zero resistance, says Dawid Jacobs, Identity Management Specialist, LexisNexis South Africa. Trust has shifted away from where it was once necessary to meet...
by Dianne Bayley | Mar 28, 2020 | Sustainability
South Africa’s already strained economy and infrastructure got dealt a severe blow on Sunday with government declaring a national state of disaster to combat the spread of COVID-19 in the country, notes Jacques du Toit, CEO, Vox. From schools shutting down to a ban on...
by Dianne Bayley | Mar 27, 2020 | Security and Legal
In the wake of the global spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), cybercriminals are taking advantage of the fear this has generated and escalating their phishing campaigns, writes Linda Misauer, Head of Global Solutions, Striata. The large volumes of...
by Dianne Bayley | Mar 26, 2020 | Security and Legal
“Anyone who has ever taken someone to a hospital, or called an ambulance or paramedic, will know that these entities need a fair amount of information about a patient. Smart phones and personal devices are great places to keep this data – but what if...
by Dianne Bayley | Mar 24, 2020 | Workplace 2020
At the start of the year, tech experts were abuzz with technology trend predictions for 2020, but no one could have anticipated the technological impact a pandemic like Covid-19 would cause as workers become more reliant on technology more than ever, writes Martin...
by Dianne Bayley | Mar 23, 2020 | Security and Legal
The relevance of the cloud will soon begin to wane as more decision-makers come to acknowledge the hype for what it is and realise that cloud computing is not all it’s cracked up to be, says CRS Technologies General Manager Ian McAlister, who notes that while cloud...
by Dianne Bayley | Mar 23, 2020 | Innovation
From less than half a billion dollars in 2013 to an expected $14 billion by 2021, the significant growth in the global market for software-defined networking (SDN) reflects how important this evolutionary step in infrastructure management will become in the months to...
