by Dianne Bayley | Feb 19, 2020 | Sustainability
The traditional approach to data management has always been a scale up approach – when you run out of capacity you buy more, writes Hemant Harie, MD at Gabsten Technologies. The trouble is that data is growing exponentially. In fact, according to Statista, data centre...
by Dianne Bayley | Feb 19, 2020 | Security and Legal
Bank hackers, email phishing scams and identity theft are synonymous with fraud in the financial sector. According to a statement by the South African Banking Risk Information Centre (SABRIC), more than R 800 million were lost over the last couple of years in South...
by Dianne Bayley | Feb 19, 2020 | Featured Articles, Features
In Part 2 of this three-part series, Justine Sweet, Environmental author who consults on content for LexisNexis South Africa’s Lexis Library, Lexis GRC and Lexis Assure solutions, looks at the mounting pressure for environmental disclosure faced by organisations. More...
by Dianne Bayley | Feb 19, 2020 | Innovation
Digital disruption has clearly hit the banking industry hard across the globe, notes Sekete Maphopha, Tech Solution Planning Senior Manager – Cloud & Infrastructure Solutions & Services for Accenture, Africa. The first decade of the 21st century initiated...
by Dianne Bayley | Feb 18, 2020 | Workplace 2020
Unless dealt with effectively, office gossip has the potential to significantly disrupt an organisation and negatively impact employee productivity. Nicol Myburgh, Head of the HR Business Unit at CRS Technologies, examines how companies should manage this sensitive...
by Dianne Bayley | Feb 18, 2020 | Workplace 2020
Currently, several developments are dramatically reshaping our everyday lives, writes Brendan McAravey, Regional Director, Sub-Saharan Africa at Citrix. In 2020, three themes will heavily influence our private and professional lives: employee experience, artificial...
by Dianne Bayley | Feb 17, 2020 | Sustainability
Even Flow Distribution is proud to announce that it has been appointed as a distributor in Africa for Ubiquiti, manufacturers of wireless data communication products for enterprise and wireless broadband providers, with a primary focus on under-served and emerging...
by Dianne Bayley | Feb 17, 2020 | Innovation
Deloitte’s recently-released edition of its “Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) Predictions,” is a highly regarded annual report on the innovations most likely to make an impact on business and society in the year ahead. “Many services and products...
by Dianne Bayley | Feb 17, 2020 | Sustainability
The new year may have kicked off on a discouraging note, with the International Monetary Fund’s downward revision of South Africa’s economic growth prospects, but 2020 could still hold significant opportunities for business owners who know where to look. This is...
by Dianne Bayley | Feb 17, 2020 | Innovation
Nedbank Insurance and its service provider Synthesis has used machine learning and design thinking to solve a complex challenge that every business faces: How do you channel a sea of emails so that they land at the right desks? How do you automate email routing? In...
