by Dianne Bayley | Jan 13, 2020 | Workplace 2020
Managing a large and diverse workforce is challenging at the best of times, but for one of South Africa’s largest chemicals groups, a combination of disparate systems and multiple geographies over its more than 7000 employees left it without group level visibility and...
by Dianne Bayley | Jan 12, 2020 | Security and Legal
The vast majority of businesses today acknowledge that their data is important, even critical to their operations, writes Johan Scheepers, country head of Commvault South Africa, but despite this, many organisations fail to take adequate measures to safeguard this...
by Dianne Bayley | Jan 12, 2020 | Security and Legal
Jane’s Defence Budgets 2019 Annual Report shows growth in global defence spending slowed to just 1% compared to the 2018 spike of 6%. While growth slowed in most regions, Europe experienced exceptional growth of 5,2%, outperforming most emerging markets. Six of the 10...
by Dianne Bayley | Jan 8, 2020 | Innovation
As we enter a new decade, all aspects of technology will continue to accelerate, writes Dana Eitzen, Corporate and Marketing Communications Executive Developments in space travel, quantum computing and an increase in the proliferation of software into our daily lives...
by Dianne Bayley | Jan 7, 2020 | Workplace 2020
So, you’ve decided to go it alone and start your own business in 2020? It’s not an easy task, but with the right foundation and support in place it could be a very rewarding year, says David Seinker, CEO and founder of The Business Exchange, who has plotted five steps...
by Dianne Bayley | Jan 7, 2020 | Security and Legal
PCs still running when Windows 7 reaches end of life on the 14 January 2020 will be significantly more at risk of ransomware, Ian Wood, Senior Director, EMEA Cloud & Governance Business Practice, Veritas warns Experts suggest that around 26% of PCs are expected to...
by Dianne Bayley | Jan 7, 2020 | Workplace 2020
As Artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly pervasive, so do headlines about robots taking people’s jobs, writes Tanja Lategan, CEO, Enlight Strategic. While there’s undoubtedly truth in that, in as much as new technologies have always rendered some jobs...
by Dianne Bayley | Jan 7, 2020 | Sustainability
The new year is a period of introspection and renewal, says Jake Shepherd, Synthesis Co-founder and Technical Director, and this explains the widespread tradition of resolutions. However, did you know that studies have shown that less than 25% of people actually stay...
by Dianne Bayley | Jan 6, 2020 | Security and Legal
Ransomware has become big business, generating estimated annual revenues of $1 billion a year for malicious threat actors. The victims of ransomware continue to stack up as criminals develop new, more creative ways to infiltrate IT environments, seize data and hold...
by Dianne Bayley | Jan 6, 2020 | Sustainability
Innovative South Africa investment platform EasyEquities began its journey into the Amazon Web Services in 2019, seeking to implement a robust cloud infrastructure based on best practices and they needed a partner to accelerate the journey. The company consulted...
