by Dianne Bayley | Nov 27, 2019 | Sustainability
The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is underway and it is shaping up some of the most significant opportunities and challenges of our lifetime, writes Takreem El Tohamy, General Manager, IBM Middle East and Africa. The surging high-tech, sharing economy is...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 27, 2019 | Sustainability
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, together with leaders from government, business, civic groups and citizens from across the world, has launched the a global action plan to halt the increasing misuse of the web and ensure it is protected as a force for good. The inventor of the...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 26, 2019 | Security and Legal
Retailers are increasingly coming under attack by cybercriminals, and there is little wonder why. They process payments on oftentimes unprotected Point of Sale (POS) systems, transfer large sums of money, and store and process sensitive customer information, such as...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 26, 2019 | Internet of Things
Companies that can quickly change speed and direction or modify tactics to outwit, outsmart and outplay their opponents are the companies that gain the competitive edge, writes Alain Du Toit, Cloud Services Sales Principal for Hitachi Vantara African Media Agency...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 26, 2019 | Innovation
It’s 9am. People are rushing around trying to get their month-end shopping complete, catch a taxi or getting a bite to eat. It’s your turn and you step forward at the ATM, swipe your card and enter the password. But, instead of money, a two-month supply of your...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 26, 2019 | ITSM and Application Development
WRAPP (Waste Recycling App) is an innovative start-up that uses simple technology to connect independent truck owners to customers who need waste removed from their worksites. In the nine years that Clive Amsel ran a skip-waste recycling business, he witnessed the...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 26, 2019 | Featured Articles
It is not a lack of talent that resulted in 30 JSE listed companies being without female representation on their boards, and a further 67 that may fall into this category. Rather, it is that female talent lacks deep experience in comparison to their male counterparts,...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 25, 2019 | Uncategorized, Workplace 2020
As an HR professional, writes Joanne Perry, HR Manager at RS Components, I’m often asked what the jobs of the future will be. This is not easy to answer – the simple truth is that we don’t know, at least not in broad strokes. But if we look more closely at a...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 25, 2019 | Sustainability
By enhancing production and streamlining resource management, João Marques, energy analyst and editor, says African countries can finally have the capital to invest in industrialisation and in the diversification of their economies. If you go to Amazon to purchase NJ...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 24, 2019 | Security and Legal, Uncategorized
When everything appears to be ticking over in an organisation’s IT estate it’s easy to assume that its asset awareness strategy is up to scratch, writes Phil Packman, CISO, commercial contracts, BT. Then a major incident hits and all kinds of organisations discover...
