by Dianne Bayley | Oct 1, 2019 | Workplace 2020
Much of the discussion around emerging technologies centres on their benefits to business, and their knock-on effect for advancing global economies, and in South Africa, the conversation will often redirect to focus on the skills shortage, writes Gomedi Makhongoana,...
by Dianne Bayley | Oct 1, 2019 | Security and Legal
Chief information security officers (CISOs) have become part of the C-level team because of the importance of cyber security, writes Tallen Harmsen, head of Cyber Security at IndigoCube – and they’re really there to help the board members and C-level executives...
by Dianne Bayley | Sep 30, 2019 | Workplace 2020
With the global talent shortage at a decades-long peak, it is clear that organisations can no longer solve workforce challenges by doing what they’ve always done. Instead, leaders need to take a critical look at their workforce and assess creative ways of bringing in...
by Dianne Bayley | Sep 30, 2019 | Security and Legal
Hack the human. This is a growing trend understood very clearly by the well-funded and organised cybercrime landscape. The cyber-syndicate and criminal know that it is far easier to access systems through people than it is to go through the technology. According to...
by Dianne Bayley | Sep 30, 2019 | Sustainability
Anglo American Platinum is on track to meet its target of sending zero waste to landfill (ZW2L) by the end of 2020, with a 45% decline reported in the year-to-date compared with the same period in 2018. At the current YTD performance, the full year forecast for total...
by Dianne Bayley | Sep 30, 2019 | Innovation
With an estimated 70% of organisations globally migrating their solutions for enterprise resource planning (ERP) to the cloud, decision-makers need to be cognisant of how to adapt their approach to this mission-critical application, writes Dave Ives, Digital Advisory...
by Dianne Bayley | Sep 30, 2019 | Featured Articles
Even though the use of cannabis in the home is now legal, the potential exists for employees to arrive at work under the influence. Most company policies cater for the use of illegal substances while at work, but these need to be updated to reflect the new...
by Dianne Bayley | Sep 25, 2019 | Featured Articles
After 178 years, British global travel group Thomas Cook went into administration on Monday 21 September 2019, leaving employees jobless and thousands of customers stranded away from home. Nathalie Schooling, CEO of customer experience company nlighten, believes the...
by Dianne Bayley | Sep 24, 2019 | Sustainability
ICT experts say service innovation is key to reaping the upcoming 5G dividend; with a strong focus on accelerating the proliferation of 4G LTE networks during the SADC Ministerial ICT forum held in Dar es Salam recently. 5G is now a reality in Africa as South...
by Dianne Bayley | Sep 24, 2019 | Sustainability
Half the world is now connected to the internet. At the end of 2018, some 3.9 billion people were using the internet to access information and communication technologies, according to the United Nation’s International Telecommunication Union, writes Phil Motteram,...
