by Kathy Gibson | Oct 9, 2018 | Sustainability
The next generation of healthcare buildings will be very different from the hospitals, clinics and general practitioner (GP) surgeries we are familiar with today. By Laura Swanepoel, head of healthcare, building services at WSP in Africa A revolution in building...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 9, 2018 | Features
The Aston Martin Red Bull Racing team faces a great deal more IT challenges than your average enterprise. Not many IT teams have to rebuild their data centre 21 times each year and spin it up in a matter of hours. Not many data centres are packed up and transported...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 9, 2018 | Security and Legal
With security as the watchword at every turn and in practically every transaction in modern-day life, the unsettling reality remains that fraud, identity theft, and cybercrime are rapidly on the increase globally. In South Africa, the SA Fraud Prevention Services...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 9, 2018 | Innovation
Simon McCullough, major channel account manager at F5 Networks, discusses how consumer power and the new data economy are rewiring business as usual. Consumers are wielding a huge and unignorable impact on global cloud uptake. Thanks to influential legislative...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 9, 2018 | Security and Legal
While the cost of compliance has escalated due to the ever-changing regulatory landscape, which can often mean a ripple effect of change across the business, there are solutions that enable organisations to reduce these costs. Taking a closer look at what these costs...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 9, 2018 | Sustainability
Reducing energy consumption in South Africa is a national imperative. Hyperscalers currently investing in South Africa, and those planning on doing so in the future will have to take this into consideration when designing their facilities. By Sameer Cassim, R&D...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 9, 2018 | Innovation
An interview with John Kamara, director for Global Gaming Africa, on how Africa has embraced blockchain technology, by Katy Micallef What kind of solutions can blockchain technology offer the continent? Is Africa on the road to becoming a blockchain hub? Africa is...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 9, 2018 | Features
Whether it is caused by cataclysmic weather, technological malfunctions or human actions, an IT outage can be devastating. By Kate Mollett, regional manager for Africa South at Veeam Unfortunately, the perceived cost and complexity of disaster recovery put many...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 9, 2018 | Sustainability
If African businesses do not adapt to the fourth industrial revolution (4th IR), they will become obsolete. At the very least, they will become isolated and unable to compete globally. This is according to Dr Gustav Rohde, chief operating officer of Aurecon, speaking...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 9, 2018 | Featured Articles, Innovation
With data centres expected to consume as much as 20% of the world’s energy within only a few years, the deployment of energy-efficient data centres is crucial. Swedish developer of climate-positive data centres EcoDataCenter has launched the first carbon positive data...
