by admin | Aug 29, 2017 | Past Editions
Mobile computing and the shrinking office and report-backs from Inforum and the Lenovo MEA Innovation Summit. Read this issue online now.
by Dianne Bayley | Aug 17, 2017 | ITSM and Application Development
By Edward Carbutt, executive director at Marval Africa. Fundamentally, ITSM changes the way both businesses and end users interact. There is at least one mobile application for virtually every kind of service, product or other requirement you may have – and IT...
by Dianne Bayley | Aug 17, 2017 | Sustainability
The long lamented ‘digital divide’ remains alive and well but an increasing number of companies are realising the benefit of fast-tracking digital access for their workforce and neighbouring communities. CanPro, a provider of digital workplace development and...
by Dianne Bayley | Aug 17, 2017 | Workplace 2020
Women are still largely under-represented on corporate boards, despite continued efforts to improve boardroom gender diversity. The fifth edition of Deloitte Global’s Women in the Boardroom: A Global Perspective publication explores the efforts of more than 60...
by Dianne Bayley | Aug 16, 2017 | Security and Legal
As the Internet of Things (IoT) continues to gain traction, organisations will have to reassess their security practices to accommodate the increase in security alerts. According to Patrick Rhude, head of product management in Nokia’s Security Product Unit, security...
by Dianne Bayley | Aug 16, 2017 | Workplace 2020
By Paige dos Santos, Senior Specialist: digital transformation and innovation for SAP Africa The future beckons… A world where the impossible becomes possible, where the imagined manifests. A world where we metamorphise into super humans. Where man and machine merge,...
by Dianne Bayley | Aug 14, 2017 | Internet of Things
By Morne Bekker, Country Manager at NetApp South Africa The Internet of Things (IoT) is a driver of digitalisation and offers many advantages for businesses. Sensors on networked devices continuously collect data. Evaluating data with a specific goal increases...
by Dianne Bayley | Aug 14, 2017 | ITSM and Application Development
Sony and Sony Global Education, a subsidiary of Sony that works to provide global educational services, have developed a new blockchain-based student education records platform. With the solution, school administrators can consolidate and manage students’ educational...
by Dianne Bayley | Aug 14, 2017 | Security and Legal
Kathy Gibson was at the IBM Watson Summit 2017 in Kyalami and reports that cybercrime is out of control; it is a systemic problem and it is getting worse. Cybercrime is estimated that about 4-billion records were breached last year because of cyber-attacks. But why is...
by Dianne Bayley | Aug 14, 2017 | Security and Legal
The constant evolution of the global security threat landscape is playing a part in the rise of cyber ‘security as a service’ offerings. In addition, the evergreen discussion around cost modelling, namely the ‘Capex vs Opex?’ issue, is also a factor in the promotion...
