by Dianne Bayley | Nov 21, 2022 | Sustainability
The recent conversation around sustainable mining has been centred on two things: the impact of mining activity on surrounding communities and the environment, and the sourcing of resources essential for clean energy networks and systems, writes Rudie Opperman,...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 20, 2022 | Innovation
Arics companies in South Africa revert to a semblance of the ‘normality’, many businesses are moving their employees and operations back to the original workplace, notes By George Senzere, solutions architect: Secure Power at Schneider Electric. However, digital...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 18, 2022 | Sustainability
As COP 27 came to an end in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt climate change and climate financing in particular has taken center stage. COP 27 or “the African COP,” as it is being called, presents an unprecedented opportunity for a unified African voice to move beyond talk to...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 16, 2022 | Sustainability
As we continue to strive for a cleaner planet, governments, industries, and organisations around the world are uniting to build a sustainable future, writes Kevin Hagen, Vice President, Environmental Social & Governance Strategy at Iron Mountain. The time is ripe...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 16, 2022 | Innovation
In ways both obvious and subtle, technology is transforming the way we live, work and play, writes Alaa Bawab, General Manager Lenovo – Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG), Middle East & Africa,While some innovations have become so familiar to us — asking...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 15, 2022 | Sustainability
South African businesses are losing billions of rands due to poor quality software. And, as the economy tightens and skills remain scarce, this is likely to get worse, forcing them to pay to fix avoidable problems and resulting in stalled growth.According to the...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 15, 2022 | Innovation
Intel has launched the new Intel NUC 13 Extreme Kit – code-named Raptor Canyon – and Intel NUC 13 Extreme Compute Element, which combine to make the most powerful Intel NUC built to date.The NUC 13 Extreme features unlocked 13th Gen Intel Core desktop...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 14, 2022 | Security and Legal
Cybersecurity specialists Sophos’s new report The State of Ransomware in Manufacturing and Production has revealed that the sector had the highest average ransom payment across all sectors–$2 036 189 versus $812 360, respectively.In addition, 66% of...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 11, 2022 | Sustainability
Within the next decade, the number of connected endpoints will be in the trillions of devices and technologies such as IoT, AI, robots and the metaverse will be the norm for billions of people, writes Corridor Africa CEO Matone Ditlhake. According to a study,...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 11, 2022 | Security and Legal
Given the increased sophistication and pervasiveness of modern cyberattacks, the assumption that anything within the security perimeter of the organisation can be trusted is quickly being replaced by a Zero Trust approach. As the name suggests, it sees no user,...