Cyber security not negotiable in IoT age

Cyber security not negotiable in IoT age

By: Saurabh Kumar, MD at In2IT Technologies South Africa Cyber security is a significant concern for South Africans. Since the advent of devices that connect to the Internet, there has been the risk that persons with malicious intent can access loopholes in security...
Opinion: The fibre dilemma

Opinion: The fibre dilemma

By Graham Beneke, Technical Pre-Sales Specialist at Datacentrix and Chairman of the Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA) Fibre optic technology could catapult the African internet economy into the future, in much the same way that the cellphone...
Green business: Trainable and viable?

Green business: Trainable and viable?

Issued by Perfect Word Consulting (Pty) Ltd As the world continues to debate whether or not climate change is a reality, businesses throughout South Africa are weighing up the pros and cons of “going green”. While some use eco status as a badge to promote a good...
Zayed Future Energy Prize 2016 winners

Zayed Future Energy Prize 2016 winners

The Jury of the Zayed Future Energy Prize, the UAE’s international awards for renewable energy and sustainability, has selected nine winners across its five categories today. The winners will be announced at the Prize awards ceremony on 16 January 2017 as part of Abu...
If you can’t SDN, you likely can’t innovate

If you can’t SDN, you likely can’t innovate

If you’re not defining your business as a service provider able to support your customers on the level of scalability and flexibility of a software-defined network, then you’re not ready for the new age of technology says Ralph Berndt, Director, Sales at Syrex....
New business risks from anti-hate speech bill

New business risks from anti-hate speech bill

By Robert Davies (CGF: Lead Independent Consultant) and reviewed by Terrance M. Booysen Saying or doing something racist, or performing various deeds which falls within a long list of things the Bill deems to be hate speech – or a hate crime – could see...
Spicing up finance with gamified learning

Spicing up finance with gamified learning

From Blockchains to mobile wallets and robo advisers, the financial realm is a veritable hotbed of technology innovation and development. Unlike many other large and established sectors (legal, medical, insurance), the financial sphere has proved to be willing to...
Innovation: Africa must aim for Jupiter

Innovation: Africa must aim for Jupiter

If we were to speculate what motivated Siya Xuza, wunderkind, inventor of a new rocket fuel, Harvard alum and one of South Africa’s innovation leaders, what would the conclusions be? Did he yearn after a career in science? Was he aiming to lift his family out of...
EatBy app uses AI to reduce food waste

EatBy app uses AI to reduce food waste

Developers of the EatBy App have incorporated artificial intelligence into their kitchen management and grocery list app to reduce domestic food waste. The latest release of the EatBy App includes a new feature – it automatically suggests how long fruit, veg and...