by Dianne Bayley | Jul 12, 2016 | Features
By Martin Walshaw, senior engineer, F5 Networks. Anonymous Africa’s recent Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks on the SABC and Oakbay Investments aimed to flood the websites of both companies with tons of information, eventually rendering the sites virtually...
by Dianne Bayley | Jul 12, 2016 | Security and Legal
By Ovanes Mikhaylov, MD: emerging markets at Kaspersky Lab A few years from now someone will start writing the history of advanced, highly sophisticated cyber threats. This person will obviously start with Stuxnet, and go through the findings of campaigns like The...
by Dianne Bayley | Jul 6, 2016 | Sustainability
By Davide Hanan, Managing Director of QlikView South Africa Over the past few years, the time organisations have at their disposal to make crucial decisions has been drastically reduced. According to a study by IDC, 42% of managers have just 24 hours to make an...
by Dianne Bayley | Jul 6, 2016 | Features
The Institute of Directors in Southern Africa’s (IoDSA) Remuneration Committee Forum has released its fifth position paper, “Value creation and executive pay”, dealing with the practical measures that boards should take in order to link executive pay with the value...
by Dianne Bayley | Jul 6, 2016 | Features
While the decision for the UK to leave the European Union (EU) might have come as a surprise and had markets and businesses scrambling to adapt as quickly as possible, CIOs may have several months to prepare for the potential implications of Brexit. It appears that...
by Dianne Bayley | Jul 4, 2016 | ITSM and Application Development
Sabre recently gave travel consultants and suppliers across the airline, hotel, rail, cruise and car rental industries a sneak peek at its new Sabre Red Workspace. The software solution will harness the changes in the industry and provide both retailers and suppliers...
by admin | Jul 4, 2016 | Innovation
A brilliant new blue pigment – discovered almost by accident by Oregon State University (OSU)chemists in 2009 – is now reaching the marketplace, where it will be used in a wide range of coatings and plastics. The commercial development has solved a quest that began...
by Kathy Gibson | Jul 4, 2016 | Features
By Kathy Gibson In contrast to most other industries, the insurance industry business model has not changed over the last century or so. Insurance is still product-centric, with a strong agent network and driven by skilled actuaries. In recent years, we have seen the...
by Dianne Bayley | Jul 4, 2016 | Sustainability
On 1 July 2016, HP announced a commitment to achieve zero deforestation by 2020. All HP brand paper and paper-based product packaging will be derived from certified and recycled sources by 2020, with a preference for virgin fibre from certified sources of the...
by Dianne Bayley | Jul 4, 2016 | Workplace 2020
By Mike Honnet, Training Consultant at 21st Century Pay Solutions What’s the difference between career paths and succession planning? Succession planning is an element of the career management process – it is an outcome of corporate strategic planning,...
