by Allan Davison | Jan 14, 2016 | Uncategorized, Workplace 2020
Personal development coach and a professional speaker Quinton Douman offers sage advice on how to hold on to your enthusiasm and visions of success, and to power through 2016 with your self-respect firmly intact. Too often, the excitement and enthusiasm we have for...
by Allan Davison | Jan 14, 2016 | Uncategorized, Workplace 2020
Tanya Eksteen , director of resourcing for Sage International (Africa, Australia, Middle East, Asia and Brazil), offers some tips for people looking to refresh their careers in 2016. If you’re feeling in a rut at work, the beginning of a new year is a great time...
by Allan Davison | Jan 14, 2016 | Features, Uncategorized
When it comes to modern data protection, not all data should be treated the same way, according to Mark Bentkower, CISSP, director of systems engineering: ASEAN at Commvault. Long gone are the days of just dumping a bunch of files onto a tape overnight and sending it...
by Allan Davison | Jan 14, 2016 | Features, Uncategorized
The start of a New Year is always a great time to re-evaluate your business plans and operations, and ask yourself if there’s anything you could do better. By Daryl Blundell, MD of Sage SSB (Start-up and Small Businesses) Accounting South & Southern Africa,...
by Allan Davison | Jan 14, 2016 | Features, Uncategorized
Juniper’s latest research, “Crowdfunding: Strategies and Impacts for Technology Markets 2016-2020”, estimates that investments made in technology via crowdfunding platforms are set to increase sevenfold from an estimated $1,1-billion in 2015 to...
by Allan Davison | Jan 14, 2016 | ITSM and Application Development, Uncategorized
Having an IT disaster recovery plan in place is not enough to ensure business continuity, warns Aptronics Service Manager, Keith Newnham. He gives tips on how to build a Business Continuity Plan (BCP) that works. No large business would be caught dead without a...
by Allan Davison | Jan 14, 2016 | Innovation, Uncategorized
First there was disaster recovery, then came business continuity and now companies are looking for ways to build business resilience. “This changing vocabulary reflects the nature of the business context and how companies are looking to mitigate risk,” says Michael...
by admin | Jan 13, 2016 | BusinessIT, Past Editions
African innovators reach for the stars. Read the issue...
by Allan Davison | Dec 9, 2015 | Features, Uncategorized
Smart commercial buildings will lead, with 518-million connected things in use in 2016 Gartner estimates that 1,6-billion connected things will be used by smart cities in 2016, an increase of 39% from 2015 (see Table 1). Gartner defines a smart city as an urbanised...
by Allan Davison | Dec 9, 2015 | Features, Uncategorized
Deloitte’s annual 2015 Year-end Holiday Survey report explores the shopping plans of South Africans for the 2015 holidays. Consumer perceptions about South Africa’s economic outlook Three in five South African respondents have a negative view of the...
