by Allan Davison | Sep 17, 2014 | Features
The annihilation of cloud services company Codespaces should raise serious questions for any company that hosts some or all of its data in the cloud, says Warren Olivier, Veeam Regional Manager for Southern Africa. “The ability to work in the cloud gives us...
by Allan Davison | Sep 17, 2014 | Security and Legal
Protecting customers’ personal information against loss or damage is just as important for companies considering the Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act as protecting it against theft and unauthorised access, says Jos Floor, Director of Corporate and IP Law...
by Allan Davison | Sep 17, 2014 | Innovation
Investment in big data technologies continues to expand, according to a recent survey by Gartner, Inc., which found that 73 percent of respondents have invested or plan to invest in big data in the next 24 months, up from 64 percent in 2013. The survey also indicates...
by Allan Davison | Sep 17, 2014 | Features
A new KPMG International survey has found that 58% of family businesses are currently seeking external financing to fund their investment plans, but finding the right strategic investment partner can be challenging. While family businesses create more than 70% of...
by Allan Davison | Sep 17, 2014 | Features
Yesterday Microsoft unveiled a first look of the new MSN in South Africa. “To make MSN relevant in a mobile-first, cloud-first world, we have gone back to basics and redesigned the platform with that in mind. The new MSN brings together the world’s best media sources...
by Allan Davison | Sep 17, 2014 | Features
By Kalvin Subbadu Massive data growth and an increasing trend toward virtualisation technology are having a profound impact on the modern organisation. The data centre, as well as cloud services and solutions both public and private, are becoming increasingly...
by Allan Davison | Sep 15, 2014 | Features
Partnerships on Wikipedia targets South Africans, with other languages to follow, as organisations work to improve access to information in West Africa. Rubric, a global language service provider, has donated its translation services to Wikimedia ZA to provide South...
by Allan Davison | Sep 9, 2014 | Innovation
Smart Homes to Offer Numerous Innovative Digital Business Opportunities The falling cost of adding sensing and communications to consumer products will mean that a typical family home, in a mature affluent market, could contain several hundred smart objects by 2022,...
by Allan Davison | Sep 8, 2014 | Sustainability
Samsung Electronics South Africa recently provided a Solar Powered Internet School (SPIS) to Hans Kekana Secondary School in the community of Hammanskraal. This forms part of Samsung’s citizenship programme, which seeks to bring educational content and interactive...
