by Dianne Bayley | Feb 14, 2021 | ITSM and Application Development
Pop Master Data Management (MDM) in your search engine and you will quickly unearth verbs such as uniformity, accuracy, stewardship, semantic consistency, and accountability, writes Clinton Scott, Managing Director, TechSoft International. But, as anyone following the...
by Dianne Bayley | Feb 14, 2021 | Sustainability
The power sector accounts for up to 41 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions today, with Africa contributing about 2-3%. In parallel, there are still over 580 million people on the continent who do not have access to reliable energy and the demand for electricity...
by Dianne Bayley | Feb 10, 2021 | Security and Legal
2020 was a turbulent year as the world grappled to cope with the impact of COVID-19 – both on general sense of wellbeing and the critical infrastructures which connect and protect to ensure our livelihoods, notes Fady Younes, Cybersecurity Director, Middle East and...
by Dianne Bayley | Feb 10, 2021 | Innovation
2020 was a disruptive year, not only for the global population and businesses, but for the tech industry too, writes Thibault Dousson, General Manager for Lenovo South Africa. As far as our industry was concerned, the disruption has accelerated digital transformation,...
by Dianne Bayley | Feb 10, 2021 | Sustainability
The global pandemic forced many businesses to change, writes Andre Adendorff, director of presales at Seidor Africa, and companies and employees who had resisted digital innovation suddenly had no choice. The demand for online sales began to grow as populations were...
by Dianne Bayley | Feb 10, 2021 | Security and Legal
Facial authentication and other biometric security solutions are expected to reach $57,7 billion or R878,6 billion globally by 2025. This is according to a recent research and market report that shows the growing global faith in the benefits of facial verification and...
by Dianne Bayley | Feb 9, 2021 | Innovation
As the Covid19 pandemic moved the world rapidly into working from home in 2020, South Africa was no exception, says Zeldeen Muller, CEO of inSite Innovative Education Solutions. Now, Chief Technical Officers (CTOs) are working to ensure all software meets work and...
by Dianne Bayley | Feb 9, 2021 | Security and Legal
As digital transformation continues to accelerate, driven in large by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, organisations can no longer depend on a traditional network and perimeter-based approach to cybersecurity to protect their critical data. Vishal Barapatre, CTO of...
by Dianne Bayley | Feb 9, 2021 | Innovation
South African surgeon Professor Stephen Roche from Groote Schuur Hospital and the University of Cape Town (UCT) is one of 15 surgeons from 13 different countries worldwide who are undertaking 13 mixed reality orthopaedic operations as part of a 24-hour event....
by Dianne Bayley | Feb 9, 2021 | Innovation
When it comes to choosing technology providers for their businesses, CTOs and IT leaders have two options, writes Andrew Bourne, Region Manager, Africa, Zoho Corporation. The first is adopting a ‘best-of-breed’ approach, which involves hand-picking several...
