by Dianne Bayley | Dec 21, 2020 | Sustainability
The Covid-19 pandemic has brought on massive changes to the manufacturing industry, which has had to adapt to new operating models, an evolving consumer market, and disruptions in supply chain processes, all while keeping the workforce safe and healthy, writes Mark...
by Dianne Bayley | Dec 21, 2020 | Featured Articles
As we enter 2021 with renewed hopes amid a COVID-19 vaccine being announced, Daniel Kibel, Co-Founder of CM Trading, discusses the possible economic outlook for 2021. 2020 was a difficult year. And even with a COVID-19 vaccine on the horizon in 2021, a return to a...
by Dianne Bayley | Dec 21, 2020 | Sustainability
Customer experience (CX) has always been a crucial differentiator for businesses, but in 2020, it became a matter of survival, writes Andrew Bourne, Region Manager, Africa, Zoho Corporation. As businesses around the world were forced to shut their physical shops and...
by Dianne Bayley | Dec 20, 2020 | Security and Legal
By Edison Xie, Director of Media Affairs, Huawei Southern Africa Region Over the past two years, Huawei has reviewed the approach to security and privacy, analyzed the directions in which new technologies are heading and the current and future challenges facing our...
by Dianne Bayley | Dec 19, 2020 | Security and Legal
With a global-level shift in ways of working came an immediate need for widespread digitisation and the priority was making it work as quickly as possible,writes Quentyn Taylor, Director of Information Security at Canon. Factors like security, compatibility and...
by Dianne Bayley | Dec 18, 2020 | Security and Legal
By Edison Xie, Director of Media affairs, Huawei Southern Africa Region Mobile internet developments have made smart devices the most popular way to go online. These devices store a wealth of user data with an increasing number of apps installed from uncontrolled...
by Dianne Bayley | Dec 17, 2020 | Innovation
As much as digital transformation involves the use of technology, it is not purely about technology, writes Gary Allemann, MD of Masterdata Management .It is about driving improved customer experiences and enhancing operational capabilities. What this requires, more...
by Dianne Bayley | Dec 15, 2020 | Workplace 2020
With the December break just around the corner, businesses can use technology to make up for tough times experienced during lockdown, while still taking time off to recoup from a difficult year. Artificial intelligence (AI) inventions like virtual assistants, identity...
by Dianne Bayley | Dec 15, 2020 | Workplace 2020
A new University of Cape Town (UCT) study into the emotional well-being of young people during the Covid-related lockdown in South Africa has revealed that majority are suffering from depression. In South Africa, more than seven million young people aged 18 to 35...
by Dianne Bayley | Dec 14, 2020 | Security and Legal
On 8 December 2020, the Pretoria High Court handed a critical victory to SARS, where it successfully interdicted the transfer of R2,76bn destined for Chinese Rail Conglomerate CRRC, which appears to have paid kickbacks to Gupta linked companies, writes Jean du Toit,...
