The third world war is digital

Data is the treasure that every nation covets, but are the walls high enough to mitigate the risks? Is cybersecurity ready for the third world war, fought on digital soil, asks Neal Botje, principal practice head: cloud security at Dimension Data. The past 18 months...

How to harness the power of blockchain

In today’s digital world, where faxes have all but been replaced by email and landlines by smart phones, doesn’t it seem strange that we’re still signing contracts in person? By Andrea Tucker, head of research & development and strategic projects at e4 That we’re...

From virtualisation to x-as-a-service

The history of virtualisation is a long one. By Ian Jansen van Rensburg VMware itself started back in 1998, providing server virtualisation services. It was, in rudimentary terms, the capability of taking a software layer and making it take care of the complexity...