by Kathy Gibson | Apr 19, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
The surge of remote workers and the increase in the public’s demand for online entertainment placed immense pressure on the entire network infrastructure. In turn, this calls the capability of hosting providers to offer quality service into question into question, as...
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 19, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
The coronavirus will lead to business failures, market consolidation and entrench incumbents with strong balance sheets. Should policymakers react? During South Africa’s state of national disaster, have curtailed the free market and blurred the lines between business,...
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 19, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has warned that the country should prepare for a deep recession – but offered hope of a return to economic growth in 2021. According to Ettiene Retief, Ccairman of the national tax and SARS committee at the South African Institute...
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 17, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
Things will never be the same again. The way we used to live, work and interact with one another pre-Covid-19 is over – but there are exciting times ahead, as the new way of doing things is pushing us to be innovative and will act as a catalyst for new technologies....
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 17, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
South African financial organisations are exploring the potential use cases for blockchain in their operations, but are exercising caution in its adoption. This is the word from John Singh, a senior systems analyst and head of the Institute of Information Technology...
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 14, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
Digital transformation and the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) mean different things to different organisations. Some may look to implement smart factories; others could aim to quickly analyse multiple data streams; for some a new and better way of serving...
