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The cyber risks of online schooling

Aug 7, 2020

Distance learning may become the new normal – but there are new risks in this virtual environment, writes Doros Hadjizenonos, regional sales director at Fortinet. With lockdown forcing schools and tertiary institutions to take learning online, a plethora of new risks...

Long-term health and safety crucial for schools

Aug 7, 2020

Ensuring the safety and well-being of its learners, staff and visitors is one of the most important elements of any school’s risk management strategy – and now schools also need to consider the health and well-being of these communities post Covid-19. Placing...

Mobile users and the need to stay vigilant

Aug 7, 2020

Following President Ramaphosa’s recent pronouncement that South Africans should “get used to living with the coronavirus for some time to come”, it’s clear that many of us are going to continue working from home during the remainder of 2020. The downside of many...

Wellness the name of the game for offices as lockdown eases

Jul 31, 2020

An increase in remote working employees and under-utilisation of existing office spaces due to the Covid-19 pandemic will trigger a need for smart, wellness-equipped office spaces in the future, according to Gartner. “Due to Covid-19 many offices remain unoccupied or...

Mining companies resilient, but face new risks

Jul 31, 2020

The global Top 40 mining companies are so far weathering the Covid-19 crisis but should take advantage of relative stability to adopt strategies to mitigate against further economic and social risks, according to PwC’s Mine 2020 report. PwC’s forecast for 2020...

AI and a brave new frontier for mining

Jul 31, 2020

Some might have misgivings regarding the implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) and how its analytical power will replace traditional methods across the mining sector. By Andrew Skudder However, its purpose is not to replace human beings. Rather, AI’s role is...

Covid-19 continues to affect IT spend

Jul 31, 2020

According to the latest release of the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide ICT Spending Guide Industry and Company Size, European IT spending (including software, hardware, and IT services) will decline 4,7% in 2020 and reach $487-billion as the Covid-19...

Business continuity demands a supply chain with end-to-end visibility

Jul 31, 2020

For many enterprises, their siloed, traditional supply chain management (SCM) systems are proving to be their Achilles’ heel when trying to operate in unprecedented circumstances, preventing business continuity and resilience. By Baljeet Nagi Consider this in the...

Time to restart the fashion supply chain

Jul 31, 2020

The apparel sector has been fundamentally altered by the impact of Covid-19. The last number of months have seen increasing pressure on the sector due to abrupt order cancellations, halted payments for suppliers and workers along with enforced factory and store...

A cognitive supply chain with a customer focus in the ‘Age of With’

Jul 31, 2020

We are now in the Age of With, when companies are harnessing the power of “with” to identify unique advantages through analytics and artificial intelligence. By Quentin Williams and Wessel Oosthuizen From mobile purchasing to same-day shipping to real-time problem...

Cloud and the accelerated move to digital transformation

Jul 26, 2020

The impact of cloud is undeniable: from instant access to infinite IT resources and new application architectures, to redefined IT operations and the acceleration of digital transformation. Digital transformation has been top of mind for a couple of years now, but the...

Pandemic, AI and the future for SA brokers

Jul 26, 2020

Masks, social distancing, limited face-to-face interactions and a heavy dose of sanitiser is our new normal. Along with Level 3 comes another wave of increased economic activity, but not necessarily for the intermediaries of the South African insurance sector....

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