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What a cyber car should look like

Dec 6, 2019

Tesla recently demonstrated its new electric pickup vehicle, dubbed “cybertruck”, which has polarised public opinion. By Alex Moiseev, chief business officer at Kaspersky Some have stated it looks like a vehicle from a child’s sketch come to life, while others...

Data stays protected; employees stay productive

Dec 6, 2019

Medium businesses are highly vulnerable and online criminals can easily stop their operations. Fortunately, it’s much simpler and more affordable to get the right security in place. It once made sense that a smaller target is a harder target. But this doesn’t apply to...

Cloud key to data centre value

Dec 6, 2019

Storage and networking vendors see software defined everything (SDx) as the next evolution of linking the business to the data centre. Today, it is less about the hardware and more on how it can be ‘cloudified’ to unlock more opportunities, writes Joshua Grunewald,...

Tech to help SMEs ride out tough times

Dec 6, 2019

The mid-term budget speech by Tito Mboweni brought home just how much South Africa is struggling to keep its economic head above water. The status quo characterised by poor growth prospects, burgeoning debt and underperforming state-owned enterprises, does not make it...

Cybercrime goes mainstream

Dec 6, 2019

Cybercrime has entered the mainstream of our culture to an unprecedented extent and it is here to stay, with the scale of threats today becoming more and more difficult to quantify. Against this background, organisations need to know as much as possible about the...

Azure once again positioned in Gartner Magic Quadrant

Dec 3, 2019

Azure Storage has retained its position in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Public Cloud Storage in 2019. For the third year in a row, Gartner has placed Microsoft into the coveted Magic Quadrant for Public Cloud Storage, demonstrating the solution’s lasting value. The...

Science, indigenous knowledge and AI weave environmental magic

Nov 29, 2019

It’s dawn in Kakadu’s wetlands; the night’s inky silence gives way to bird song as the first rays reveal the emerald magic of the landscape. The dual World Heritage listed Kakadu National Park in Australia’s Northern Territory is one of the most beautiful places on...

NextGens key to family business success

Nov 29, 2019

Family business NextGens view themselves as agents of change for digital transformation but are looking for greater support and trust from current generation leaders, according to a new report by PwC. PwC’s Global NextGen Survey 2019 has found that a majority of...

Azure Backup: Your trusted partner

Nov 29, 2019

Azure Backup is an Azure-based, built-in backup solution for all of an organisation’s resources. It simplifies data protection from ransomware and human error. As a one-click backup solution, Azure Backup is cost-effective and is easier to implement than other cloud...

Late payments drag SMEs down

Nov 29, 2019

New Xero research reveals South Africa’s small to medium businesses (SMEs) are each owed R99 800 in late payments at any given time according to their business decision-makers. Given there are an estimated 2,5-million SMEs in South Africa, this means the national...

Office 365 is a great revenue opportunity for SA tech resellers

Nov 29, 2019

South African resellers that want to drive higher profits from reselling the Microsoft Office 365 cloud-based productivity suite need to focus on developing a compelling set of value-added solutions and services for their clients. Such potential offerings include...

Education, socio-economic development core to NU, Love Trust partnership

Nov 29, 2019

Networks Unlimited is a Level 1 Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) contributor – but what it considers important is the fact that it is an active contributor to the future of South Africa through its children. The company partnered with the Love Trust as...