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SA looks to play cloud catch-up

Feb 3, 2020

As cloud enters its teen years in 2019, South Africa remains a late adopter of what is globally an established technology. Jason Penton, co-founder of cloud platform builder Jini Guru, says that in the 13 years that cloud has been around, the technology landscape has...

The rise of social engineering in cyber threats

Feb 3, 2020

Impersonation attacks are on this rise – accounting for 26% of total detections. These attacks now include voice phishing or “vishing,” an advanced attack observed in this quarter, where threat actors use social engineering to gain access to personal and financial...

The future of payments will be based on pragmatism

Jan 24, 2020

As we enter the next decade, local and African merchants should support payment methods that suit their customers, rather than following global trends just for the sake of it. Peter Harvey, MD of payment service provider, DPO SA, looks at five trends we can expect...

Huge savings with refurbished electronics

Jan 24, 2020

Buying refurbished electronics provides a far better price versus value specification when compared to buying new devices. However, when purchasing these products, Xperien warns that one must ensure that they are Certified Refurbished Systems (CRS). To make a smart...

The double-edged digital transformation sword

Jan 24, 2020

Demand up, demand down. Is digital transformation killing the channel? Digital transformation. Over the past few years, those two words have been hyped to the point of dizziness, sticking like glue to boardroom conversations and igniting tangential shifts in...

Multi-cloud’s new multiculturism

Jan 24, 2020

Multi-cloud has moved from tentative experiment to a fundamental component of IT strategies. From developers to security teams, workloads are migrating to the cloud in one way or another, whether you know it or not. Simon McCullough, senior channel account manager at...

Improve network security with SD-WAN

Jan 24, 2020

Enterprises that are widely dispersed, geographically speaking, are rapidly moving to embrace software-defined wide area networks (SD-WANs). This is because SD-WANs dramatically lower costs, reduce complexity and make branch communications more secure, while also, in...

Get ready for a bumpy economic ride through 2020

Jan 24, 2020

By Kathy Gibson – The only thing that is certain about South Africa’s economic outlook is uncertainty, and that we are in for a bumpy ride in 2020. Indeed, around the world CEOs are exhibiting a record level of pessimism about what lies ahead for the global economy –...

How the privacy debate could pan out in 2020

Jan 17, 2020

Data privacy and protection are likely to be high on the agenda for 2020 in the wake of Facebook–Cambridge Analytica and other data scandals. These controversies have prompted regulators and consumers alike to question how much personal data big tech companies gather,...

Become digitally empowered in 2020

Jan 17, 2020

Digital transformation swept across businesses and industries in 2019, gaining momentum for a surge yet to be fully realised. Bringing with it a year of decision-making and profound change, Grant Phillips, e4 Group CEO, says that 2019 was the year where businesses...

Take the pain out of tax year-end

Jan 17, 2020

Tax year end is usually a highly stressful time for organisations of every size and type, and particularly the employees who are tasked with managing their payroll and HR. Added pressures and overtime become the norm in the weeks leading up to tax year end, and most...

2020 outlook for SA’s small businesses

Jan 17, 2020

As the new year gets underway, Osidon CEO Hennie Ferreira reflects on what the new year holds for entrepreneurs and small businesses in South Africa. What can we expect of the South African economy in 2020? The country is not experiencing any major...

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