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What the decriminalisation of cannabis means for the workplace

Sep 14, 2019

Following the Constitutional Court’s Prince judgment, cannabis use, possession and cultivation in South Africa has been decriminalised with adult persons now permitted to use, possess and cultivate cannabis in a private place for personal consumption. By Lizle...

Get more cyber-savvy in OT

Sep 9, 2019

Organisations running operational technology (OT) are coming under cyberattack, with malware sending shockwaves through sectors such as oil & gas, utilities, chemical manufacturing, waste management, mining and more. So said Datacentrix security business unit...

Times and threats have changed but anti-spam is still a ‘thing’

Sep 9, 2019

Email remains the most common vector of attack for hackers, and so spam will never go out of fashion. What this means for companies and all email users for that matter is that anti-spam is still very much a thing. Not only is it necessary to have anti-spam but it is...

Competing effectively against major players

Sep 9, 2019

Competing against major players in the industry is a huge challenge for SMEs who face barriers in terms of access to funding and finding the right skills for their businesses. The majority of skilled individuals are employed by the public sector and large enterprises...

Tech made easy for SMEs

Sep 9, 2019

Small business owners have more than enough to worry about than managing their IT systems. However, to be competitive in today’s high tech business environment it is crucial that they choose the right IT solutions. Justin Trent, CEO of Cloudbox, says the company is...

Lenovo DCG has the winning formula

Sep 9, 2019

The Lenovo Data Centre Group (DCG) has taken its product line from also-ran to pack leader in just four years. With an impressive 141 top-performing benchmarks as of June 2019 (see following article), Lenovo DCG is justifiably proud of the strides it has made. Jim...

End founders conflict before it starts

Sep 2, 2019

Around 65% of high-potential start-ups fail due to co-founder conflict. However, these conflicts can easily be prevented if entrepreneurs arm themselves with a few simple tools. “Early stage founders are often unaware of what topics, interactions or decisions could...

Digital transformation for technology resellers

Sep 2, 2019

With end-user IT spend rapidly shifting from on-premise technology towards software-as-a-service (SaaS) and the cloud, the channel is coming under growing pressure to embrace digital transformation. Channel partners that embrace this imperative today will be able to...

SME development key to channel’s success

Sep 2, 2019

South Africa and, indeed, Africa are built on small medium enterprises (SMEs) and, more than ever before, countries in the region are relying on these entities to drive employment, up GDP ratios and alleviate poverty. President Cyril Ramaphosa has on numerous...

SMEs advance inclusive growth and development in Africa

Sep 2, 2019

South Africa, and the continent as a whole, needs small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to thrive as these entities are key to advancing inclusive growth and development in Africa. “The potential for the growth of SMEs in South Africa is enormous meaning the benefits of...

Cut costs by going digital

Sep 2, 2019

More than 70% of SMEs struggle to survive the first two years of operation with poor cashflow management and insufficient funding being cited as two of the main reasons for failure. But there is no smarter way to cut costs than by going digital, says Thomas Vollrath,...

IBM goes all-in with Red Hat, cloud

Sep 2, 2019

IBM has transformed its software portfolio to be cloud-native and optimised it to run on Red Hat OpenShift. Enterprises can now build mission-critical applications once and run them on all leading public clouds, including AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform,...

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