Business needs the feminine touch

By Natasha Oothuizen – Women leaders offer plenty of exciting skills, bringing a more diverse physical, mental and emotional experience to everyday business conversations and situations. Although significant progress has been made in the past few years, it is...

Driving women empowerment forward

By Frans Hiemstra – Women empowerment is not only a women’s focus but also requires the participation of men to help address the gender disparity problem that continues in our society today. As we mark Women’s Month in South Africa, we are reminded of the...

Who is Louise Taute?

It’s Women’s Month, and the spotlight is on Louise Taute, director of Comstor for Southern Africa and now the marketing director for Westcon-Comstor Sub-Saharan Africa. Louise is well known in the IT industry as a dynamic leader, a guerrilla marketer and...

Key considerations in the world of hybrid working

The work from home (WFH) model has become a staple for many companies as the pandemic and lockdowns continue to be a way of life. But is this going to be the default way we work going forward, or will we be returning to the office post-Covid? Neither, says Brendan...

Internet moves to always connected

By Shane Chorley – The dial up tones of 56kbps modems are unmistakable to Internet veterans in South Africa. Not only could you not use your landline when you wanted to connect to the Internet, users had to deal with challenges such as backlogs of emails when...

How the Internet is changing lives

By Leona Mentz – Developments over the past year have contributed to an increased global focus on enabling a more connected society. The normalisation of distributed work, the associated growth of cloud computing, and an increased reliance on affordable and...

Partnership helps SA businesses beat fraud

Bribery and corruption remains one of the most serious economic crimes to affect South African businesses, organisations and government departments – but it doesn’t have to be that way. Automated lifestyle assessment and fraud detection tools offer a solution for...

Kaspersky recognised for mobilising partners

Kaspersky has scooped the award for Best Managed Services Partner (MSP) Program – for a second year running – at the 2021 European MSP Innovation Awards from Channel Partner Insight. With the pandemic putting pressure on every business to perform and succeed in an...