by Kathy Gibson | Mar 15, 2021 | Thought Leadership
The Information Regulator has provided some welcome clarity on practical aspects of POPIA, as organisations work towards achieving compliance by 30 June 2021. by Peter Grealy, Nozipho Mngomezulu, Wendy Tembedza and Karl Blom from Webber Wentzel With fewer than 4...
by Kathy Gibson | Mar 15, 2021 | Thought Leadership
Want to achieve quick time-to-value on your digital transformation efforts while still building toward greater future capabilities? This is what you need to know, writes Isabel Papadakis, head: Africa industry value advisory at SAP. Organisations have experienced...
by Kathy Gibson | Mar 15, 2021 | Thought Leadership
The events of 2020 have presented uncharted waters for the IT industry at large. For channel sales businesses in particular, the situation has been testing. By Jim Holland, GM: Africa at Lenovo Data Center Group Uncertainty on both the supply and demand sides of their...
by Kathy Gibson | Mar 15, 2021 | Featured Story, Features
Conservation scientist Trond Larsen and his team trekked through a remote forest in Liberia, recording the plants, animals, and insects that they saw. They noted whether the forest was intact or degraded. Far above their heads, NASA’s Earth-observing satellites...
by Kathy Gibson | Mar 15, 2021 | Trends and Analysis
Traditionally, publications kick-off their first editions of the year with a predictions feature, gathering comment from their specific captains of industry on how they see the forthcoming year playing out. And traditionally, specifically in the channel, those...
by Kathy Gibson | Mar 15, 2021 | Trends and Analysis
Although 2020 might have been a year that no one could have predicted, shrouded with uncertainty, technology was the one constant. Helping businesses become more agile and connected with communities in different ways, it provided an essential part of our human and...
by Kathy Gibson | Mar 15, 2021 | Trends and Analysis
After a very long 2020 I believe that the enterprise IT market has gotten used to our changed world and we should see a return to previous levels of growth in 2021. By Peter Mülders, Synthesis customer success manager Cloud infrastructure and SaaS tools are going to...
by Kathy Gibson | Mar 15, 2021 | Trends and Analysis
Remote work will be the catalyst for a shift from the corporate perimeter concept to micro-office security certification; outsourcing of IT and cybersecurity functions will be crucial to solve expertise shortages and save budgets; to coordinate managed service...
by Kathy Gibson | Mar 15, 2021 | Trends and Analysis
Companies which invest in the right themes become success stories, while those who miss the big themes end up as failures, according to data and analytics specialist GlobalData. Therefore, it has revealed its predictions for 2021 across the technology, media, and...
by Kathy Gibson | Mar 15, 2021 | Features
A little under a year ago, businesses around the globe were forced to send their employees home in a bid to keep them safe from the deadly Covid-19 pandemic. By Greg Gatherer Those that could were forced to adapt to remote work. In many cases, they had to do so after...