Welcome to your new office

One of the many things I’ve learnt during the past few years of working on my own is how to have an effective home office setup – one that caters for not only working from home, but also a more comprehensive entertainment experience for those long non-working...

Build a human- and data-centred organisation

“Data is the new gold” is an often-repeated industry phrase intended to illustrate the increasing commoditisation and value of data. By Ronald van Loon But consider a lump of gold; monetarily valuable, yes, but with unrealised potential. Yet in the hands of a master...

Tips for planning a 5G strategy

The long-awaited arrival of 5G comes with an incentive to spruce up current network infrastructures to support the technical intricacies of the next-gen network. In order to reap the benefits of the next wireless, many companies will need to adopt new and improved...

Implications of antitrust and social justice

Social media giants and big tech players are coming under increasing fire due to antitrust lawsuits in the US.  Daniel Kibel, co-founder of CM Trading, discusses the possible ramifications for monopolies and the trading landscape.  “As alleged tech monopolies come...

Imaging trends set to shape 2021

2020 has been an unprecedented year. How we live, work and interact has fundamentally changed and the repercussions of 2020 will be felt for years to come. So, with unpredictability and uncertainty set to remain key fixtures in people’s lives but with hope now on the...

Should you ditch your business phone?

Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) provider Zoom launched Zoom Phone in South Africa last year, having launched it in 2019 in limited markets. By Nic Laschinger, chief technology officer of Euphoria Telecom Following on from the launch of Skype for Business...

Lessons to take from working in 2020

This time a year ago no-one was prepared for what would become our working lives. Working from home, continuous Zoom meetings from, constant mask wearing and sanitising – and many businesses being forced to close their doors, some permanently. So what have we...