by Kathy Gibson | Aug 24, 2020 | Features
Electronic payment security has become more crucial than ever since the start of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. As shoppers stay at home and workers avoid face-to-face interactions with clients, businesses have rushed to increase their capacity to accept money online...
by Kathy Gibson | Aug 24, 2020 | Features
The saying “nothing worth having comes easy…” couldn’t be truer in the case of fortifying an organisation’s systems and infrastructure and ensuring it meets the industry standards and compliance requirements. By Simeon Tassev, MD and qualified security assessor...
by Kathy Gibson | Aug 24, 2020 | Features
Data breaches are the industrial accidents of the Information Age. That’s according to the Direct Marketing Association of SA (DMASA) which says there are risks to storing the information that powers the knowledge economy, just as there are risks to stockpiling the...
by Kathy Gibson | Aug 24, 2020 | Features
Telecommuting will have an enormous impact on the future of IT asset disposal (ITAD), data erasure and electronics recycling. Businesses keeping their staff at home will need to provide them with IT equipment, they will need more equipment like computers and printers....
by Kathy Gibson | Aug 24, 2020 | Featured Story, Features
Social distancing technologies, composable enterprise, AI-assisted design, differential privacy and biodegradable sensors are among the key technologies to watch in the years ahead. The 30 must-watch technologies on the Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies,...
by Kathy Gibson | Aug 24, 2020 | Events/Report-backs
Kathy Gibson reports – We need to get on to the digital transformation journey and move along it quickly to take advantage of the opportunities. This is the word from Mark Walker, associate vice-president: sub-Saharan Africa at IDC, who reiterates how Covid-19 has...
by Kathy Gibson | Aug 24, 2020 | Events/Report-backs
Kathy Gibson reports – The future is not what it used to be. Change is all around us, and organisations need to ensure they digitalise their businesses or they will almost certainly get left behind by unfolding events. Arthur Goldstuck, MD of World Wide Worx, explains...
by Kathy Gibson | Aug 24, 2020 | Events/Report-backs
Kathy Gibson reports – As the Covid-19 pandemic hit South African shores, there was an almost immediate drop in consumers’ earning and a rise in retrenchments. That has only increased since April, says Mutsa Chironga, divisional executive for consumer banking at...
by Kathy Gibson | Aug 24, 2020 | news
IBM has achieved its highest Quantum Volume to date. Combining a series of new software and hardware techniques to improve overall performance, the company has upgraded one of its newest 27-qubit client-deployed systems to achieve a Quantum Volume 64. IBM has made a...
by Kathy Gibson | Aug 24, 2020 | news
ITR Technology is partnering with Bitdefender and Cyber Security South Africa to support corporations in securing their endpoints. According to an iDefense research report (2020), South Africa has the third-highest number of cyber-crime victims worldwide, losing...
