by Kathy Gibson | Jun 5, 2020 | Features
Due to coronavirus crisis, companies are seeing an unprecedented amount of remote work. While this move creates obvious challenges for IT in terms of infrastructure and capacity, it’s also creating challenges for security teams as they push to scale remote work on a...
by Kathy Gibson | Jun 5, 2020 | Features
Internet service provicer ikeja Wireless has ensured that it can cater for the surge in usage during the lockdown period with the help of ISP and network specialist, eNetworks. “With the outbreak of Covid-19, we knew that we were going to have to move fast to get the...
by Kathy Gibson | Jun 5, 2020 | Thought Leadership
When it comes to digital transformation, Covid-19 has been a massive accelerant, writes Thibault Dousson, GM of Lenovo South Africa. Businesses with long-term transformation deadlines have been forced to bring them forward dramatically: what was once planned for 18...
by Kathy Gibson | Jun 5, 2020 | Thought Leadership
At the core of our work and social lives, connectivity and online functions like email, e-commerce, apps, and instant messaging, seem to dominate everything we do in the modern world. By Steve Briggs, chief commercial officer at Seacom Made even more apparent by the...
by Kathy Gibson | Jun 5, 2020 | Thought Leadership
No one will deny that the COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on our country’s economy, with the already embattled construction industry among the hardest hit of the business sectors. But according to Databuild CEO Morag Evans, there is a silver lining in the dark...
by Kathy Gibson | Jun 5, 2020 | Thought Leadership
Despite the easing of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions in South Africa to Level 4, corporates and government departments might still be faced with the challenge of how to secure original, handwritten signatures compulsory for a range of transactions over this period....
by Kathy Gibson | Jun 5, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
South Africa has moved to alert level 3 of the national response to the Covid-19 pandemic, and economic activity has resumed in the majority of sectors. By Vukani Mngxati, CEO of Accenture in Africa Now it is more important than ever for businesses to leverage the...
by Kathy Gibson | Jun 5, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
The lockdown that many countries around the world are experiencing has changed the way IT services providers engage with their customers. Even though the long-term business impact of the coronavirus is yet to be determined, Saicom believes this will likely result in...
by Kathy Gibson | Jun 5, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
Although the country has moved to lockdown Level 3, 75% of small businesses still have enormous restrictions on rights. “You cannot improve the health and well-being of a nation by making your country poorer, this has never being achieved by any country,” says...
by Kathy Gibson | Jun 5, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
The UK economy contracted by 2% in the first quarter of 2020 as lockdowns in response to the Covid-19 pandemic took their toll on activity. By Azad Zangana, senior European economist and strategist at global asset manager, Schroders The preliminary estimate was less...
