by Kathy Gibson | Nov 10, 2019 | Features
An increasingly digitally-driven business environment is not only providing ample benefits to employees and business processes, but also to cybercriminals. By Riaan Badenhorst, GM at Kaspersky in Africa Today, every industry and organisation has its own unique data to...
by Kathy Gibson | Nov 10, 2019 | Features
As the threat landscape changes – and the implications of cyber-attacks become more targeted and damaging – security has become one of the top priorities for organisations across the board. “Every network is going to be breached eventually,” warns Stefan van de...
by Kathy Gibson | Nov 10, 2019 | Trends and Analysis
Modernising your workspace could be as easy as utilising scalable, cost-effective cloud storage for all your unstructured data. Azure Blob storage is Microsoft’s object storage solution for the cloud. Blob storage is optimised for storing massive amounts of...
by Kathy Gibson | Nov 10, 2019 | Trends and Analysis
The recent Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement from Finance Minister, Tito Mboweni, offered an unsparing view of the challenges that public finances and the wider economy continue to face. By Pieter Bensch, executive vice-president at Sage Africa & Middle East We...
by Kathy Gibson | Nov 10, 2019 | Trends and Analysis
Earlier this year, the channel was treated to a much-publicised fight between a major international vendor and one of its local distributors, relating to a potentially corrupt tender process. While this created a number of ripples in the local industry, probably the...
by Kathy Gibson | Nov 10, 2019 | Featured Story, Features
Those who worry that automation is going to upend our lives are forgetting that we already live in a largely automated world. By Mohammed Amin, senior vice-president: Middle East, Russia, Africa, Turkey (MERAT) at Dell Technologies When was the last time you visited...
by Kathy Gibson | Nov 10, 2019 | Trends and Analysis
South African IT resellers and systems integrators are increasingly looking to collaborate with cloud enablement partners that can offer them the perks and support traditionally associated with partner programmes in the hardware and packaged software market. This has...
by Kathy Gibson | Nov 10, 2019 | Trends and Analysis
It is widely accepted that small business owners and entrepreneurs need a network of support to stack the odds of success in their favour, and this is all the more important in difficult economic conditions. Intuit QuickBooks, a leading accounting and business...
by Kathy Gibson | Nov 10, 2019 | Thought Leadership
The stereotype of accountants as bean counters is outdated. By Colin Timmis, general country manager of Xero SA and professional accountant They have a unique insight into a business and can provide unrivalled advice on how it should run. Technology has taken things...
by Kathy Gibson | Nov 10, 2019 | Thought Leadership
Data is the digital age’s hottest commodity – the sheer number of high-profile breaches in the last few years bear testament to this. By Kervin Pillay, chief technology officer at Internet Solutions This makes it absolutely essential for businesses to put in place an...
