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How to take your company culture home

Apr 19, 2020

One of the concerns that frequently comes up when companies consider moving parts of their workforce home is how to maintain company culture when your people are physically dispersed. The Covid-19 coronavirus lockdown has forced this issue, and many companies have...

What will Africa look like after the pandemic?

Apr 19, 2020

The Covid-19 pandemic, one of the world’s most significant events, has resulted in cessation of economic activities that will lead to a significant decline in GDP, an unprecedented social disruption, and the loss of millions of jobs. By Professor Banji...

A new digital reality for SA education

Apr 17, 2020

Adopting a suitable and robust online learning strategy is key to maintaining academic continuity for institutions of higher learning. By Robert Speed, vice-president for Middle East and Africa at Blackboard The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic is having a profound and...

Getting more from data at the edge and cloud

Apr 17, 2020

Christopher Bergey, vice-president: embedded solutions at Western Digital, spoke at IoT World on “IoT Context vs. Content: Strategies for Extracting Insights from a Data-Centric World”. Here are some highlights from his presentation on how to get the most out of IoT...

POPIA to fuel better customer experiences

Apr 14, 2020

With the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) planned to commence imminently, the way direct marketing is carried out and received by South African consumers is set to shift. By Sandra Galer, Operations Director, Merchants South Africa Research shows that...

Beware benign interpretation of government power in times of crisis

Apr 14, 2020

Government action, which occurs against the background of a national disaster or emergency can always be made to appear essential to the wellbeing of the people, and therefore benign. The Free Market Foundation (FMF) has issued this statement: The tendency of...

Why network quality is more important than ever

Apr 14, 2020

Today, network quality is under the spotlight in every household and enterprise worldwide as more and more work from home. However, as our new research indicates, network performance has always been a mainstay of market demand. By Börje Ekholm, president and CEO of...

Preparing customers for a major cyber attack

Apr 14, 2020

The threat of a catastrophic cyber-attack is a daily reality for business leaders, as the exponential growth of data and digital-first organisations increases the cyber-attack surface. The channel must be prepared to support customers along their security journeys,...

Building the secure foundation for today’s new norm

Apr 14, 2020

As the first days turn into weeks, and in certain countries months, the initial chaos provoked by the coronavirus pandemic is now, for many organisations, becoming a new normal. By Kristine Dahl, vice-president for end user computing: EMEA at VMware Disruption still...

Manage supply chain disruption with tech, ingenuity

Apr 6, 2020

Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the world cannot afford for manufacturing and distribution to grind to a halt. By Paulo de Matos, chief product officer at Syspro From food on our shelves, to medical necessities, these sectors are at the heart of our economy and must keep...

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