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Pros and cons of working from home

Sep 4, 2020

An unforeseen work-from-home revolution has caught many companies by surprise as most employees have now been forced to work from home. By Nick Durrant, CEO of Bluegrass Digital The likelihood of returning to the office any time soon seems very unlikely. So what are...

Business continuity through a Covid-19 Lens

Sep 4, 2020

The Covid-19 crisis has certainly put the spotlight on business continuity. While lockdowns and other imposed restrictions forced certain sectors to cease operating, a number of organisations continued to service customers and deliver products, with varying levels of...

Protect your kids from security threats

Sep 4, 2020

September means back-to-school for many, with millions of children gearing up to return to the classroom. However, this year, back-to-school will be different, with many children attending school remotely from their homes because of the pandemic. This has led to...

Business rescue and liquidation have consequences for IP

Sep 4, 2020

Intellectual property is often overlooked when a business is compelled to seek business rescue or liquidation, but it may form a valuable asset, requiring decisions to be made on whether to sell it or maintain it. By Bernadette Versfeld In the current economic...

Pandemic-impacted SMEs share advice

Aug 28, 2020

A new survey by the South African SME Finance Association (SASFA) shows that despite the help offered by government and the private sector, only a fraction of businesses had any support. Only 47% of business owners applied for relief from government or financial...

Lockdown-inspired digital innovations are here to stay

Aug 28, 2020

The impact of the Covid-19 has been hard felt by businesses in the service industry. Local movements, like Million Seats on the Streets and #LightSARed, have been used to demonstrate the effect the nationwide lockdown has had on the restaurant, live entertainment,...

Pandemic highlights need for cyber risk management

Aug 28, 2020

If small and medium businesses had little appetite for cyber risk management before the coronavirus pandemic, they may have developed one now. Mobilising remote workforces, provisioning the right set of tools, managing the flow of data, keeping it secure and...

Mastercard boosts online security as e-commerce takes off

Aug 28, 2020

As digital commerce continues to accelerate owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, Mastercard has announced it will offer tokenisation services to merchants with app, e-commerce, and recurring billing card-on-file program in South Africa, further protecting consumers and...

Don’t undermine webinar value with cheap sales tactics

Aug 28, 2020

Before the outbreak of Covid-19, working remotely was a topical buzz-phrase, something many companies vaguely aspired to but didn’t really feel the need to implement in their organisation. As the pandemic worsened across the globe, forcing country after country into...

The future of remote working in South Africa

Aug 28, 2020

For several months now, office spaces across South Africa have been gathering dust, void of occupants as employees have been working from home. By Garsen Naidu, country manager of Cisco South Africa While there is no telling when the pandemic will end, if the current...

New ways of working could help to tackle unemployment

Aug 24, 2020

With South Africa’s unemployment rate at above 30% for Q1 2020 – and more than half of the youth estimated to be unemployed – we need to get creative about addressing our joblessness crisis. By Grant Lapping, MD of DataCore Media The Covid-19 pandemic could be the...

Changing consumer habits shift focus on fighting fraud

Aug 24, 2020

Nearly every part of daily life has changed as the world continues to fight back against Covid-19. Most observers agree that the increased focus on digital commerce by consumers and merchants will likely remain even after a vaccine is found and the economy rebounds....

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