IoT drives new data centre architectures

Kathy Gibson reports from Infracom 2016 – The digital world is impacting on the data centre, and the Internet of Things (IoT) is making infrastructure decisions more complex. Sean Laval, technical head: IoT at Comsol, describes the IoT as the phenomenon where...

SA positioned as key African connectivity hub

Kathy Gibson reports from Infracom 2016 – The South African data centre industry could have a key role to play in meeting the transforming needs of the African market through localised data hosting and regional interconnectivity. Liquid Telecom is a case in...

Human contact critical for consumers

Despite the rise in digital customer service channels and options, 79% of consumers prefer the human touch to remain a part of customer service when engaging with brands and service providers. The results of a large-scale study by Verint of more than 24 000 consumers...
What’s driving SA’s love of cars?

What’s driving SA’s love of cars?

South Africans love their cars: we’ve treasured them, coveted them, pimped them, cried when we sold them and dreamed of our next upgrade. We’ve thought nothing of dropping an unwise portion of our monthly salary on the latest luxury model. But times they...

Better security helps business to grow

More than half (54%) of South African organisations report improved customer retention owing to their IT security practices. The global study, “The Security Imperative: Driving Business Growth in the App Economy” was commissioned by CA Technologies and...

SA startup makes EFT payments easy

A South African startup has developed an EFT payment gateway which is changing the way people and businesses transact. Anyone who owns a business will have a few horror stories to tell of trying to get payment from clients. It is a problem businesses of all sizes...