Vodacom Business, Toyota extend WiFi and telematics solution to SMEs

A web-based tool called MyToyota Fleet Lite has been added to the Toyota Connect hub, in a tripartite agreement between Vodacom Business, Toyota South Africa Motors and Netstar. “Keeping businesses connected is critical in today’s environment and Fleet...

Internet speed tests are useful as a rough guide, says ISPA

Speed tests should be viewed only as rough guides to the quality of broadband connections, says the Internet Service Providers’ Association of SA (ISPA). An Internet speed test measures the connection speed – as well as the quality of the connected device...

Liquid, Orange partner on African networks

Liquid Intelligent Technologies and Orange has announced a new partnership to leverage each other’s existing networks in Africa. The partnership will give Liquid access to Orange’s network in West Africa, including the new Djoliba network, and will give...

Understanding requirements key to hybrid cloud transition

South African organisations have been looking at deploying hybrid or multi-cloud environments as one of the ways to digitally transform operations and provide an enabling environment for their distributed workforce to remain productive. By Ralph Berndt, sales and...

SD-WAN: the always-on network asset in the era of WFH

Software-defined networking has the potential to overcome operational complexity and increase performance and availability, suggests Greg Hatfield, principal practice head: hybrid networks – intelligent infrastructure at Dimension Data. The global...

What is the real role of the data scientist?

As far back as 2012, a data scientist was referred to as the sexiest job of the 21st century. Even though these skills remain in great demand, a global shortage of the in-demand resources has seen companies across industry sectors still struggle to unlock the full...