Bolt boosts e-hailing safety with passenger SOS button

E-hailing service Bolt, which operates in more than 35 towns and cities across South Africa, has boosted its focus on safety by introducing an emergency response button for passengers. The SOS button, located within the Bolt app’s Safety Toolkit, enables...

Innovate for growth with data analysis

Analytics help companies harness their data and use it to identify new opportunities, writes Paul Morgan, business unit lead for data, planning and analytics at Altron Karabina. An international survey has found that 96% of respondents believe analytics will become...

How to choose a quality storage battery: think of an onion

South Africa’s stretched energy grid has led to a rapid uptake of uninterrupted power supply (UPS) systems and a marked increase in renewable energy investments. Freedom from the grid needs reliable storage batteries – where the energy created by turbines...

AWS and Dimension Data in cloud education partnership

Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) skills development arm, AWS Training & Certification has partnered with Dimension Data’s Enterprise and Supplier Development (ESD) team to provide essential cloud education to key beneficiaries of the system...

Trust is good, but a zero-trust mindset is better

A few months ago, commuting to work, entering a crowded elevator, and sitting down in an open workspace next to several colleagues were trivial everyday activities. Amir Sohrabi, area vice-president: emerging markets at Citrix Unfortunately, with the current global...

Be extra vigilant on Black Friday this year

Despite the negative impact the hard lockdown has had on South Africa’s economy, the annual Black Friday retail sales tradition is expected to remain popular this year. Instead of limiting sales specials for just one day, many retailers have taken to doing Black...