.NEXT on Tour comes back to SA

The premier Nutanix event is set to rip the elastoplast off failed hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) implementations and give customers a real path to the cloud and digital transformation. At this year’s annual .NEXT on Tour event hosted by Nutanix, the company is...

Essential security skills for all employees

Cybercrime is a problem that affects everyone. It doesn’t matter how big or small the company may be, it is at risk of breach, fraud, hack, and theft. The statistics around the costs of cybercrime are plentiful, as are those that highlight the percentage growth...

Best-practice in the event of a data breach

We’ve all heard the famous prophecy that states: if we fail to prepare then we must prepare to fail. This statement is never more relevant than in the event of a data breach. By Steve Benton, BT deputy chief security officer, GM of cyber and physical security...

Saicom receives global routing certification

Local service provider, Saicom has become one of only five ISPs in South Africa to become MANRS compliant. The Internet’s routing information is exchanged between network operators (also known as autonomous systems or AS) using a routing protocol initially...

Capex-free solar solutions power up SA business

Power shortages, rolling black-outs, policy uncertainty and electricity price hikes are pushing business owners to look for alternative solutions to Eskom. Sunshine is a resource southern Africa has in abundance, making solar an obvious solution, and many solar...

Protect customers from identity theft and data breaches

Identity theft and data breaches are on the rise with Fraudscape stating in its 2019 report that identity theft hit an all-time high of more than 174 000 cases in 2017 in the UK alone. By Simon Murrell, head of development and executive director at BrandQuantum...