Cybersecurity is now part of managed IT, not a separate conversation

I still see businesses drawing a neat line between IT operations and cybersecurity, writes Brian Pinnock, go-to-market executive of The Cloud Crew. One team looks after Microsoft 365, user access, endpoints, backups, patches and support, while security is handled...
How much office talk is absorbed by technology?

How much office talk is absorbed by technology?

Voice assistants, phones, AI notetakers and devices have turned the average office and meeting room into a space that records everything, writes Richard Frost, head of consulting at Armata Cyber Security. Voice assistants, smart-speakers, and voice-assisted systems...
Your network probably became flat one device at a time

Your network probably became flat one device at a time

Few businesses deliberately build a network where every user, device, and application can reach everything else. By Tobie van Schallkwyk, business unit executive at Duxbury Networking It usually happens more quietly. A small office starts with staff computers and...

SARS versus taxpayers, Who holds the power? 

Complaints that the South African Revenue Service (SARS) is becoming increasingly aggressive and overstepping its mandate have grown louder over the years. According to Nico Theron, founder of  Unicus Tax Specialists SA, these incidents reflect deeper systemic...

Invisible networks that power SA’s intelligent future

Connectivity in today’s age of intelligence may increasingly be invisible to the user, but it is indispensable to the experience. Dr. Sunil Piyarlall, executive for network architecture and modelling at Openserve The AI and cloud services businesses increasingly rely...