Vodacom enters consumer IoT market

Vodacom has entered the consumer Internet of Things (IoT) market with V by Vodacom, a range of devices that allow customers to connect and monitor their home, their kids, their pets and their possessions even when they are not there. Consumers can now connect their...

If your data isn’t living on the edge it should be

The end-user experience is critical when it comes to data access. From online shopping to banking and insurance, dealing with any sort of call centre or even buying groceries, nobody wants to be held hostage by slow systems. By Marius Maritz, operations manager at DMP...

Everyone should think like a hacker

Relevant cybersecurity isn’t perpetuated exclusively through investment and systems, it is reliant on people and their understanding of the cyber threat. A leading ethical technology hacker in Europe, Jamie Woodruff, gained access to a well-known financial...

Self-healing smart grids minimise blackouts

Utilities must adapt smart grids to thrive in a decarbonised, digitised and decentralised electric world. Schneider Electric encourages utilities to change the way they think about energy and how innovations, such as EcoStruxure Grid (our ecosystem of smart grids and...

Macsteel enables B2B e-commerce platform

In what it believes is a first for the steel sector, Macsteel has launched an e-commerce B2B platform to sell steel online, giving customers 24/7 access to a sales and enquiry environment. “Business is no longer constrained to the hours between 8am and 5pm, and...

Successfully managing risk in a digital world

At a time when IT staff need to deliver on the backup, recovery, and business continuity needs of organisations, decision-makers must be able to successfully manage risk. By Kate Mollett, regional manager for Africa at Veeam In South Africa, the recent launch of...