Making hospitals safe from lightning, surges

From the skills and training of medical staff members to the sensitive equipment and sterile measures that are used on patients, hospitals are synonymous with efforts to save lives and improve health and well-being. The greatest threats to sensitive life-saving...

How tech is transforming the office

Technology is causing disruption on an unprecedented scale – not just to jobs but to work itself. Andre Sharpe, Regus’s CIO, writes about the innovations that will change the workplace in 2018 and beyond Buildings will repair themselves Prepare to say...

Gemalto boosts cloud security

Gemalto has announced a next-generation key management solution, SafeNet Virtual KeySecure, for simpler and stronger cloud security. Companies can extend their data protection policies to private and public clouds and centralize encryption and key management...

Data centres hyperscale Africa’s ability to transform

Digital transformation is reshaping every industry and sector, because of agile technologies like software defined data centres. By Sameer Cassim, R&D systems architect at Internet Solutions Companies are moving their workloads into the cloud due to aging...

Insist on employee declarations to expose conflicts

The speed at which business operates today often means that suppliers and contractors are on-boarded quickly without proper vetting procedures. When the vetting of these vendors takes place after the service is rendered, it could expose companies to risks such as...

Impact investors can now own farming assets

A new generation of socially conscious investors, comprising predominantly millennials, is driving a prolific trend in global investing. They want their money to do good in the world, while still realising a fair return. The trend, known as impact investing, has...