Securicom reduces data centre footprint with Cloudistics

Data centres by nature consume a lot of energy and demand for power will continue to grow as the volumes of digital information that companies store and process continue to grow. With this come increasing energy costs and cooling requirements. According to Douw Gerber...

Treat employee incapacity with caution

South Africa’s Labour Relations Act (LRA) sets out clear guidelines that employers must follow when it comes to dealing fairly with cases of employee dismissal for incapacity. Employers cannot simply dismiss an employee for being incapacitated and each case...

Forcing customers to use your app is brand vanity

Many brands remain obsessed with creating mobile apps. This not only defies trends that point to increasing consumer app apathy, but can exclude a sizeable portion of your customers in emerging economies, writes Pieter de Villiers, group CEO at Clickatell. Companies...

Data curation is the answer to business success

The digital shift is fundamentally altering the way we do business, in effect taking away the power of big business – and handing more of this power over to the consumer who is now more able to call the shots on what they want and how they want it served. By...

AWCape bolsters service with Gabsten solutions

Data Management Solution specialist, Gabsten Technologies, has partnered with professional software and services company AWCape, to provide data backup and management services as part of AWCape’s solutions portfolio. AWCape, a Sage Business Partner for HR,...

Comfort: the addiction that kills success

Only 25% of the world’s population is comfortable with changing the status quo and doing things with an innovative twist. “These individuals are often called disruptors or innovators,” explains Juanita Vorster, a professional speaker on the topic of...