DDD’s @Heimeshoff aboard for DevConf 2018

German trainer, coach and software developer Marco Heimeshoff, of Germany’s Domain Driven Design (DDD) community renown, is set to be the keynote speaker at this year’s South African DevConf. Heimeshoff co-organises Germany’s first DDD conference...

Is customer-centricity the solution?

Quinton Pienaar, lead: customer engagement and salesforce at PwC South Africa, asks whether focusing on the customer is the way to survive the technology storm. A couple of years ago, you couldn’t walk into a boardroom without stumbling over big data. Today,...

Cyber risk and the challenge for directors

The jump in cyber attacks is challenging how boards approach risk management and their readiness to handle emerging threats, says WomenCorporateDirectors (WCD) and Marsh & McLennan Companies’ Global Risk Center new joint report, “Cyber Risk Management...

Prioritise keeping your bitcoin safe, secure, and available

When I was a child, the prospect of going to a theme park was a wild and exhilarating experience – however, now it doesn’t quite stir up the same feelings, writes Claude Schuck, regional manager for Africa at Veeam. Similarly, the ownership of...

Does your data centre need more cooling?

Data centres are out of date, writes Neil Cameron, Johnson Controls area GM: building efficiency – Africa. They are built to last but, let’s face it, technology changes fast. What’s under the hood in a data centre today often far outpaces the...

Digital agenda requires some policy thought

Tech needs traction. For South Africa to truly embrace digital, the country needs a set of clear and effective policy and legal guidelines governing the new world of data and the cloud, writes Kabelo Makwane, MD of the Accenture Cloud First business in Africa. Early...