When ethics is allowed to slip by the wayside

Ragiema Thokan-Mahomed, legal, ethics and compliance executive at the South African Institute of Professional Accountants (SAIPA), explains why a loss of ethics risks a public backlash. The massive public opinion backlash experienced by politically implicated persons...

Availability in the age of security risk

With ransomware attacks becoming increasingly prevalent, companies are more aware than ever for the need for effective cybersecurity measures. But despite this, not enough is being done to ensure the availability of data in the event of systems being compromised,...

Why you need to embed data governance

Gustav Piater, sales and marketing director at AIGS (Yellowfin South Africa), explains why it’s important to have one version of the truth. It’s a familiar scene: The monthly sales management meeting began well enough, only to descend into claims and...

Africa set for transport revolution

Despite the continent’s transport infrastructure lagging behind global standards for decades, Africa is bracing itself for a transport revolution as more countries embrace the onset of new technology. This sets the scene for a new era of intelligent mobility in...

ADATA launches XPG SX6000 SSD

ADATA Technology has launched the XPG SX6000 SSD. The product represents a bold move to provide PCI Express storage performance for nearly the same price to end users as that of traditional 2,5-inch SATA SSD.  The SX6000 uses the compact M.2 form factor and reaches...

In2IT boosts tech skills for Boys2Men

In2IT Technologies has joined forces with the Moving Ahead Development Agency (MADA), to enrich the lives of fatherless boys in South Africa through the Boys2Men Career Path programme. The ongoing programme was started two years ago by MADA and has since brought...