The importance of trust

Trust is a must for professional accountants, writes Bongani Coka, CE of the South African Institute of Professional Accountants (SAIPA) A good reputation is hard to build, but can be destroyed overnight. This is particularly true of the accountancy and audit...

CA expands portfolio to support DevSecOps

CA Technologies has announced an expanded portfolio that allows companies to integrate security into the earliest stages of development. This also assures security in deployment — an emerging practice known as DevSecOps. According to Gartner: “The goal of...

Innovation-led business transformation starts in the cloud

No matter your industry sector or geographic location, all businesses today have one overriding thing in common: to be successful and sustainable you must be digital. by Cameron Beveridge, director: cloud at SAP Africa While the rewards of moving a business towards...

Alternative wireless connections

In certain instances it is not possible to connect network components utilised in industry with a fibre connection. Therefore alternative wireless connections must be made available. “When wireless connections are needed for the inter-networking of devices ie....

Quantum cryptography will be ultra-secure

With an increasingly connected world spurring on the perpetual rise of the Internet of Things (IoT), data is firmly establishing itself as the dominant fuel within many organisations, being central to the way they work, writes Ronald Ravel, director: B2B South Africa...

Hit the ground running in the new year

Widely touted as an organisation’s biggest asset, data is on the minds of a lot of companies. It’s being hailed as the secret to customer satisfaction, sales and marketing efforts, and a bird’s eye view of an organisation’s customer base....