SA’s risk managers are missing a trick …

South Africa’s risk managers – in fact, risk managers worldwide – are missing a trick in the wake of recent ransomware attacks such as wannacry, Petya and NotPetya. The trick, as elegant as it is inexpensive to implement, is escrow; more specifically...

Projectors a ‘must-have’ in the modern workplace

Projectors are no longer considered a luxury, but a crucial part of productive and efficient businesses and classrooms. Far from the bulky, archaic devices that many of us remember from our school days, Epson’s recently launched EB-1400, EB-1700 and EB-2000...

Shipping firm opts for Redstor

GAC Shipping has migrated its data backup and recovery requirements to Redstor to ensure its mission-critical information is always available and recoverable in the event of a disaster. GAC Shipping is part of the GAC Group, a global provider of integrated shipping,...

Drones create a buzz in SA’s cellular industry

Unnamed aerial vehicles (UAVs), colloquially known as drones, are emerging as the worker bees of South Africa’s mobile telecommunications industry. That’s according to Philip Smerkovitz, MD of enterprise-class UAV consultant and distributor TeleEye SA....

Mobile robots work alongside warehouse teams

Wärtsilä and DHL have deployed cutting-edge mobile robots from Fetch Robotics to streamline warehouse operations. The technology group Wärtsilä and DHL have completed a successful pilot, where the companies tested mobile robots of Fetch Robotics. The aim of the...

Empowered women empower women

Rene Miles, MD of Novare Investments, penned this open letter to the women who are in or want to enter the financial services industry. Certain stereotypes associated with the financial services industry remain true – the industry is still male dominated, men...