Transform your intranet with cloud

Cloud-based software delivery models are quickly becoming the ‘new normal’ in enterprise IT, writes Marc Fletcher, head of marketing and business development at Intervate, a T-Systems company. In a recent survey by analyst firm International Data...

Is wireless an advantageous alternative to fibre?

Eckart Zollner, head of business development at Jasco Group, weighs up the pros and cons of wireless versus fibre. Fibre to the premises (FTTx), be it home or office, is a very hot topic at the moment. Virtually everybody living or working in urban areas has seen some...

Manual processes put database development at risk

Agile development ideas have come a long way over the past few years, from a set of interesting principles with the potential to change the face of software development, management and deployment, to an effective set of tools and methodologies that significantly...

Why you should care about EPM

Allan Saffy, director: EPM solutions at Decision Inc, unwraps why enterprise performance management (EPM) is an essential tool for the successful chief financial officer. Consistent, profitable growth – these are the words which define one of the biggest...

Get the most out of your surveillance cameras

Recently, there has been much discussion about the differences between (and resulting advantages of) thermal cameras and traditional visual cameras for surveillance purposes, writes Laurence Smith, executive at Graphic Image Technologies. Visual cameras use light to...

Automation unleashes faster, continuous application delivery

Automation is far superior to manual testing, but it needs to be developed and used in the right way, writes Hemkumar Balaraman, project manager at Wipro Africa. Automated software testing is emerging as one of the most important aspects of one’s DevOps...