Now for the nuts and bolts of non-geographic number porting

Many corporates, SMEs, NGOs and others with 0800, 086 and 087 phone numbers are no doubt looking forward to being able to move their usually heavily-advertised contact numbers to more innovative providers from 7 March without losing those valuable digits. After 16...

Beware the power consumption of the edge

The datacentre industry has certainly come a long way in driving sustainability in centralised and regional datacentre environments. By George Senzere, solution architect: secure power solutions at Schneider Electric Traditionally, datacentres have been synonymous...

HR solutions to make employees self-sufficient in 2022

Ongoing advances in digital technologies are seeing business leaders and decision-makers scramble to keep up with today’s era of accelerated change. In order to stay competitive, organisations need to constantly pivot and adapt to new circumstances, meaning that...

Email’s not dead – the way you’re using it is

Email is dead. If I’d believed that phrase any of the countless times I’ve heard it since 2010, I probably wouldn’t have a job right now. By Ross Sibbald, commercial director of Striata Africa Everything from SMS to instant messaging, social media,...

Can employers withhold pension?

The Pension Funds Act offers employers and employees with clear insights and guidelines around how retirement funds are paid out, and what processes need to be followed in the event of a dispute. The latter can come about as a result of a financial loss to the...

The definitive data centre

The right data centre investment will create opportunity for any business, creating space for the connected economy and world-class service, suggests Conrad Kock, principal practice head: intelligent infrastructure at Dimension Data. The data centre is defined by its...