Continuous improvements bring local cloud providers to the fore

With the demand for cloud-based services growing as South African companies look to enable seamless remote or hybrid working and mitigate against power outages, local providers have been continually improving their offerings in order to provide customers with...

Turn resignations into a reset to upgrade skills

A new trend of mass resignations across the working world is being seen by companies and economists as a wave of impending destruction. By Johann van Niekerk, MD of Outsized for Africa This trend emerging in the aftermath of Covid is sometimes incorrectly attributed...

Digital safety this holiday season

This holiday season checking off that gift list will look a little different than in past years. By Aamir Lakhani, global security strategist and researcher at Fortinet Many shoppers are planning to rely on e-commerce for a significant amount of their holiday...

Digital transformation is key to any business’ success

As the world adapts to the realities of Covid-19, industries and businesses need to have a firm grasp on digital transformation to compete. Not only does it exist to solve business problems, eliminating complexity through technology, but it also reduces unnecessary...

Learn, unlearn, relearn – the real digital skills of tomorrow

Digital skills are often touted as the answer to many of the employment and innovation challenges we face in the world today. By SizweSihle Dlamini, customer experience director of Hoorah Digital But what do we mean when we talk about the digital skills that will...

Unlocking the future of connectivity with WiFi 6E

The pandemic has caused rapid acceleration of digital transformation initiatives across sectors, and with it a host of new connectivity challenges that have yet to be solved. By Mandy Duncan, Aruba country manager: South Africa As of January 2021, within South Africa,...