Oct 28, 2015
It is no secret that South Africa’s current copyright legislation is outdated and in dire need of an overhaul. So when news broke that government was set to publish a Copyright Amendment Bill in July this year, the IP fraternity was atwitter with excitement and...
Oct 20, 2015
On 2 September 2015, local authorities published a 128-page draft Cybercrimes and Cybersecurity Bill for public comment. The Bill is part of a set of laws and policy initiatives in South Africa that aim to regulate the ever-expanding online economy, and the surge in...
Oct 16, 2015
The Protection of Personal Information (PoPI) Act has received significant media attention over the past two years, particularly around the various aspects covered and how to comply, writes Simeon Tassev, Director of Galix. While the appointment of the regulator has...
Oct 5, 2015
The recent DAMA SA Conference unpacked a number of data governance related issues including real experiences of South African corporates. What was starkly apparent is that business input is critical to achieving data governance, data quality and moving from passive to...
Sep 23, 2015
With the recent passing of the Protection of Personal Information (PoPI) Act into law, the issue of data sovereignty has come into focus in South Africa. By Bryan Balfe, enterprise account manager at CommVault While not a new topic, PoPI has highlighted its...
Sep 22, 2015
In the past five to 10 years, data growth has accelerated at an exponential rate, particularly around unstructured data such as emails, videos, pictures, documents, spreadsheets and more. This level of content creation has the potential to yield significant insight...
