2020: The technology trends to watch

It is expected that 2020 will see a myriad of innovative technologies starting to enter the mainstream. And while many of them have been around for a while, South African companies will only now start realising the potential benefits they can unlock. By Ian Jansen van...

How to manage connectivity expenditure

The connectivity space has changed drastically in the last decade mainly due to the decreasing cost of connectivity year on year. By Vishal Barapatre, chief technology officer at In2IT Technologies While the cost of bandwidth continues to come down, the stability and...

5G battleground to move indoors in 2020

2020 will see mobile operators focus on taking ownership of the indoor environment to deliver seamless 5G connectivity indoors and out, claims Ranplan Wireless. While some 80% of mobile data is consumed indoors, only around 2% of buildings currently have dedicated...

SD-WAN and SDx – the time is now

The importance of the connected business in a digital world has resulted in organisations reprioritising how they view and manage data. By Binesh George, CEO of Redvine Networks Fundamental to this is how companies link their systems to that of the cloud provider or...

Three ways to build a more sustainable IT model

Reports suggest 8-million data centres are active today, and we’ll see billions of devices connected in the very near future. By Brendan McAravey, regional director: sub-Saharan Africa Citrix Further, when factoring in the millions of people who travel to and...

SA enterprises missing an opportunity to be more agile

Gartner says 54% of companies are planning to become product-led organisations. By Calton Nhando, digital consultant at IndigoCube That may seem like a lot and it’s often easy for the business and technology people to see the advantages of adopting the approach....