Avoid disruption by being the disruptor

Rapid advancement in digital technologies means that market and customer change is outpacing the rate at which companies can respond, and while there are now fewer constraints, there are more variables in trying to plan and invest in new products and services. A new...

Small business networks: wired, wireless or both?

Small and home business owners can be forgiven for believing that wireless is the de facto best solution for their small business networks. After all, at a glance the pros seem to be disproportionately weighted in favour of WiFi, right? “Not so fast,”...

Citrix and the future of SD-WAN

Brendan McAravey, country manager at Citrix South Africa, examines what the Cisco acquisition of Viptela means for the direction of SD-WAN. For those that haven’t been following the rapidly growing SD-WAN market, Cisco’s acquisition of Viptela may seem to...

Digitisation changes the game for manufacturers

Digital transformation, as we’ve come to realise, means something different in every industry, writes Dereshin (Dees) Pillay, head of manufacturing and automotive at T-Systems South Africa. In Manufacturing, the term can be broad-reaching, encompassing...

Why we need open access networks

Access to the Internet is often seen as the last hurdle in bridging the ever-present digital divide, writes Eckart Zollner, head of business development at The Jasco Group. While technology itself has become ubiquitous and increasingly affordable, Internet access...

Towards perpetual equipment by avoiding batteries

Stone Age implements were passed between generations. Then the abacus and the Singer sewing machine were passed between generations so cost per operation approached zero. Today you can still see some 50 year old transistor radios in use. By Dr Peter Harrop, chairman...