Telkom sells off masts and towers
Telkom has entered into an agreement to sell its masts and towers business housed in its wholly-owned subsidiary, Swiftnet, to Towerco Bidco, a new entity to be set up by a black economic empowerment (BEE) consortium. The sale has an enterprise value of R6,75-billion,...
SA operators keep Africa connected despite cable breaks
With only three of the 10 undersea cables that connect South Africa to the world still in operation, it is quite remarkable that the region remains as well connected as it is. This is the view of Edward Lawrence of the Workonline Group, who says: "The cable breaks on...
Key insights into SA’s evolving work environment
What employees want from work and what they are willing to give in return has changed, according to Microsoft's annual Work Trend Index. South Africa is at a long-awaited inflection point: the lived experience of hybrid work. To help local organisations navigate this...
What do companies want from cloud?
Kathy Gibson is at IDC Directions - The cloud discussion is no longer just around the public cloud, but rather about cloud technologies and methodologies on a variety of platforms. "Many CIOs have brought workloads back on-premise, but with a clear view of achieving...
Urgent action needed to ensure a resilient energy transition
A special World Economic Forum (WEF) report on the state of the global energy transition indicates that urgent action is required by both private and public sectors to ensure a resilient transition as the world faces the most severe energy crisis since the 1970s....
SA’s hybrid workers nonchalant over cybersecurity protocols
Even though 53% of employees believe that securing their work devices are important and simple to do, there is still a significant portion of the workforce that must become comfortable with cybersecurity practices if hybrid working in SA is to be safe and effective....
SA tech industry looks forward to continued growth
Kathy Gibson is at IDC Directions - South Africa's economic growth is still low, while unemployment has hit historic highs, driving negative sentiment in the local market. But there is good news, according to Mark Walker, associate vice-president: data and analytics...
‘Splinternet’ makes safeguarding the Internet more difficult
The traditional Internet is increasingly under threat from the "Splinternet", which is a term used to describe the fragmentation of the Internet into competing technospheres. Nation-states are imposing restrictions, increasing the pressure on the Internet governance...
Bank ombud secures millions for wronged customers
Over the past two years, the Covid-19 pandemic has severely disrupted the traditional banking model, testing it to its limit, and banks are still battling to address this. Reana Steyn, the Ombudsman for Banking Services (OBS) points out that 2021 brought with it some...
Congratulations SA taxpayers … you’ve paid government
Before you earn a cent, government takes a chunk out of your pay packet in taxes. Today, 12 May, marks Tax Freedom Day (TFD) 2022 which is a measure of how much time you spend working for someone else's benefit - government GDP - rather than your own. The Free Market...
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Enterprise mobility can maximise business performance
Mobility has become a common trend in the workplace with more employees working out of the office in remote locations. In order to perform business tasks, employees need to be able to access central resources anytime, anywhere from many devices. While mobility is the...
The rise of the algorithm economy
Data has become the currency of the Always-On world. But on its own, it is not enough. Companies need to make sense of the wealth of data they have. This is where the algorithm economy comes in, says Warren Olivier, regional manager for Southern Africa at Veeam....
BYOD: is the big bad wolf dead?
BYOD as a strategy may well prove to be an answer to many questions being posed to businesses the world over, but do we now consider it a safe option? By Ed Macnair, CEO of CensorNet Mobile phones at work are not a new phenomenon. Nor are smart phones. In May 2013,...
Phoenix Distribution wins Kaspersky East Africa distribution rights
Phoenix Distribution, Africa’s leading broad based distributor of software, has won the distribution rights to security giant Kaspersky Lab’s full range of security solutions in the East Africa region. Simon Campbell-Young, CEO of Phoenix Distribution says the...
Trend Micro integrates with Microsoft Azure Security Centre
Trend Micro has announced the integration of Trend Micro Deep Security into the Microsoft Azure Security Centre. Customers will now have access to a single view of all Azure subscriptions, live workload monitoring capabilities, and suggested remediation steps to...
Time to retire legacy software
Legacy software vendors are forced to increase their annual license fees in order to meet financial targets. This together with inflation, escalating support costs, lengthy rollouts and vendor lock-in are reasons why legacy software’s days are numbered. This is...
Huawei launches BES in South Africa
Huawei recently announced that its latest charging system, part of BES (Business Enablement System) has been launched in South Africa. The company has successfully upgraded Vodacom, South Africa’s CCS phase2 data service from OCS3.3 to OCS5.5, which is a basic...
Digital transformation is key contact centre focus
Customer experience is the last source of sustainable differentiation in a battle for the next generation digital consumer, and the only way for contact centres to rise to this challenge is through digital transformation, says Interactive Intelligence. Deon Scheepers,...
Lexmark opens new Solution Centre
Lexmark South Africa has launched its Solution Centre in Fourways, which is a fully functioning centre built to give sales teams and channel partners a platform to showcase Lexmark's solutions in action. “Clients and channel partners can now come into the refreshed...
Partnering increases IP quality in Africa
Workonline Communications and TeliaSonera International Carrier (TSIC) announce their cooperation to increase the quality of IP transit and connectivity services in Africa. Workonline Communications, a South African network service provider has reached an agreement...
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