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Preparing for migration to subscription selling
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SME security resellers close the gap on corporates
Just four percentage points separate the security software market share of small and medium resellers (SMRs) and corporate resellers, reflecting changing business priorities during the pandemic, according to Context. The research company's latest figures for Q2 2021...
EOH closes out the year on a positive note
As it prepares to close its financial year, EOH is on track with a turnaround strategy that positions it for growth going forward. This is according to CEO Stephen Van Coller, in a pre-closing statement to shareholders. "The EOH of today has emerged out of exceptional...
Red Hat, Nutanix in strategic partnership
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Youth-owned academy brings youngsters into ICT
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Which economies will bear the brunt of Covid-19 fallout?
While the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has had a severe economic impact on just about every country in the world, there will inevitably be nations that will have to endure significantly more severe economic fallout in the years to come. Measures implemented to deal with...
This is the data lost in recent privacy breaches
A massive 530 million of the most significant breaches during the past year were emails, while 25% of the breaches included phone numbers. Privacy protection company Surfshark analyzed 5,3-billion data points from the most significant breaches of the past year,...
Malware pretends to be a Windows 11 upgrade
Recently, Microsoft officially introduced a new version of its Windows operating system (OS), Windows 11, which will roll out to PC owners later this year. However, as the OS is now available for download and early adoption, Kaspersky has found the update is already...
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Outsourcing in the changed economy
Despite the global economic downturn in recent years, many outsourcing deals have been re-negotiated and extended. In many such cases the deals changed, in the sense that the commercial model was scrutinised and optimised to meet client objectives, says Dr Andrew...
SA the gateway to Africa’s wireless future
While South Africa is frequently maligned for lagging behind on leading edge technology, some market watchers think differently – arguing that the country is, in fact, at the leading edge of the continent's technology evolution with its consistent introduction of new...
Fortinet introduces new appliance
Fortinet has announced the FortiSandbox-3000D, an advanced threat prevention appliance that provides enterprises with a powerful tool to help combat Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs). The new offering combines a unique dual-level sandbox, dynamic threat intelligence,...
Self-service leave tool aids planning
With the end of the year in sight companies face the administrative burden of making the complex calculations related to determining the correct leave pay due to employees. The Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA) sets out the legal structure of all employment...
Municipalities need to reduce risk
South African municipalities should consider implementing risk reduction strategies to control the increasing problem of vandalism and theft which has cost the City of Johannesburg an estimated R3,6-million this year. Choruma says that municipalities should put more...
Marval South Africa offers ITSM workshops
Marval South Africa has bolstered its education and training offering with the introduction of a corporate strategy and service management workshop tailored to the business needs of the corporate sector, medium-sized business and individual professionals. With the...
Teradata conference highlights key trends
Delegates from Bytes Universal Systems and several of its key clients recently attended the Teradata Partner Conference in Dallas, Texas. The growing importance of big data was one of the key trends at the conference, which was attended by 4 500 delegates. Keynote...
Tackling the question of women in business
It’s troubling that in debates about women in business, as in human resources in general, the same issues have been coming up for more than a decade, says Jennie Algie, head of people development, Merchants. And, yes, while organisations are reporting a gradual...
Successfully selecting an ERP solution
The process of selecting the best enterprise resource planning (ERP) system for your business goes deeper than criteria such as functionality, usability and an industry-specific offering, says Craig Stephens, VP, International Consulting, Epicor Software Corporation....
Enhancing the private cloud
Companies today are looking for solutions that offer better traction for their IT budgets, while providing agile, innovative and automated IT services both inside and outside of their organisations. One such solution to dynamically scale enterprise workloads and to...
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