Multi-cloud, AI the burning IT issues of the day
Kathy Gibson reports from VMware Explore - The burning issues for CEOs today are their cloud journey and artificial intelligence (AI). This is the word from Raghu Raghuran, CEO of VMware, who points out that VMware realised a couple of years ago that the cloud journey...
Extending modernisation, manageability to the edge
Kathy Gibson reports from VMware Explore - An often-overlooked but incredibly important area of IT endeavour, the edge, is gaining importance as the place where a lot of compute action is taking place. VMware's concept of the software-defined edge is a distributed...
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter has a new mission
Having proven that powered, controlled flight is possible on the Red Planet, the Ingenuity experiment will soon embark on a new operations demonstration phase, exploring how aerial scouting and other functions could benefit future exploration of Mars and other worlds....
Digital transformation, IT automation drive hyperautomation
The worldwide market for technology that enables hyperautomation will reach $596,6-billion in 2022, according to a new forecast from Gartner. This is up from $481,6-billion in 2020 and a projected $532,4-billion this year. "Hyperautomation has shifted from an option...
Standard Bank launches services status page
Standard Bank customers have had to deal with protracted disruptions over the last two weeks, including on two Fridays over month-end. Now, Standard Bank has launched a services status page to keep customers up to date about the status of banking services. The free...
APT actors are turning to exploits to launch attacks
Over the past three months, the major waves of advanced persistent threat activity have been driven by supply chain attacks and zero-day exploits. A compromise in SolarWind's Orion IT software for monitoring IT infrastructures led to a custom backdoor being installed...
Lessons from the pandemic from a Nobel laureate
With a pandemic underway, the daunting outlook of economic contraction on the horizon and rampant climate change, the world is facing hard times. What can economics teach us about recovery, asks Professor Abhijit Banerjee, Nobel laureate and co-founder of the Abdul...
Ethereum expected to hit new highs
The Ethereum price is likely to hit $5 000 over the next seven days as the cryptocurrency reaches new all-time highs. This is the bullish prediction from Nigel Green, chief executive and founder of deVere Group, as Ether - the token transacted on the Ethereum...
New chairman, first female vice-chair for WASPA
South Africa's Wireless Application Service Providers' Association (WASPA) has elected its new office bearers for 2021, including a new chairperson. Anthony Ekerold, a founding Director of BDE Attorneys and one of the longest standing board members, will take over as...
CFOs urged to embed corporate sustainability into investment propositions
Chief financial officers (CFOs) who improve their organisation's environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting to investors will enjoy improved access to capital, stock performance, and customer loyalty, according to Gartner. "Approximately one in 10 investors...
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PPC solidifies backups with CA ARCserve
PPC has consolidated the management and control of its backups across a highly distributed computing environment using CA ARCserve Management Capacity Licence, from CA Southern Africa. This licence allows PPC to purchase a single licence for its multiple offices and...
In-store competitions are now easier
Mobile and digital marketing company, MobiMedia, recently launched an innovative in-store competition entry mechanism, which offers consumers immediate feedback and prize notifications, whilst providing prize inventory management and distribution details for...
Citrix XenDesktop offers Windows Azure
Citrix has announced it can enable enterprise customers and service providers to deliver high-performance mobile apps and Windows Server-based session desktops from Microsoft’s Windows Azure cloud platform with the recently announced Citrix XenDesktop 7. With the...
Adoption of contactless payments
As South Africa steadily gears up for the widespread adoption of contactless payment systems, a local expert says consumers have plenty of convenience to look forward to. However, adoption is something of a "chicken and egg" challenge, as introducing the technology to...
Paving the way for managed print success
Managed print services (MPS) is a terrific opportunity for resellers to drive revenue and enhance share of customer. To succeed, it needs the support of a visionary and supportive vendor, says Craig Green, OPB channel manager at Bytes Document Solutions. It requires,...
Information security and good governance
In an increasingly regulated world, all companies today have to take a long hard look at the way information resides within their organisations, who has access to it, and more importantly, whether it leaves them open to operational and security risks. These concerns...
The growing influence of the cloud
The growth and popularity of cloud with the consumer in recent months has meant companies are finding the need to respond to an ever-increasing demand for their services, says Ashton Steyn, chief technology officer and cloud ambassador, HP Enterprise Services, South...
JDA Software launches JDALearn.com
JDA Software Group recently announced the launch of its new learning management system (LMS), accessible via JDALearn.com. Features of the new system include an improved user interface, optimised management of learning plans and enhanced self-service. “The launch of...
Veeam brings testing to disaster recovery
Regular testing is an essential part of any disaster recovery strategy - but, says Veeam territory manager Warren Olivier, it's often overlooked because of the perceived high cost and potential for business disruption. "There is a widespread belief that if you want to...
ESN boosts knowledge management
Companies typically consist of several different departments. While the employees are all working to achieve the same goal – usually to sell more products or services to consumers, thereby generating more revenue for their company – communication systems are...
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