A familiar face takes the reins at Tarsus

By Mark Davison - After months of speculation, Alviva Holdings – parent company of Tarsus Distribution – has announced a new, permanent CEO for one of South Africa’s oldest and leading distributors. Thibault Dousson, currently director of Lenovo’s Solution and...

European orbiter detects hints of volcanic activity on Mars

New evidence from gas seeping above volcanic rifts suggests Mars is not geologically dead deep inside, but merely sleeping. Fresh fissures along the Alba Mons region hint at active spots under the surface, where gases from inside the planet may be making their way up...

NASA experiments with drones for planetary landings

NASA successfully demonstrated technology designed to help spacecraft autonomously navigate to safe landing sites on the Moon and on other planets. An Alta-X drone equipped with the agency’s Safe and Precise Landing – Integrated Capabilities Evolution (SPLICE)...

Turn vision into reality with the right AI strategy

Kathy Gibson reports from Dell Technologies Forum in Johannesburg - Today's leaders aren't asking whether to adopt AI, they're asking how to turn it into outcomes the business can see. And South African companies can no longer afford to take a wait-and-see attitude to...

Data protection issues put digitalisation at risk

Data protection challenges are undermining organisations' abilities to execute digital transformation (DX) initiatives around the world. This is according to the Veeam Data Protection Report 2021, which found that 58% of backups fail, leaving data unprotected. Veeam...

SA children exposed to cyber-threats

The online threats faced by children are very real, and many youngsters have fallen victim to one or more attacks. Digital identity, privacy and social media protection company Digimune surveyed 200 South African parents in February 2021 to gauge their views and...

Tender policy hampers procurement changes

Professor Douglas Boateng of the Unisa Graduate School of Business Leadership (SBL) is Africa’s first Professor Extraordinarius for Supply and Value Chain Management. Ahead of his Executive Insights into Negotiations in Supply Chain Management workshop to be held at...

Ericsson, Vodafone partner on POS payments

In a new partnership deal, VeriFone Mobile Money Retail Enablement software suite will be integrated with Ericsson Wallet Platform to expand payment options, including in emerging markets. The global partnership agreement will make it possible for Ericsson’s customers...

Insurance firms: adapt or die

The insurance industry needs to radically change its business models, or risk becoming irrelevant. That’s the harsh warning from Simon Winter, executive director: banking, financial services, capital markets and insurance at Dell EMEA, who tells IT-Online that insurance is one of the last unreconstructed industries left. Kathy Gibson reports from Dell Innovation Day in Copenhagen.

ESD crucial to boost SMEs

The South African economy is going to rely on the jobs created by the small business sector – and this requires that big business transforms its supply chains. Pavlo Phitidis, CEO of Aurik Business Accelerator and director of Aurik Enterprise Development, says that...

Solving some practical IoT challenges

The new trend towards deploying the Internet of Things (IoT) brings together the worlds of information technology (IT) and operations technology (OT). Dermot O’Connell, executive director: OEM solutions at Dell EMEA, explains that the challenges for IT are security, governance, productivity and lowering operating costs. Kathy Gibson reports from Dell Innovation Day in Copenhagen.

Workers swing to flexibility

Almost half of the global working population considers it important to have flexible working hours. The Flexibility in Work Life report from Ericsson ConsumerLab shows that today’s working population places great value on the importance of pleasure and the pursuit of...

PetroSA told to buckle down

The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Energy has told PetroSA to put its house in order – or it might not survive.
The committee met with the Department of Energy (DoE) and the Central Energy Fund (CEF) at PetroSA’s head office last week, to be briefed on the alignment of their key strategic priorities. Among the key points of concern are recent media reports about the executives that had been placed on suspension at PetroSA, and the committee questioned the current status of PetroSA CEO, Nosizwe Nokwe-Macamo, and two
other senior executives.

Users turn to the small screen

Contrary to popular opinion, mobile screens are regularly being tapped for streaming longer-form video – and South African consumers are getting in on the action. This is according to Mobile Video Usage: A Global Perspective, a new comprehensive survey of consumers...

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