Can data drive the success of SA’s cities?
If data is the new gold or oil, how well are South African cities doing in using this precious resource to drive development and improve the delivery of services to citizens? By Percy Letwaba, head of sales for public sector: southern Africa at SAP Globally, local and...
Why 70% of digital transformations fail
Prior to the pandemic, digital transformation was likely a top goal for many companies, but for a handful, it was not. By Greg Gatherer, account manager at Liferay However, businesses seeking to flourish and remain relevant in a changing world have been forced to...
Why is digital infrastructure so important for real estate investing?
The digital revolution represents a shift in the way we live and work, and offers a compelling, long-term global investment opportunity, writes Tom Walker, co-head of global real estate securities at Schroders. The future is digital, and the Covid-19 pandemic has both...
Digital, I want a divorce …
It's time to move on from digital transformation and embrace a whole new business life with digital evolution, writes Colin Thornton, chief financial officer of Turrito Networks. Digital transformation was, up until the end of 2020, the ultimate buzzword goal for the...
Embrace work from anywhere with SD-WAN
If there's one thing the last year has taught us, it's the need for flexibility. By Nirav Shah, vice-president: products at Fortinet The IT teams working at businesses around the world didn't have "global pandemic" on their radar, yet they had to work to shift...
Wits DigiMine to host annual digital mining seminar
Mining's digital future comes under the spotlight again at the University of the Witwatersrand in September, with the Wits Mining Institute's annual digital mining technology seminar. Hosted by the Wits Sibanye-Stillwater Digital Mining Laboratory (DigiMine), the...
Manage post-Covid multi-cloud complexity
Ask anyone in the technology field to name the phenomenon, which most encapsulates IT today and they will most likely name Moore's Law - where doubling the number of transistors on silicon every two years has enabled the exponential growth in processing capabilities....
Remote work highlights the pain points of paper-based processes
Despite the rapid move towards remote work during the pandemic, even Covid-19 hasn't been able to kill off paper in the enterprise. The result is that most businesses are facing the twin challenges of ensuring that remote employees manage hardcopy documents with due...
Key considerations in the world of hybrid working
The work from home (WFH) model has become a staple for many companies as the pandemic and lockdowns continue to be a way of life. But is this going to be the default way we work going forward, or will we be returning to the office post-Covid? Neither, says Brendan...
The five secrets of business resilience
True organisational resilience is defined as much by security posture as by the organisation's ability to adapt and pivot to the unexpected and unplanned, writes Padma Naidoo, senior security consulting manager at Dimension Data. Business resilience defines an...
Skilling for the high-stakes, must-win landscape of 4IR
With few exceptions, almost every company will be a tech business in The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). The adoption of technology - and the change required to support modern working - is one of the biggest challenges organisations currently face. Marilyn...
From WFH to WFA: addressing distributed work security challenges
Research and advisory firm Gartner has found that, after the Covid-19 pandemic abates, businesses will face a new kind of challenge: managing hybrid workforces. According to Gartner, 82% of business leaders plan to let employees continue to work from home (WFH) in at...