SD-WAN is enabling secure and future-proof virtual work communities
Even prior to the massive workplace shifts that took place during 2020, global growth predictions for SD-WAN implementations were significant. By David Browne, regional executive at Telviva However, as businesses accelerated the move to cloud-based environments to...
Cisco’s Webex now offers realtime translation
Cisco has announced the availability (in preview beginning this month) of its realtime translation feature while also expanding the language library from more than 10 to more than 100 languages, ranging from Armenian to Zulu. Users can create their own personalised...
Believe in the power of technology, says Huawei VP
Technology holds significant benefits for humanity, and digital technology can be an indispensable tool for helping the United Nations achieve its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This was the view of Huawei senior vice president and board member Catherine Chen,...
AIOps can solve IT’s toughest network operational challenges
Until recently, troubleshooting network issues meant helping users face-to-face or huddling in a conference room while planning next steps. By Trent Fierro, senior marketing manager for AIOps at Aruba Now, most IT teams are working remotely, trying to solve issues for...
Zero-trust networking approach needed for work-from-anywhere
Following the Covid-19 pandemic, many businesses restructured their entire office strategy by locking or reducing their office footprint, others introducing hot desks policies and some going completely remote. By Simeon Tassev, MD and QSA at Galix This shift brings...
How to secure the branch networks of financial institutions
In recent years, the financial services industry has begun the shift to a digital business model in order to enhance the customer experience and remain competitive. By Renee Tarun, deputy CISO/ vice-president: information security at Fortinet Inc But considering that...
Fibre For Everyone and more…
By Evotel - To get every person in the country connected to a fast and reliable fibre network is one of Evotel’s aims. The company recently rebranded and donned a new jacket to celebrate its growth over the past five years. With this, it also reconfirmed its mission –...
Productivity, employee experience, serendipity: 2021 future of work predictions
Unquestionably, 2020 has been the year of change. We've changed how we work, where we work, when we work, even to some extent why we work. By Kristine Dahl Steidel, vice-president: EUC EMEA at VMware, with Dr Carl Benedikt Frey, director of the Future of Work...
Goodbye lock-in; hello subscription
We have finally come to the crossroads where lock-in has been presented as the evil it is. By Rowen Grierson, regional sales director: sub-Saharan Africa at Nutanix. Over the last 10 months, organisations around the world were faced with an immediate and sudden need...
How technology will continue to change our lives
2021 is going to be a launchpad for change, and here's what's coming. By Werner Vogels, chief technology officer at Amazon 2020 was a year unlike any other. Businesses large and small, governments new and old all had to completely change what they do and how they...
A goal without a plan is a wish …
If there is one thing 2020 has shown it’s that the late Romantic poet Robert Burns was right, when in the 1700s he wrote, “The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry". Covid-19 has wreaked havoc on our ability to predict the “what’s next” factor in our business...
Making the modern network a must for the board
There's a saying in football that you never notice a good referee. Yet they have the most important job - ensuring the match runs as smoothly as possible. Without a referee to police the action, countless games would descend into chaos. By Nick Cross, vice-president:...