Things we’ve learnt in the last 12 months
Every organisation arguably entered a survival mode when the first lockdown was announced in late March 2020. By Cameron Beveridge, regional director for southern Africa at SAP With offices closed, workers and families confined to their homes, and most economic...
The changing role of the network security architect
The role of the network security architect is constantly changing due to evolution in IT landscape, its digital transformation and the position has become particularly important over the past 15 years. This is a period during technology and the way it is consumed has...
Huawei enables industries with scenario-based solutions
Driven by the Covid-19 pandemic, digital transformation is speeding up across industries, and full cloud adoption will happen one to three years earlier than expected. This is the word from Ken Hu, Huawei's rotating chairman, speaking at the company's online...
Thames Water UK extends partnership with SA consultancy Explore-AI
The consultancy agreement between Explore-AI, a Cape Town based technology consulting company and British water utility Thames Water has been extended, with Explore-AI confirmed as a prefered Data Science partner. In 2019, Explore-AI, the consulting division within...
AI and edge computing: a match made in IT heaven
Artificial intelligence (AI) and edge computing are certainly both industry buzzwords in their own right. Implementation of AI by businesses has grown 270% in the past four years, while enterprises will spend an average of 30% of their IT budgets on edge cloud...
Data sprawl a critical issue for modern enterprises
Data sprawl - referring to the fact that valuable data is now commonly spread across multiple physical locations and different repository types - is one of the most critical IT issues that a modern organisation will have to manage. Not only does this expanse of data...
Fujitsu recognised as workplace transformation leader
Fujitsu has been recognised as a Leader from Gartner in the 2021 Magic Quadrant for Managed Workplace Services, Europe. This is the fifth consecutive year that Gartner has named Fujitsu as a Leader. In the 2021 Gartner report, Fujitsu is again positioned highest among...
New network technology drives digital transformation
Enterprises around the globe are waking up to the importance of digital transformation when it comes to achieving their business objectives. But as more and more applications and office functions move to the cloud and operations evolve, so network capability will...
IoT could improve water infrastructure challenges
A suite of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions are being rolled out and others are under development to address the many issues facing existing water supply infrastructure around the world. A critical issue that can be improved with the use of the technology is...
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,...