The hidden VAT opportunities for small businesses
The VAT increase, which comes into effect in just a few days, is an opportunity for SMEs to review their processes and identify opportunities to cut costs and streamline operations. By Viresh Harduth, vice-president: new customer acquisition (start up and small...
Infrastructure management trends in
It is a digital age and for businesses to remain current, they need to get on board with the burgeoning trend towards customer experience improvement and tailor their infrastructure accordingly, writes Ranjoy Nag, sales: global infrastructure services for South Africa...
Broadband spectrum key to safe cities
The unavailability of broadband spectrum is an impediment to unlocking the fully potential value of the technologies available to enhance the public safety and security. Public safety entails the collaboration of multi stakeholders whose operations are not...
Datacentrix hones in on hyperconvergence at Dell EMC Forum
Datacentrix, a provider of high performing and secure ICT solutions, will place a strong focus on how local businesses can take the leap towards converged and hyperconverged infrastructure at the upcoming Dell EMC Forum, taking place on 27 March 2018 at Sandton...
Huawei in strategic partnership with IATA
Huawei has joined the Strategic Partnerships Program of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), aiming to use ICT in the development of airports and airlines of the future, enhancing the passenger experience and optimising air cargo operations. IATA is the...
Realise your digital future with these trends
How can you realise your business’ digital future? This is a question many CIOs, IT managers and other business leaders are asking every day. Digital transformation is the metamorphosis of companies, a thorough and dramatic change in form or appearance. Nigel Moulton,...
Prioritise keeping your bitcoin safe, secure, and available
When I was a child, the prospect of going to a theme park was a wild and exhilarating experience - however, now it doesn't quite stir up the same feelings, writes Claude Schuck, regional manager for Africa at Veeam. Similarly, the ownership of cryptocurrency isn't the...
Digital agenda requires some policy thought
Tech needs traction. For South Africa to truly embrace digital, the country needs a set of clear and effective policy and legal guidelines governing the new world of data and the cloud, writes Kabelo Makwane, MD of the Accenture Cloud First business in Africa. Early...
Blockchain aggregator from Modex
Modex has launched its first fully functional product alpha, bringing to the market what it is calling an app store for blockchain. Modex's Smart Contract Marketplace aims to tackle the 'last mile' adoption problem that will bring blockchain technology into daily use...
How tech will shape the world in 2018
A lot can happen in a year. And when that year is 2018, a year in which we stand on the threshold of an exponential future driven by technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data, IoT and blockchain, the world may look very different by the end of it than it...
Automation on the back of digitalisation is big
The biggest trend in enterprise software in 2018 is automation, due to digitalisation, and it's causing some difficulty for enterprises that haven't perceived of a world where software, not employees, is the new customer interface. By Jaco Viljoen, agile consultant at...
Netshield provides end-to-end IoT solution
Netshield South Africa has unveiled its end-to-end IoT (Internet of Things) solution, assisting customers with the development, management and deployment of successful IoT implementations, from sensors, through to the gateways, dashboards and analytics. As a local OEM...