2017: A year of discontent and disruption?
With the arrival of the 17th year of the third millennium, many welcome the fresh start a new year brings after a tough 2016, writes Aaron Burton, Datta Burton & Associates. It is also an opportunity to take stock of the previous year, learn from it, and use that...
Saicom partners with Thinkst Canary
End-to-end telecommunications and networking solutions provider Saicom Voice Services has entered into a strategic partnership with Thinkst Canary to offer a fully-managed honeypot network security service. The service, which complements the company's existing network...
Nokia IMPACT IoT platform enables IoT services
Nokia has announced updates to its Intelligent Management Platform for All Connected Things (Impact), making it easier for customers to deploy new services and business models for key IoT vertical applications, including smart parking, smart lighting and...
Riverbed supports Maersk on its digital journey
Riverbed Technology, the application performance company, today announced that Maersk Line, part of the Maersk Group and the world's largest container shipping operator, is using Riverbed SteelCentral to monitor business-critical applications and services and provide...
VTech added to Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise vertical offer
ALE, operating under the Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise brand, today announced a selected range of VTech phones will be added to the Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise Vertical Markets offer and catalogues in Europe, with a target to reach more regions later in 2017. Together, ALE...
The year ahead will be tough and demand IT agility
It may sound like a safe bet, but the truth is that no prediction is ever full proof - however, ICT experts at AWM360 are confident next year will feature an even tougher economic environment in South Africa than has been the case this year. As hard as it is to...
Digitalising? Think mobile, content and customer
There is no doubt that digitalisation is the main driver behind business across the majority of industries, and as businesses enforce their strategies, they need to keep customer experience, content, mobility and security front of mind. Kevin Hall, national sales...
Recreating the spirit of Silicon Valley in SA
Silicon Valley: a magical place where employees not only work incredibly long hours but also get access to quirky benefits that create an environment many consider perfect for career development. Gareth Hawkey, CEO of redPanda Software, highlights a few lessons local...
True value of IoT lies in it being the Internet of Humans
The Internet of Things (IoT) has caused unprecedented hype among technologists, software developers, futurists and industrialists, writes Richard Barry, CEO of Polymorph. Estimates of the adoption of IoT vary from anywhere between 2.38-billion devices shipped in 2017...
The digital economy: converting scale to value
The rise of the digital economy is developing at pace globally and is now probably the single most important driver of innovation and prosperity, writes Yusof Seedat, director for growth markets at Accenture Research. The proposition of its potential to stimulate...
Ericsson in exclusive deal with 20th Century Fox
Ericsson hasannounced an exclusive, multi-year feature film deal with leading international content distributor 20th Century Fox Television Distribution, for its subscription video on demand (VOD) service, Nuvu. The output deal includes DreamWorks Animation-produced...
Your chiller just got more life (support)
With Connected Maintenance, Johnson Controls brings a practical Internet of Things (IoT) solution to its clients -- providing the kind of connectivity to high-end chillers in South Africa that will extend their lifespans ... and save owners a whole lot of maintenance...