SA push to professionalise ICT

SA push to professionalise ICT

Mar 25, 2015

ICT is immensely important to all businesses around the world – and yet the people who work in ICT do not have professional status. Ulandi Exner, director and vice-president of the Institute of IT Professionals SA, points out that the ICT industry has evolved significantly, to the point where it is worth R109-billion this year – and is still growing. Kathy Gibson reports from the IDC CIO Summit in Sandton.

Digital transformation is happening fast

Mar 24, 2015

The only thing more certain than the fact that organisations are going to change is that it’s going to happen a lot faster than we anticipate. Is your IT organisation transforming fast enough to keep pace with new innovations, asks Vernon Turner, senior vice-president: enterprise infrastructure, consumer, network, telecom and sustainability research at IDC. Kathy Gibson reports from the IDC CIO Summit in Sandton.

IT threats and how to counter them

Mar 24, 2015

Kathy Gibson at the IDC CIO Summit, Sandton – There has been an evolution of security threats: from curiosity to cyber warfare – and it’s only going to get worse. Lise Hagen, research manager: software and IT services at IDC South Africa, says the big question that...

How much should you spend on security?

Mar 24, 2015

Kathy Gibson at the IDC CIO Summit, Sandton – There’s no quick answer to the question of how much companies should spend to keep their data safe. There are best practices to making these calculations, determining the value of data, the potential cost of a breach and...

Lessons from the mobile continent

Mar 24, 2015

Kathy Gibson at the IDC CIO Summit, Sandton – Africa is seeing massive growth – and the continent is also leading the way in many mobile deployments. Mark Walker, associate vice-president: sub-Saharan Africa at IDC, says Africa is a healthy market for mobility; but...