Beefing up network security

Thanks to evolving technology, even small businesses collect vast amounts of data these days. This includes the systems logs that are constantly being generated by servers, apps and other network systems. “Let’s take a bank as an example. At the backend, all the...

Open Data Platform now covers continent

The African Development Bank’s Open Data Platform is now operational for the entire African continent. This follows the completion of the last phase of the project for the following 14 African countries: Benin, Comoros, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea,...

Data drives payroll in commerce

The advent of big data and big data analytics is changing business at bedrock level, and this will have an impact on the payroll environment. Business leaders are looking to a combination of in memory business intelligence and big data to empower them to offer what...

Integrated reporting drives good governance

While integrated reporting is a legal requirement for all Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE)-listed companies in South Africa, today’s business environment demands more transparency and good governance from all companies. Integrated reporting combines financial...

Cloud security key for company data

There’s been a proliferation of cloud service providers on the local scene and this has granted companies the privilege of greater choice around who to entrust their data. The right to choose is one that Richard Broeke from specialist managed IT security services...