Embracing edge computing Issue 5 2023 Centralised data repositories have disadvantages, and legacy approaches for accessing insights will not work for future minded organisations. Forward thinking organisations should be planning at the edge because that is where the data is created.
Being authentic and unapologetically me Issue 5 2023, News & Events Shanaaz Trethewey, Chief Operating Officer for Comcorp South Africa is an inspiration, not only for her leadership and organisational capabilities, but also her role as a woman in the tech space.
How to strengthen data security for 365 Issue 5 2023, Information Security Amid an alarming rise in ransomware attempts and cloud data security breaches globally, Obsidian Systems advises South African businesses to reassess their data protection strategies for Microsoft Office 365.
Modernise cybersecurity with Zero Trust Issue 5 2023, News & Events Organisations are turning to Zero Trust to modernise their cybersecurity programmes, but determining where to start, the capabilities to prioritise, and the actions needed to progress towards maturity can be complicated.
Nymbis Cloud Report unveils South Africa's cloud landscape Issue 4 2023, News & Events Approximately 50% of South African organisations are implementing a cloud-first strategy with 48% planning to move 100% of their workload to the cloud, while 73% of organisations have migrated storage/archive/backup to the cloud.
Anker Launches PowerHouse in South Africa Issue 4 2023, Products & Solutions Anker, a global leader in charging technology, announced the launch of its PowerHouse 521 and 535 models in South Africa, providing a dependable and affordable solution to the country's persistent power instability.
Cellular IoT connectivity revenues passed €10 billion in 2022 Issue 4 2023, News & Events A new report from the IoT market research firm, Berg Insight, says that global IoT connectivity revenues increased 24% to reach €10.8 billion in 2022 as the decline in the global ARPU decelerated.
Digital transformation is dependent on engaged leaders Issue 4 2023, Training & Education Having a digitisation strategy in place is the starting point, but to truly activate a digital transformation programme, organisations need a strong leadership team that has acute self- awareness, and can positively contribute and direct their influence toward the people affected by change.
Edging towards sustainable business benefits Issue 4 2023, Security Services & Risk Management Organisations are increasingly moving workloads to the network edge. According to a report from IDG/Foundry, an average of 35% of computing resources in the United States now reside at the edge.
Digital transformation and facial recognition Issue 4 2023 Digital transformation has become essential for boosting productivity, fostering value creation, and enhancing security, and the use of facial recognition technologies are anticipated to grow despite slowing economic growth.
The pros and cons of edge surveillance SMART Surveillance 2023, Hikvision South Africa, Technews Publishing, Axis Communications SA, Surveillance, Products & Solutions At first, edge surveillance seemed like an ideal solution, especially in a world adopting IoT technologies at a rapid pace, but after the hard sell, what works for the customer is what counts.
Creating an all-flash data centre SMART Surveillance 2023 Simplicity and innovation are the foundations on which John Colgrove started Pure Storage in 2009, aiming to keep these principles while achieving a vision to take flash storage mainstream and create an all-flash data centre.
Software security best practices Issue 4 2023 An insecure system configuration risk stems from flaws in the security settings, configuration, and hardening of the different systems across the pipeline, often resulting in low-hanging fruits for attackers seeking to expand their foothold in the environment.
Business growth opportunities at the edge Issue 4 2023 There is no one-size-fits-all strategy for the edge, and every industry is required to take a tailored, strategic approach to effectively manage and secure their edge technologies
Three challenges affecting public sector cloud adoption Issue 4 2023, Government and Parastatal (Industry) Cloud technologies offer a golden opportunity for African public sector organisations to become more agile and adaptive, drive innovation, unlock new capabilities and improve the delivery of services to the more than 1.3 billion people that call Africa home.
Edge AI and managing risk in the cloud Issue 4 2023, Industrial (Industry) As organisations see greater volumes of data generated from their operations. It is understandable and imperative that this data is leveraged to generate more value and increase insight that help operations and asset integrity managers ‘do more, better’.
Supporting local manufacturing Issue 4 2023, Industrial (Industry) Smart Security asked Esenthren Govender, Solutions Executive at Technodyn for insight into how the company supports local manufacturing organisations to optimise their business.
The last mile of load shedding Issue 4 2023 With a Stage 16 draft in place, and stage eight load shedding almost put into practice (although some say it’s already here unofficially), it’s important that individuals and organisations get ready for what might happen if the lights go out.
Data storage has a power consumption problem Issue 2/3 2023 We store data with electricity, placing data onto magnetic mediums or altering electric charges inside flash memory, but all that reading and writing requires electricity, which is becoming more expensive as supply crumbles.
