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.
Veeam introduces new competency programme for partners Issue 2/3 2023, News & Events Veeam Competency Programme for Veeam Value-Added Resellers and Veeam Cloud & Service Provider partners offers enhanced solution-oriented training and go-to-market capability development that increase credibility and visibility in the local marketplace.
End the scourge of solar panel theft Issue 2/3 2023, Guardian Eye, Security Services & Risk Management, Power Management Modern solar installations are designed so they can be put together very quickly, but this means they can also be dismantled very quickly, and so there has been a massive spike in the theft of solar panels from roofs.
Smart buildings require smarter networks Issue 2/3 2023, Commercial (Industry), Facilities & Building Management, IoT & Automation The smart building is not a new concept, but it's more than just four walls built sustainably, but a network that interconnects people, processes, data, and things. Lots and lots of things.
How international cloud trends impact Africa Issue 2/3 2023, Technews Publishing Enterprises are realising that hyperscale cloud is better suited to development and not everyday business, while the bills have also grown significantly as their cloud needs have become more complicated and sprawled.
VMware unveils new security capabilities Issue 2/3 2023, Information Security, Products & Solutions At the RSA Conference 2023, VMware unveiled enhanced features for its suite of security solutions to address the increasing sophistication and scale of cyberattacks and to deliver strong lateral security across multi-cloud environments.
Beyond the blackout Issue 2/3 2023, Security Services & Risk Management, Power Management Julian Liebenberg, Chief of Cloud Platform Solutions at BCX discusses why cloud solutions are the future for large enterprises when dealing with the economic and productivity consequences of load shedding.
Complex, but critical partner in security SMART Mining Security Solutions 2023, Technews Publishing, Bidvest Protea Coin, Editor's Choice, Integrated Solutions, Mining (Industry) Smart Security looks at how drones can be applied effectively in mine security operations. The ability to quickly gain a birds-eye view of a situation, whether security, safety or operational in nature, makes drones a significant value-add to mines.
The data must flow SMART Mining Security Solutions 2023, Technews Publishing, Mining (Industry) Amidst the dirt and dust, the data packets must always be moving in order for mines to remain on top of their environments, their people, their processes and equipment, and most importantly, the safety of everyone on site.
