The future of technology in SA shouldn’t be one-size-fits-all

Vendor timelines shouldn't dictate business roadmaps. South African enterprises deserve the freedom to decide when to move, says Teko Mojaki, MD of Spinnaker Support South Africa.

Spinnaker Support

5:00

Qrent

29 Sept

The refurbished IT revolution has already started

The professional refurbishment industry is becoming increasingly structured around inspection, diagnostics, component replacement, grading and certification, says Kwirirai Rukowo, managing executive at Qrent.

Legacy DLP was built for a data world that no longer exists

Traditional DLP demands months of classification and policy work before delivering value. FortiDLP changes that equation, says Chris Tyler, business technology strategist at Blue Turtle.

Blue Turtle Technologies

8:20

Business Change Academy

29 Sept

Requirements debt: The hidden risk inside fast-moving delivery teams

Requirements debt describes the hidden risk that accumulates when the information behind delivery is not kept clear enough to remain usable, says Joe Newbert, chief training officer at Business Change Academy.

SA is Africa's AI leader. That is only the beginning

AI could become one of the most significant economic opportunities South Africa has seen in decades, says Clark Fourie, chief IT officer at 4Sight Holdings.

Logistics companies are digitising the document trail behind every delivery

Digitising the document trail behind every delivery turns proof of delivery into a live, payment-ready process, says Junaid Hussain, head of digital services at Ricoh South Africa.

Your last SQL Server end-of-support deadline

Move a workload to Azure SQL properly and it never joins the upgrade queue again, says Johan Lamberts, MD at Ascent Technology.

Ascent Technology

5:30

Cyber security reports

28 Sept

The uncomfortable truth about cyber security reports

Local organisations, service providers and resellers must be able to turn security findings into verified action, measurable assurance and long-term customer value, says Mauritz du Toit, MD at Infotech Integrated Solutions.

Your source code is in escrow. But would it actually help when you need it?

Software escrow should be reviewed against the dependency it was designed to protect, not simply treated as a contract that can be filed away, says Guy Krige, risk and regulatory lead at ESCROWSURE.

Audit-ready EUC: Embedding accountability into asset workflows

Audit readiness shouldn’t require reconstructing the past. Good asset workflows create the evidence as events happen, says Vickash Bheem, head of technology at Nkgwete IT Solutions.

Your SOC cannot outrun AI

If attackers can automate the attack, defenders need to automate the response, says Kurt Goodall, technical director of Troye.

Cloud security is not measured by what you have deployed. It is measured at 2am

Governance tells you who owns the risk, but only detection discipline tells you whether anyone is watching it, says Hendrik Kruger, CTO and CISO at Cloud On Demand.

How Africa’s ‘hidden’ resources can change the energy equation

Energy efficiency is Africa’s most overlooked power source, unlocking growth while expanding access, says Ayman Essam, chief officer: external affairs at Vodacom Group.

Vodacom

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