Tech makes supply chain visibility a reality

If you don't keep up, you're not going to understand the world around you, says Patricia Stuthridge, MD of LucidView.

Companies in SA must build cyber resilience into their DNA to recover quickly and with minimal damage following a successful attack, says Heino Gevers, customer success director at Mimecast.

The pitfalls of POC often occur when the success criteria of the project aren't clearly defined from the outset, says Sean Laval, executive: Solutions and Innovations at SqwidNet.

Ransomware has no morals and it doesn't care if you provide a product, service or information, says Carey van Vlaanderen, CEO at ESET South Africa.

When a crisis breaks, employees and other stakeholders must know for certain what actions need to be undertaken, says Karen Humphris, senior manager: Advisory at ContinuitySA.

Customers should look beyond the product to the true nature of the ISP, and the service and support that underpins it, says Grant Parker, GM, SEACOM Business South Africa.

Looking at the total value of an investment is a better way of assessing the worth of an investment than ROI, says Karven Naidoo, client executive at ContinuitySA.

Cyber insurance is a financial buffer against incident costs and helps companies get their security basics in place for their cyber insurance policies, says Charl Ueckermann, CEO of AVeS Cyber Security.

Customer experience is paramount and requires tech suppliers to provide ongoing transformational support rather than once-off sales, says Cameron Beveridge, regional director: southern Africa at SAP Africa.

With Citrix solutions on GCP, companies can deliver experience-driven application performance and delivery in the cloud, says Kurt Goodall, technical director at Troye.

The always-on economy gives cloud data management trends a seat at the boardroom table, says Anton Jacobsz, CEO at Networks Unlimited Africa.