COVID-19 brings into focus the importance of universal broadband in SA so barriers to entry to essential services like digital education are swiftly removed, says David Chen, VP, Huawei Southern Africa Region.
Lockdown is an ideal time for South African SMEs to move their servers to the cloud, says Michael Zellhorn, MD of Sequel Support.
Once a business continuity management system is implemented, measures for periodic monitoring and evaluation must follow, says Helge Hess, senior VP at Software AG.
Not quite ‘business as usual’, but the right tools and thinking can assist, says Stefan van de Giessen, GM: Cybersecurity at Networks Unlimited Africa.
The Internet of things market has shown that it is shifting towards more adoption, says Andrew Heuvel, CTO at SqwidNet.
The cornerstone of effective cloud integration is the use of APIs across platforms to integrate applications and data, says Clinton Scott, MD at TechSoft International.
For organisations across the board, data storage needs to go a step further, and become more intelligent, says Fred Saayman, Huawei Business Unit: Executive, at Pinnacle ICT.
Avaya Spaces provides an easy way for parents to keep in touch with school administrators and teachers, says Brett Butler, sales engineering director – Middle East, Africa & Turkey at Avaya.
Working at home is challenging to developers who have to juggle work with taking care of kids and family, says Anujah Bosman, CEO of Chillisoft.
Insurers that have been unable or unwilling to make the move to the cloud will struggle to effectively do business during the lockdown, says Lee Kuyper, COO at SilverBridge.
Banks are already connected and operate integrated digital environments, says Kumar Utpal, regional sales manager for Banking and Insurance at In2IT Technologies.
Without a fast and reliable network, remote working becomes impossible, says Ernest Mavhunga, senior server and network engineer at TechnoChange Solutions.