Lockdown diary: Ian Jansen van Rensburg, VMware

The global networking firm relies on its own video-conferencing and virtual meeting platform to achieve business continuity.

Furloughing staff during COVID-19 requires IT teams to ensure business security and continuity, while dealing with this sensitive situation during unprecedented and challenging times.

In the event of a disaster like COVID-19, it’s vital that network admins can control their infrastructure while employees gain access to the company`s information and apps securely from anywhere, says Axiz's Dino Psoulis.

COVID-19 will have a profound impact on how cyber security is handled going forward, and ITWeb Security Summit 2020 experts will unpack the latest trends from lessons learned during this time.

Award-winning entrepreneur Lynette Hundermark tells ITWeb how her mobile strategy and app development business is prevailing during the COVID-19 lockdown.

The pandemic has proved that digitally transforming every aspect of business is possible, says Noscotek.

The ISP has ensured it can cater for the surge in usage during the lockdown period, with the help of eNetworks, a Datacentrix company.

During national lockdown, SPL will facilitate deliveries to any partner whose essential services credentials are valid.

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.

The ICASA Regulations set out minimum standards that licensees must adhere to during the COVID-19 national state of disaster.

Once a business continuity management system is implemented, measures for periodic monitoring and evaluation must follow, says Helge Hess, senior VP at Software AG.