A Southern Africa reveals that the latest edition of the annual Veracode 2023 State of Software Security reports that applications grow in size by about 40% year on year irrespective of their original size. The research aims to assist businesses to meet the multiple challenges of reducing security debt and avoiding the introduction of security flaws that accumulate over […]
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Data leaders’ challenge: The growing data skills shortage
One of the major challenges faced by data leaders today is the daunting task of collecting and transforming raw data into analytics-ready data. Moreover, the increasing volume and variety of data, along with the need to manage both cloud-based and on-premises data, makes this an increasingly complex and expensive undertaking. Additionally, data leaders are faced […]
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The Security Risks of ChatGPT
By Byron Horn-Botha, Business Unit Head Arcserve Southern Africa. ChatGPT, developed by the artificial intelligence lab OpenAI, is a humanoid chatbot causing a global sensation. It is now the fastest growing app in history, hitting 100 million active users in just two months – much faster than the nine months it took previous record-holder TikTok to reach that […]
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Moving data from source to target with ease
By Carl Butler Qlik Data Integration sales executive, iOCO. The challenge of moving data from its source in its raw state to its analytics-ready target state has become increasingly difficult. This is due to the exponential growth of data creation and collection in recent years due to digital transformation processes and adoption. Businesses are eager to […]
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The future of cloud security
By Paul Spagnoletti, Business Executive: Cloud & Security at iOCO Over the past few years, as more high profile breaches made the news – and as more data has started making its way into the cloud – security has become the number one priority for organisations. Despite the massive investments companies have been making to […]
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Breaking Up with Call Centers: How to Deliver an Amazing CX Experience
As organisations evolve their contact centres, call centres and service centres into customer experience centres, achieving time to value can be a challenge if they take a big bang platform implementation approach. Making the change incrementally can offer faster returns and an easier transition. This is according to Christiaan Kriel, Business Executive: Automation at iOCO, […]
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Weaving data into the organisational culture tapestry
Culture is defined as the ideas, customs and social behaviour of a particular population or society. The word is derived from the Latin ‘cultura’, stemming from ‘colere’, meaning ‘to cultivate’. It generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activities significance and importance. Culture is made up of the […]
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Application modernisation
Today’s businesses are operating in an entirely new digital arena, but they still continue to rely on monolithic legacy systems. In fact, 31% of an organisation’s infrastructure is comprised of legacy systems, and only 33% of technology in large organisations is modernised. Today’s businesses are operating in an entirely new digital arena, but they still […]
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CA Southern Africa reveals Perfecto’s best practices for high-velocity testing
Speeding up software testing does not have to mean starting from scratch – the best way to accelerate it is by optimising current testing strategy. Perfecto is the key to achieving faster testing. This is according to Craig De Lucchi, Account Director, CA Southern Africa. He confirms the following mini strategy from Perfecto helps deliver faster testing […]
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Data discovery: Scoping the solution
In my first column, I looked at the challenges that organisations face when it comes to collecting, storing and then using data. Significant as these challenges are, they must be overcome because data offers the opportunity to generate evidence-based insights that in turn support better, more rapid decision-making in a complex and ambiguous business environment. […]
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