Do you know what data you have, where it is and who is using it? If not, you are on a highway of pain on several fronts. Data has become the key corporate lever for growth and competitive advantage. Not coincidentally, the digitalisation of business and industry is generating ever-growing volumes of data −1 000 […]
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CA Southern Africa, Veracode best practices for container security
As cyber security risks steadily increase, application security has become crucial. That means secure coding practices must be part of every developer’s skillset, says Craig De Lucchi, CA Southern Africa, Account Director. How code is written, and the steps taken to update and monitor it, have a big impact on organisations and their applications. There […]
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Container security is a fairly new technology, especially when viewed in the context of the speed of light technology changes in the fourth industrial revolution (4IR). Container technology itself is a topic that many security practitioners continue to find confusing, but its use is spreading fast, says Craig De Lucchi, Account Director, CA Southern Africa. […]
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During the pandemic, many organisations embraced a hybrid environment, allowing employees to work from home or anywhere else. Furthermore, many have adopted, or are now implementing infrastructure-modernisation initiatives and digital transformation programmes. These significant changes bring various challenges, including increased complexity, potential vulnerabilities, and the burning question of how to keep operations running smoothly during […]
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South Africa’s official joblessness rate is currently at almost 35%, with youth unemployment at 66.5%. While there are many initiatives aiming to help alleviate this situation, the digital sector is currently seeing a skills gap that’s bigger than the jobs gap. For over a decade, iOCO has invested in alleviating this situation with its Academy […]
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In the modern era of digital transformation, data has become an organisations’ most valuable asset, key to growing revenue and accelerating innovation. This means that modern enterprises must ensure that their data is always on and readily available to power their applications. Click here for more information about iOCO. It is therefore crucial for businesses […]
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By Paul Bouchier Sales Director at iOCO, within iOCO Software Distribution, an Infor Gold Partner Every organisation would perform better with access to deeper operational insight. Here, enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions are invaluable for collecting data in a single place in the new self-services business environment. Now the question arises; what do we do […]
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Whether we know it or not, we are all in sales, from the first line ambassador of the business − the receptionist − through to the CFO and CEO… everybody in the organisation. Without sales there are no customers, no revenues, hence no profit − essentially no business. Sales truly fuel every function of the […]
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Active breach and attack simulation does not gain credibility by exposing more problems; it gains it by contextualising them and continuously testing attack paths.Let’s start by taking a bird’s-eye view of what the global breach and attack simulation (BAS) market looks like.The market for automated breach and attack simulation is being pushed by an increase […]
Continue readingMore TagThe Value of an Effective Data Funnel with d/EPM
Creating an effective and reliable funnel to direct data from enterprise applications into governance, risk and compliance, performance management, and analytics offers immense benefits in today’s data-rich world. If the insights are pulling from a single, real-time set of data, immense opportunities for sound decision making are created. “The goal is full business visibility,” says […]
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