CA Southern Africa, the sole sub-Saharan Africa representative of CA Technologies, a Broadcom company, has revealed the results of the KuppingerCole 2021 Leadership Compass for API Management and Security. In this evaluation, Broadcom’s Layer7 API Management solution was named as an overall market leader due to its product, innovation and market leadership. KuppingerCole specialises in […]
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Finding flexibility in the software testing lifecycle
Shift left is unquestionably the way to go in app development, but sometimes it’s necessary to incorporate a move to the right, encompassing post-production testing. I have explained that while shift left thinking is crucial to the development of quality apps that behave as predicted, it is not necessarily a panacea for all ills. Yes, […]
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Exponential organisations are data driven
The term “exponential organisation” came to the fore some years ago when author Salim Ismail outlined new paradigms in organisational design and described businesses that were able to fast-track traditional growth and make 10x the impact or grow 10x faster than other companies. Ismail described several characteristics that made them distinct from traditional organisations, including […]
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Zero Trust
Chris Visagie, Solutions Executive, iOCO Security Solutions, unpacks Zero Trust Covid-19, and the worldwide lockdown that followed, saw the focus shift overnight to remote work with executives scurrying to adopt a remote work strategy. Now, hybrid work has introduced new challenges, particularly on the security front. An analysis of the current operating environment shows a […]
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Delivering good customer experience under Zero Trust
In my previous article, I argued that the Zero Trust model was gaining traction because it is so well-suited to the digital and highly-fragmented organisational models that are becoming the norm in business. So far, so good. But of course, a major reason for the openness of the corporate IT estate is the growing need […]
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Securing the IT perimeter in the new hybrid world of work
Zero Trust is a key principle in the increasingly boundary-less business world, as opening up the corporate network and IT estate has profound security implications. E-commerce has been growing steadily for years and is expected to reach 18.1% of retail sales worldwide this year, and 22% by 2023. Even more significant, businesses have been moving […]
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Embracing the three categories of business intelligence
Companies need to add experimental business intelligence to their curated and federated BI planning, as it’s a high-risk, high-reward arena in the data and analytics space. According to Gartner, business intelligence (BI) platforms enable enterprises to build BI applications by providing capabilities in three categories: analysis, such as online analytical processing; information delivery, such as […]
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Solving for POPIA and securing business data
You know that you need to be POPIA compliant, but don’t lose sight of the bigger picture: effective data management has massive benefits beyond checking boxes, including heightened security and governance, and reduced risk. POPIA compliance is a journey, not a PowerPoint slide Compliance with the Protection of Personal Information Act (the POPI Act or […]
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Get on your bike, and work
How the workplace has evolved and why workforce mobility has become a critical success factor for the futureproof, modern organisation. There’s one word that defines the future of work, one word that captures the shift in workplace and workforce parameters, that wraps hybrid and remote working models into one, neat bow. That word? Mobility. Defined […]
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DevOps: the secret weapon behind business innovation
DevOps isn’t just about IT: in fact, by embracing this model, businesses can become faster to market, more agile, and better at meeting customer needs. What is DevOps? Every company is becoming a software company, with the ability to develop new digital solutions and services as a differentiator across all sectors. In the age of […]
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