Far from being on the way out, mainframes − or the ‘big iron’ as they are affectionately known – are reputed to run 30 billion transactions per day, hold 80% of the world’s business data and handle 90% of all credit card transactions. So, if you performed an online transaction today, it is likely a […]
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AI Powered Analytics for Digital Acceleration
Watch this high level summary of factors that accelerate business, why data and analytics efforts can fail and how AI Powered analytics can enable technology-driven business transformation.
Continue readingMore TagManaging Complex IT Environments in the Wake of Covid & Industry 4.0
Today, businesses possibly face the most complicated IT environments that have ever been seen across the globe. In the wake of Industry 4.0, traditional methods simply cost too much, are far too laborious, and result in a reactive approach which cannot keep pace with rapid development. Add to this the strain that lockdowns, work-from-home requirements, […]
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Immutable storage is a crucial tool in the fight against ransomware, as data can’t be overwritten, changed, tampered with, or deleted − even by someone with admin rights. Let’s start by explaining what ‘immutable storage’ is and why it is important to adopt a holistic approach to cyber security. Too many execs operate on the […]
Continue readingMore TagBroadcom named an overall market leader in KuppingerCole 2021 Leadership Compass for API Management and Security
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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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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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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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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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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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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