In 2022, South Africans experienced 205 days of load-shedding,(1) with a CSIR report stating that businesses and individuals had no electricity for 43% of the hours in the year.(2) January 2023 saw predictions of the same amount of load-shedding this year, but the reality has been far worse. 21 March marked the first full-day suspension […]
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SASE versus Zero Trust: Removing the mud from the water
The Zero Trust network access approach gains popularity with security professionals, as it addresses many of the shortcomings of the traditional method. According to Gartner, Security Service Edge (SSE) secures access to the web, cloud services and private applications. Capabilities include access control, threat protection, data security, security monitoring and acceptable-use control enforced by network-based and API-based integration. SSE […]
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Unstructured data is hidden gold mine
Harnessing the power of unstructured data allows companies to discover hidden insights, uncover trends and make data-driven decisions. At the best of times, there is a fair amount of market confusion surrounding general technology terminology, and the analytics of text mining is no exception. So, let’s kick-off with a definition of unstructured data analytics – […]
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What’s next for the global ERP industry?
The past few years have lacked stability and clarity. As we move into the second half of 2023, businesses across the globe have largely accepted the new normal, preparing to weather new storms, and build resiliency. The pandemic, geopolitical dynamics, wars, and talent struggles have offered many lessons, and we’re bringing those learnings into the […]
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Exploring process mining’s value proposition
Since the efficiency of business processes determines success, it’s vital to get the flow right. Process mining can unveil hidden insights. Every business is mostly a collection of processes; the quality of the business outcome is to a large extent determined by the quality and efficiency of its processes. Whether it is the process of […]
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CA Southern Africa, Symantec: Multicloud is the future of enterprise IT
CA Southern Africa highlights Broadcom’s prediction that multicloud is the future of enterprise business. A recent report reveals that more than 80% of enterprises surveyed have a multicloud strategy and nearly that number (78%) already have workloads deployed in more than three public clouds. Enterprises are realising the need to customise their cloud infrastructures to better fit their business […]
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Cloud Adoption in Manufacturing: How to Ensure Successful Cloud Projects
As the desire to move to the cloud continues to rise as a real priority for manufacturers, the last three years have driven a push towards adoption. After years of living off a diet of heavily modified, generic ERP systems and applications, manufacturers have realised that there are other options. Moving to a world with […]
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Why Cloud Is Not Always Enough
It’s time to demystify the different types of cloud currently available. Here’s why the future favours a multi-tenant model. While it’s generally accepted that cloud is the future, clouds still come in many forms, and understanding the respective merits of each can be, well, cloudy, to say the least. Industry analysts sometimes squabble over the […]
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Three ways to expand data protection revenue streams
These strategies will enable managed service providers to realise their top business priority for 2023, while reinforcing their value to clients. With the ever-increasing risk of cyber attacks and data breaches, managed service providers (MSPs) understand the critical role data protection plays in keeping clients safe and secure. That’s probably why 88% of MSPs say […]
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Surviving AI’s impact on the data workspace
To prepare for the future, data professionals must develop a deep understanding of artificial intelligence and its potential influence on their work. Let’s kick off by stating the obvious − we can’t see what the future holds; however, through the use of historical patterns, knowledge, experience and informed intuition, we can take an educated guess at […]
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