With PoPIA soon coming into effect, are employees who use their personal devices for work purposes - and their employers - violating its rules? Potentially yes...
Sián Fields 4 May 2021
Community housing schemes like sectional title complexes, apartment blocks, residential estates and retirement villages must comply with the PoPI Act...
Marina Constas 3 May 2021
The digital representation of data or personal information, has brought many challenges to protecting privacy rights and thereby protecting individuals...
Ahmore Burger-Smidt and Dimakatso Khumalo 28 Apr 2021
Most all players in the insurance sector are digitising - some more seamlessly than others. This phygital (meeting of the physical and digital worlds) trend is becoming omnipotent...
Kevin Wright 16 Apr 2021
Just under one-third of organisations indicated they are well prepared for PoPIA. Here are six things that can be done to improve compliance readiness...
Anna Collard 12 Apr 2021
With less than 100 days for public and private bodies to be compliant with the Protection of Personal Information Act (PoPIA)...
Three topics will top the list of priorities for executives in the technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) sector in South Africa in 2021...
To help organisations set priorities and make decisions that better protect the safety of organisational data, devices and personal information, organisations can empower employees to navigate the change in a way that balances a need for convenience and security by considering habits relating to these three themes...
Francois Kriel, Issued by Kriel & Co 4 Feb 2021
Datacentrix has been working on a number of projects to support SANParks in its digital transformation journey. This includes the national rollout of software-defined networking technology...
When the world shut down due to the pandemic, everything changed, especially for small businesses. Suddenly, the ability to connect to customers became even more critical, and the safe way to do so is through technology...
We have learned this year the true meaning of digital transformation across every industry. That is, reimagining businesses to better serve customers and understand their needs, and having the agility to respond to changing circumstance...
Robin Fisher 23 Dec 2020
What happens when the age of big data collides with the age of personal information protection? With just over six months left for organisations to prepare for compliance with the Protection of Personal Information Act (PoPIA), this trajectory need not change. Instead it can merge, as long as marketers embrace their role in protecting their customers' voices...
Francois Kriel, Issued by Kriel & Co 26 Nov 2020
The virtual Africa Tech Festival is upon us with the AfricaCom Awards kickstarting the 2020 edition of AfricaCom...
Is digital transformation upending the C-suite? Do the new corporate titles and functions such as Chief Digital Officer and Chief Data Officer threaten the existence of the Chief Information Officer (CIO)?...
Francois Kriel, Issued by Kriel & Co 27 Oct 2020
In times of crisis, it's critical that IT leaders take on more responsibility both for cost savings now and building revenues back up for tomorrow...
Andrew Brinded 28 Sep 2020
Ransomware attacks, which encrypt data and block access to systems until a ransom is paid, have become the most common and costly form of cyberattacks in the supply chain industry...
Watch as senior IAB SA executive board members Claire Cobbledick, Avani Singh and Fahmeeda Cassim-Surtee have a female powerhouse discussion focused on pivoting to digital: audiences, privacy and access...
When shopping online the right to the protection of how one's 'details' is collected and processed is something consumers should be aware of...
Customers can now make cash deposits directly into their own bank account at any Pick n Pay till point, anywhere in South Africa.
Cloud connectivity allows us to approach business activities differently. From managing data and operational processes more effectively to providing access to all areas of the business...
Marius Burger 6 Jul 2020
South Africans, who have been confined to their homes, will now be allowed to venture out for hikes...
South African companies are increasingly looking to reduce costs in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, with Information Technology (IT) amongst the areas being targeted in their cost-cutting drives...
An overview of Bizcommunity's Press Offices, companies and organisations putting the grit in integrity, by continuing to communicate and innovate despite the many challenges of the Covid-19 lockdown...
Issued by Bizcommunity.com 21 Apr 2020
Up to 20 million jobs in the formal and informal sectors in Africa could be lost because of Covid-19, according to a new study by the African Union...
Kingsley Ighobor 17 Apr 2020
The cloud has long been cited as a means of achieving multiple business benefits, however, are South African businesses seeing the real benefits?
Evan-Lee Courie 18 Feb 2020
2019 was a significant year for the technology sector. It brought rise to numerous technological innovations and new business models...
Brendan McAravey 3 Feb 2020
January is a popular time for resolutions. Work out twice a week. Read more books. Try 100 different fruits and vegetables, but what should be on a CIO's list?
With his characteristic dry, wry wit in full force, I sat down with entrepreneur-at-heart Simon Dingle for an exclusive interview after his Catalyst Africa presentation, on why an open internet that connects people is a winner for every industry...
Leigh Andrews 25 Nov 2019
Tooli will offer Arabsat's free-to-air channels and is in talks with pay-TV content owners and platforms to offer their content as well onto the platform with the objective of rolling out a paid service in the future...
Gartner has identified 10 government technology trends for 2019-2020 that have the potential to optimise or transform public services and suggests Government Chief Information Officers (CIOs) take these into consideration when planning for the next 12 to 18 months.
Today's world is a digital one, where technology touches every aspect of our business and personal lives...
The opening keynote of Gartner Symposium 2019 was a comprehensive session on 'winning in the turns' through leadership in a digital society. See key outtakes from Gartner senior vice president Valentin Sribar on reaching 'techquilibrium' below...
Leigh Andrews 16 Sep 2019
The recent publication of the National Health Insurance Bill in South Africa has provoked vigorous debate...
Helen Schneider 12 Sep 2019
In a world where artificial intelligence is increasingly taking over jobs and making them redundant, good executive assistants need not worry: it is unlikely that there will be a robot that can be a perfect executive assistant...
Auguste Coetzer 11 Sep 2019
People are reluctant to try new things. At companies, particularly larger organisations, decision-makers are naturally risk-averse...
Kevin South 10 Sep 2019
While technology has tremendous potential to improve clinical outcomes and reduce cost, it also has a dark side...
Durban tech and legal professionals can look forward to the first-ever Elastic Durban Meetup to be hosted by open source search and analytics company, Elastic...
Issued by LexisNexis 27 Aug 2019
Barloworld Automotive & Logistics' Tshifhiwa Ramuthaga is amongst the first six CIOs in South Africa to be certified by the Institute of Information Technology Professionals South Africa (IITPSA)...
Issued by Barloworld Logistics 27 Aug 2019
The Southern African Bus Operators Association (SABOA) is hosting its annual conference from 31 July to 1 August 2019...
Data Science Africa is the first forum in Africa established for the data science community to get together and learn from peers, discuss challenges, solutions, new ideas and the future of data science...
Branding agency HKLM has launched the Digital CMO Lab to empower chief marketing officers with a playbook...
Jonathan Houston, Issued by HKLM 6 Jun 2019
An exciting new series of meetups has been launched on how to practically explore the sheer number of opportunities which legal technology enablement and new design thinking can bring to the industry...
Issued by LexisNexis 28 May 2019
According to Gartner research, by 2020 all new entrants and 80% of historical vendors will offer subscription-based business models...
I've previously written about the Fourth Industrial Revolution and I will continue to do so, as I believe it provides the solution to uplift Namibia and Africa as a continent...
Llewellyn le Hané 3 May 2019
In the wake of what might be the pinnacle of learning from experience, behold: Experiential Training is coming and here stay...
Dr Lohyd Terrier 2 May 2019
The SA sugar cane industry has been under extended pressure due to falling global prices and escalating fuel, labour and other input costs. To be better placed to meet these challenges, The Royal Swaziland Sugar Corporation has...