Amid the massive disruption caused by the pandemic and the lockdown, Vodacom announced this week that it has partnered with the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS) in Johannesburg to keep students connected to higher learning... FULL STORY >

Duncan McKay discusses the importance of addressing quality management as an integral part of the overall Data and Analytics (DnA) processes in an organisation and how data quality and master data management should be seen as key strategic... FULL STORY >

28% of IT security managers missed important family dates because of data breaches, according to Kaspersky, begging the question whether companies care about their employee's wellbeing as well as the company's reputation. FULL STORY >

GlobalData notes consumer spending in the telecom sector will remain inhibited. FULL STORY >

MTN today implemented the data usage rate service which enables both prepaid and contract customers to monitor their usage history. FULL STORY >

Amid the turmoil produced by the current pandemic, two technological considerations are rising to the fore: remote working, and with it, cybersecurity. Recently we had the opportunity to speak to F5 Network’s Alain Tshal on... FULL STORY >

Midsize enterprises are receiving some love this month, with Hitachi Vantara recently introducing a Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) E990 for them specifically. FULL STORY >

The current Corona crises might be playing havoc with the economy, but some companies are still seeing the value of investing in the future. FULL STORY >

With a proliferation of data emerging from the Covid-19 pandemic, data visualisation offers a fantastic opportunity to present all this information in an easy-to-digest format, and its applications are broad. SAS Senior... FULL STORY >

Africa’s largest institution devoted to data science, The Explore Data Science Academy (EDSA) has opened registrations for the July 1 intake of its 12 month, full-time data science learnership as well as its... FULL STORY >

Vodacom has cut data prices by up to 40% and will provide free data to access essential services through Vodacom’s zero-rated platform ConnectU with immediate effect. FULL STORY >

A new report by Veritas has found that Cloud adoption is on the rise as businesses aim to reduce data protection costs, but many miss this benefit as they use cloud as a dumping ground for ‘dark’ and redundant,... FULL STORY >

Alasdair Parsonson, Technical Expert: Data Intelligence at Hitachi Vantara explains why protection of data is complicated, but needed and the solutions available for data protection. Alasdair Parsonson, Technical Expert: Data... FULL STORY >

Businesses are on the cusp of an exciting new era where they can unlock even more insights from their data, due to significant growth in edge computing. Andreas Bartsch, Head of Service Delivery at PBT Group and Bethwel Opil,... FULL STORY >

Data visualisation, which enables decision-makers to spot patterns and identify trends and correlations in company data that would otherwise have remained hidden, is more a business function than a technological one, argues... FULL STORY >