It is being thrust upon business executives, whether they’re ready for change or not. Resistance is futile, it will lead to one’s demise as competitors embrace change and soak up the significant benefits. FULL STORY >

A document management solutions does far more than take the pain out of paperwork. James Francis digs a bit deeper into the South African context. FULL STORY >

In the digital age, information is the new currency. And in order to get information, enterprises are mining data – and lots of it – for the knowledge that it can yield. On the scale of Internet commerce or social networks, the amount of data can be pretty... FULL STORY >

Africa’s emergence as a growth area is attracting interest from businesses all around the globe. Pete Frielinghaus from ContinuitySA tackles its top risks. FULL STORY >

Peter Greaves, expertise leader for Data and ICT facilities at Aurecon, provides insight on how enterprises can better manage data centres within a technologically relevant African context. FULL STORY >

NetApp's Insight 2014 conference held in Las Vegas, Nevada not only offered up some eye-opening perspectives on IT, but its ambitious announcements addressed a key concern with hybrid cloud adoption. FULL STORY >

Movie fundi Spling runs down the latest movie releases, set to hit South African cinemas in October. FULL STORY >

In a fast-changing environment with new applications daily and a surge of data to manage, CIOs are looking to software defined networking to give them a competitive advantage, says Networks Unlimited FULL STORY >

A change in approach appears to be predominant theme in IT at present, and the familiar concept of backups is similarly calling for a different perspective. Warren Olivier, the regional manager of Veeam South Africa explains. FULL STORY >

IT technology analysts, Gartner, have weighed in on data lakes, cautioning users against being swallowed up by hype. FULL STORY >

TechSmart Business recently attended a presentation by Sage VIP’s risk and fraud division manager, Yolande Schoültz, who presented her findings on the key threats facing the payroll environment for both SMEs and large corporates. FULL STORY >

Marrying the analyses of service, cost, revenue, and now, customer experience FULL STORY >

Networking solutions provider, Exinda, makes the case for an orchestrated approach to bandwidth in South Africa. FULL STORY >

It may well be that business as usual becomes a quaint and curious concept in the years to come, with the trend of disruption coming more to the fore. EMC’s Claude Schuck explains. FULL STORY >

This week's geek news is filled with Spidey-themed stories, as details on a Venom Carnage movie and an all-female Spider-Man spin-off emerge, as well as the rumoured all-female cast of the upcoming Ghostbusters reboot. FULL STORY >