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 >

In the wake of Tempo Smart Calendar’s latest substantial update, the company’s San Francisco based co-founder and CEO Raj Singh spoke to TechSmart Business about personal information management and what lies ahead for its personal digital... FULL STORY >

When Isuzu Truck South Africa was in need of a catered enterprise management solution to govern its unique business, it was 4most’s EMA that it turned to, to help drive its business forward. FULL STORY >

SMEs can anticipate being better equipped to compete against larger and global players, thanks to a home-grown enterprise management solution from 4most. FULL STORY >