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This year, let’s use technology to take back control of our lives

Many of us approach a new year as an opportunity to improve ourselves or to change some aspect of our lives. A common resolution…

Smart machines = smart business

Technology has changed the way customers engage with retailers and the days of simply adding an online site to an existing bricks and mortar…

IT in 2016: it’s all about digital transformation and IoT

With 2016 in full swing, it’s never been more important for the IT industry to evolve in order to remain relevant. From an increasing…

New Year, new threats: 6 email resolutions to protect your data

With the holidays officially behind us, everyone is back at work and companies are in full swing again. Unfortunately, they’re not the only ones….

The honeymoon is over: dating apps now a hotbed of crime

Like so many aspects of daily life that have moved online, dating is another that has exploded in popularity in the last few years….

Smart cities for sustainable, sharable energy

Smartphones have transformed how we engage with almost every aspect of our daily lives. Now the outward progression of this technology – the so-called…

The latest addition to the ‘C Suite’? That would be the Chief Data Officer

Companies today are in a race to drive competitive advantage and improved efficiency through better use and understanding of data. That makes sense. We…

10 IT security threats and trends expected to emerge and grow during 2015

2014 has been particularly busy for IT security professionals. Many of the threats that we predicted at the start of the year duly emerged,…

6 trends affecting payroll and HR in 2015 and beyond

South African companies face a number of human resources (HR) and payroll related challenges today, and there is no sign that the pressure will…

5 ways enterprise-level IT will change in 2015

When we think of tech companies, our minds tend to go straight to the ones we deal with on a daily basis as consumers….

5 tips for successful ERP projects

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) projects are notoriously complex to implement successfully. But companies that start out with realistic expectations based on a sound business…

5 SEO tips for optimising your Magento store

Since its inception in 2008, Magento has grown in popularity from a simple niche ecommerce platform into a universally-respected Content Management System for the…

4 tips for getting your payroll ready for the year-end shutdown

As we hurtle headlong in the festive season, payroll managers need to start preparing for their companies to scale down operations or shut down…

Cloud or bust: How ERP is changing

The world is going cloud crazy and it’s not difficult to see why. Where enterprise resource planning software is concerned, the old paradigms of…

Could your company avoid a Sony-style attack?

Twenty years ago Stephen Hawking, the leading physicist and author, said that computer viruses should be treated as a life form, as they exploit…

Local cloud solutions are definitely the best option for global call centres

The call centre has evolved from a ‘transactional’ department into a multi-faceted, social hub of customer service excellence and become a true differentiator for…

5 ways a payroll software partner makes holidays happier

If you are using the right software for your payroll and human resources, you may be preparing for a stress-free December holiday knowing that…

One sixth of Europeans say they’ve never used the internet

From where you stand, it might seem like everyone in your sight is either chatting, updating a status update, tweeting or sharing a picture…

5 things you need to know about protecting and recovering your company’s data

Companies still using tape back-ups should prepare themselves for possible data loss. With a failure rate of up to 65% and the fact that…

We’re moving from electronic-commerce to ‘everywhere-commerce’

If we think back 10 to 15 years ago, we could not have imagined shopping online or the increasing importance of online retail in…

A translation app might not be the answer for your business: here’s why

Every few weeks, another innovative new translation app is announced to help people around the world communicate. Waygo and Google’s WorldLens let you hold…

Here’s how security has changed in the business context

The past few years has seen information security undergoing a radical transformation. A discipline once seen as no more than a necessary evil, security…

Jumia Taps Mirakl Ads to Supercharge Retail Media Across Its African Marketplace

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7: Raising the Bar for Smartphones

Ecentric and MoneyBadger Partner to Bring Bitcoin Payments to South African Retailers

Cape Town Creatives Can Now Work for Free at Africa’s First Creative-Tech Hub

Acer Unleashes Beastly New Predator BiFrost and Nitro GPUs with AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series

Philips Evnia Drops Jaw-Dropping QD OLED Monitors: 240Hz, Ambiglow, and All the Good Stuff

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel

The most recognisable tactical pickup truck evolves