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Chip maker MediaTek brings next-gen connectivity to Africa

Africa is by no means going to be left behind in technology and connectivity, according to chip developer MediaTek. 5G, it believes, is going to revolutionise the capabilities of mobile handsets, drive home automation and bring feature-rich capabilities to our vehicles. In this episode of TCS+, TechCentral’s James Erasmus spoke…

15 Mar 2023 19 min

The need for speed: Braintree's Heath Huxtable on modern IT infrastructure

The need to deploy servers and supporting software applications hasn’t changed, but the way these deployments are done has. The days when teams of highly skilled consultants and technicians entered a customer’s environment and made a slew of changes are over. It’s clear that enterprises are looking for ways to…

9 Mar 2023 24 min

Tech leader Trustlink rebrands to 'TechFin', Omnea

Having been at the vanguard of the fintech movement in South Africa, Trustlink is rebranding and repositioning itself as two independent businesses, now called Omnea and Tegra. With this move, the company aims to become omnicompetent, omnipresent and omnichannel with a focused approach for each business entity. Dr Philip Tromp,…

24 Feb 2023 17 min

Ricoh SA drives digital transformation with DocuWare

Rifling through filing cabinets in search of the one critical file that has brought your business to a standstill is an arduous and painful task that nobody enjoys. Fortunately, those days are over. Ricoh South Africa is now an expert in the field of electronic records management. In addition, the…

22 Feb 2023 31 min

TCS Impact Series | How to get the better of load shedding

Unreliable power supply due to excessive load shedding has most South Africans worried about the future. However, every consumer can make a difference by using technology. For example, automation can make the job of managing and saving energy less expensive and arduous. Similarly, making use of the internet of things…

15 Feb 2023 17 min

TCS Impact Series | Cybersecurity: not sure which direction to move?

Amid intense disruption in recent years, cybercrime has skyrocketed as attackers continue, and even ramp up, their schemes in times of crisis. And as the threat landscape evolves, cybersecurity solutions need to evolve, too. Concurrently, while C-level executives’ minds are used to looking at things through a business lens, this…

2 Feb 2023 23 min

TCS Impact Series | Akhram Mohamed unpacks the new Huawei Mate50 Pro

Huawei Technologies has officially launched its flagship Mate50 Pro smartphone in South Africa, and the company’s Akhram Mohamed is in the studio to tell TechCentral’s audience all about it. Mohamed, who is vice president of operations at Huawei Consumer Business Group South Africa, unpacks the key features of the Mate50…

2 Feb 2023 27 min

KnowBe4's Anna Collard unpacks her predictions for 2023

Although it’s not easy to predict the year ahead, one thing is certain: cybercrime will become more prevalent and will, if it’s not already, become a risk agenda for company boards. Anna Collard, senior vice president of content strategy and evangelist at KnowBe4 Africa, recently attended the World Economic Forum’s…

12 Dec 2022 23 min

KnowBe4’s Anna Collard: ‘Be mindful and vigilant for better security’

Cognitive overload is leading to obvious security vulnerabilities as the wave of cybercrime gets worse. We can’t risk being hacked as a result of being distracted, yet many employees risk making critical mistakes, especially if they are overstressed. Can we promote a happier, healthier and safer working environment by taking…

6 Dec 2022 21 min

Wi-Fi 7 and the future of wireless networking

The constraints on the global and local supply of critical components, compounded by numerous logistics issues, has made 2022 a challenging one for the ICT industry. Although industry players have made every effort to deliver, when there are no parts there really are no parts! TechCentral’s Impact Series jumped into…

2 Dec 2022 22 min

Talking the latest in infosec with Palo Alto and CYBER1

In this episode of TechCentral’s Impact Series, CYBER1 Security president and board member Rob Brown and Palo Alto Networks regional director Trevor Coetzee are in the studio to chat about the latest in the ever-changing world of information security. In the show, Brown tells TechCentral’s Duncan McLeod about the decision…

13 Nov 2022 48 min

Impact Series | Telviva Engage: omnichannel customer service

The context of how businesses engage with customers is vital: it reassures clients that they have been heard. Clara Wicht, Telviva senior product and marketing manager, and Rob Lith, chief commercial officer, join James Erasmus to discuss current developments in the customer service industry in this Impact Series episode. Long…

28 Oct 2022 22 min

Audi's Sascha Sauer on the shift to EVs in South Africa

Sascha Sauer, the head of Audi South Africa, believes local electric vehicle sales are poised for take-off, despite challenges such as high importation taxes and customer concerns about load shedding. In this TechCentral Impact Series interview, Sauer says South Africans have started taking a much keener interest in electric cars,…

24 Oct 2022 50 min

Maxtec and Orca Security – why public cloud is risky business

Unless you have 100% visibility and are continuously scanning your cloud environment, you are vulnerable. According to recent research by Orca Security, 78% of identified attack paths use known vulnerabilities (CVEs) as an initial access attack vector. This is significant because most entry points that are exploited can relatively easily…

10 Oct 2022 29 min

Tesh Durvasula on the African data centre opportunity

Africa Data Centres’ newly appointed CEO, Tesh Durvasula, says investment in ICT in Africa is creating nearly boundless opportunities for growth. Investments in new undersea cables, terrestrial fibre networks and data centres – the latter led by companies like ADC – is helping meet fast-expanding demand from a youthful African…

15 Sep 2022 35 min

Retail Capital partners with Sage and AWCape for rapid growth

Retail Capital identified Sage Intacct as a cost-effective solution for its business, which has been experiencing exponential growth. Chief financial officer Tyler Posthumus studied Retail Capital’s requirements to scale, and quite specifically stipulated the need for a robust ERP solution with API (application programming interface) capabilities for automation. There also…

12 Sep 2022 25 min