The beginning of an infrastructure renewal cycle offers a strategic window for companies to modernise their IT foundations, says Ives Li, solution architect at Huawei Cloud South Africa.
Innovation needs deliberate, grounded action that closes the space between what could be done and what gets done, says Andrew Harris, chief sales and marketing officer at DCC Technologies.
AfriGIS actively works to provide internships and mentorship opportunities that expose women to the vast range of roles available within GIS, says Rochelle Mountany, CEO of AfriGIS.
Many South African ISPs, enterprises and digital platforms are heavily reliant on a single IXP for their traffic flows, says Adil El Youssefi, CEO at Africa Data Centres.
ZTNA 2.0 inspects all traffic and enforces least-privilege access continuously, says Koobasen Moodley, Cybersecurity: principal security architect at NEC XON.
The only way to build real protection is to shift the mindset – from defence through products to resilience through visibility, says John Mc Loughlin, CEO of J2 Software.
The companies that will endure are those that design for turbulence, says Fikile Sibiya, CIO at e4.
NEC XON's sensing technologies give farmers the ability to monitor soil conditions, crop health and environmental changes, says Chris Duvenage, team leader digital solutions at NEC XON.
There's a clear preference among modern customers for multiple options beyond phone calls when it comes to communicating with companies, says Rob Lith, chief commercial officer at Telviva.
Doing the same thing as before is the most expensive strategy in ICT right now, says Andrew Harris, chief sales and marketing officer at DCC Technologies.
Unless AI is solving a real, measurable business problem, it becomes an expensive experiment, says Dimitri Denissiouk, MD of IBA Group South Africa.