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Behind the scenes at CipherWave [promoted]
The telecommunications landscape is more competitive than ever and is scaling rapidly. In this environment, CipherWave is building a portfolio of service businesses. In this podcast, TechCentral gets a sneak peek into what CipherWave is building and where the business is headed. The holding company, led by CEO Wayne D’Sa,…
Retail Capital partners with Sage and AWCape for rapid growth [promoted]
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…
[TC|Daily] 'Biggest event ever in crypto': Revix CEO on the 'Merge'
In the inaugural episode of TechCentral’s new technology show, TC|Daily, Sean Sanders, CEO of Cape Town-based cryptocurrency platform Revix, chats to host Duncan McLeod about the imminent “Merge” affecting the ethereum blockchain and what it means. Sanders explains what the Merge is, how it will impact the blockchain and what…
Qush: Why prevention is always better than cure [promoted]
In this podcast, TechCentral speaks to security specialists Qush Security about companies’ data risks and insider threats. Chris Denbigh-White, Qush’s director for global customer success, contextualises how the company’s Reveal platform creates relevant visibility for companies to make the right decisions at the right time to protect their people, their…
e4's Adri Führi on encouraging more women into tech careers [promoted]
According to Statistics South Africa, only 23% of professionals in science, technology, engineering, and maths (STEM) fields are women. This is clearly an opportunity for diversification and transformation. Adri Führi is chief financial officer and transformation lead at e4. She is passionate about advocating for more female-led initiatives in the…
How South Africa can woo more women into tech [promoted]
In an enlightening and quite personal conversation, TechCentral sat down with Anna Collard, senior vice president of content strategy and evangelist at KnowBe4 Africa, to discuss some of the misnomers and truths about gender bias in the IT sector. While the conversation is very much focused on encouraging young women…
Book and check-in via WhatsApp? FlySafair is on it [promoted]
Never mind the convenience of a mobile app for booking and managing your flights: how great would it be to be able to do all that using WhatsApp? The customer-centric and innovative team at FlySafair are committed to driving digitisation while remaining agile and relevant – all while maintaining their…
Why Dell's next-gen PowerEdge servers change the game [promoted]
There are big technological changes happening in the sometimes arcane world of server computing, as Pinnacle ICT’s Ricky Pereira and Peter van der Merwe reveal in this episode of the podcast. Pereira, who is Pinnacle’s Dell Enterprise product manager, and Van der Merwe, a pre-sales engineer, unpack the new range…
Demystifying the complexity of AI – fact vs fiction [promoted]
There are many preconceived ideas and myths about what AI is and value it can or cannot bring to an organisation. This interview, with CallMiner vice president of AI Rick Britt, centres on a selection of myths around AI, what it is, and the value drawn from using it. Many…
How your organisation can triage its information security risk [promoted]
Cybersecurity Solutions for a Riskier World, the largest benchmarking study of C-level cybersecurity decision makers, found that leaders who adopt a risk-based approach experienced considerably less breaches than others. Additionally, their time to respond to and mitigate a breach was significantly faster. To be considered a risk-based leader, organisations need…
The youth might just save us [promoted]
In order to effectively defend ourselves and our organisations’ critical assets, we need to increase the global cybersecurity workforce. According to the research compiled by Fortinet, 80% of organisations experienced at least one breach in the last 12 months that they could attribute to a lack of cybersecurity skills or…
Everything PC S01E06 - 'Apple Silicon'
In the final episode of season 1 of TechCentral’s Everything PC show, hosts Duncan McLeod and Gerhard Pretorius discuss Apple’s decision to design its own chips for Mac. There’s no doubt that Apple’s decision to ditch Intel in favour of its own silicon designs – the chips are made by…
Everything PC S01E05 - 'Nvidia: The Green Goblin'
Nvidia is one of the most interesting – and controversial – companies in the computer industry today. In episode 5 of TechCentral’s new podcast series, Everything PC, show hosts Gerhard Pretorius and Duncan McLeod tackle the “Green Goblin” – Pretorius’s description for Nvidia – and have a look at why…
e4's Kevin Halkerd: Popia compliance should not be a checkbox exercise [promoted]
While we are all acutely aware of the Protection of Personal Information Act (Popia), are we considering the most appropriate approach to safe guarding our organisations against the risks and inevitable consequences? TechCentral spoke to Kevin Halkerd, information security officer at e4 Group, for his insights into what the Popia…
Everything PC S01E04 - ‘The story of Intel - part 2’
We continue our exploration of the Intel Corporation this week in episode 4 of Everything PC, this time looking at the current challenges facing the chip giant — and what comes next under the leadership of CEO Pat Gelsinger. In part 1 of this double episode of Everything PC, your…
The threat is real: CipherWave makes the case for Zero Trust [promoted]
Zero Trust. You’ve heard the term, but what exactly does it mean, and what are the benefits of adopting it as a security model? In this podcast, TechCentral’s James Erasmus is joined by CipherWave CEO Wayne D’Sa and chief cloud officer Casper van der Walt who share best practice in…
Wapa's Paul Colmer on why Icasa should open up 6GHz for Wi-Fi
The Wireless Access Providers Association (Wapa) recently called for government to free up vast tracts of radio frequency spectrum in the 6GHz band, claiming that doing so could drive a wave of economic growth. Wapa executive Paul Colmer joins the TechCentral podcast (listen below) to unpack why the association has…
Spectrum auction opens up big growth opportunities - Ruckus Wireless [promoted]
Having concluded a successful spectrum auction and collected more than R14.4-billion in proceeds, communications regulator Icasa has opened the pipeline for considerable economic growth in South Africa. TechCentral jumps straight into what this means with Riaan Graham, director for sub-Saharan Africa at Ruckus Networks, in this podcast interview. “Put the…
Everything PC S01E03 - 'The story of Intel - part 1'
In the third episode of Everything PC, we begin our adventure into the world of Intel, the company that in many respects started it all back in 1968. In this episode, the first of a two-parter, Everything PC hosts Duncan McLeod and Gerhard Pretorius look at the storied history of…
Cybersecurity: mind the gap [promoted]
Huge skills gaps in the cybersecurity sector mean that self-starters who upskill themselves now could quickly put themselves on rewarding and lucrative career paths. TechCentral chatted in this podcast to Anna Collard, senior vice president of content strategy and evangelist at KnowBe4 Africa, about the company’s recent Cyber Security Skills…