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Interview: Amazon Web Services, and how it got its start in South Africa
Amazon Web Services already has a team of 7 000 people in South Africa, most of them based in Cape Town, but the US cloud computing giant is not done hiring as it ramps up investment in the country. That’s according to Clive Charlton, head of solution architecture for AWS…
Interview: The real cost of data protection [promoted]
Lee Williams, Veritas product manager at Axiz, joins TechCentral podcast host Daniel Robus to share insights into the ever-changing world of backup and recovery in the cloud. Williams plays an important role as the link between Veritas, partners and customers, which affords her a good vantage to see what’s working…
South Africa's draft data and cloud policy: Experts unpack what it means
On 1 April, the department of communications & digital technologies quietly published a draft national data and cloud policy that has potentially far-reaching implications for the private sector, state-owned enterprises and the public sector broadly. Among other objectives, the draft policy document - which could lead to legislative amendments or…
CallMiner’s Brian LaRoche on why contact centres are the buzz again [promoted]
Boston is known for its beauty, Fenway Park, the Boston marathon, and that pub from Cheers. It’s also the home of an executive with the one of the coolest titles ever, “Driving the buzz at CallMiner”. In this podcast, Brian LaRoche joined us for an early morning discussion, talking about…
Herman Maritz on building EskomsePush - and what comes next
EskomsePush is by far South Africa's most popular smartphone application for checking load shedding schedules. Herman Maritz, co-creator of the app with Dan Wells, joins the TechCentral podcast to chat about what's next. In the podcast, Maritz explains how the idea for the app came about - including its name…
Interview: MySky Networks founders on building a successful MSP [promoted]
Two brothers decided to take a gap in the managed service provider (MSP) market six years ago and have not looked back since. Dean Horsten (chief technology officer) and Dylan Horsten (CEO) head up MySky Networks, a Cape Town-based MSP that is making waves in the small and medium enterprise…
‘Kubernetes is the next Linux’: SUSE’s Rob Knight on containerisation [promoted]
SUSE chief technology officer for enterprise cloud products Rob Knight believes Kubernetes technology is such a big deal that it could be considered “the next Linux”. Speaking to Daniel Robus on the TechCentral podcast, Knight provides an informative dive into the world of containerisation and mass digitisation, and the management…
Interview: Why it's absolutely crucial to get CX right [promoted]
Getting customer experience (CX) right could mean the difference between surviving and thriving, says Maxime Blanchard, Zendesk territory manager for South Africa, in this episode of the podcast. In this podcast, Blanchard and Zendesk commercial account executive for Africa Erica Hall discuss the company’s recently published CX Report and its…
e4: How regulatory technology can assist banks to transform digitally [promoted]
To keep appraised of all regulatory issues in South Africa while digitally transforming is often arduous. Simply paying attention is no longer enough, which is why regulatory technology, or regtech, now plays a crucial role and can significantly assist in ensuring all digital transformation projects are successful and compliant. That's…
Interview: What you need to know about going solar in South Africa [promoted]
With ever-escalating electricity prices and an unstable supply of power from the national energy utility, more and more South African consumers and businesses are looking to invest in solar. But what’s involved? In this episode of the podcast, TechCentral speaks to Tian van der Bijl, commercial division manager at Ellies,…
Interview: DG and HP on the rapidly shifting South African IT landscape [promoted]
In this episode of the podcast, TechCentral speaks to representatives from Digital Generation (DG) and HP about the impact that Covid-19 has had on the local IT industry and how it's shifted conversations with end-user customers. DG marketing and sales specialist Michelle Budde kicks off the conversation with a look…
Interview: Why Dark Fibre Africa was named Top Employer 2021 [promoted]
Dark Fibre Africa (DFA) was recently awarded Top Employer status in South Africa for 2021 by the Top Employers Institute. But how did the company win this highly valued accolade? In this promoted episode of the TechCentral podcast, DFA chief human capital officer Portia Thokoane and the company's head of…
'DevAnything': In conversation with iOCO's Brian Harding and Richard Vester [promoted]
In this final episode in this week's series of podcasts with executives from iOCO, the systems integrator in the EOH Holdings stable, TechCentral speaks to Brian Harding and Richard Vester about the company's local and international expertise in software development and cloud computing. Picking up on the focus of the…
Interview: Colin Millar on why iOCO is MAD about APIs [promoted]
In the fourth episode in TechCentral's s podcast showcase with iOCO, the systems integrator in the EOH Holdings stable, TechCentral speaks to Colin Millar about the rapidly growing importance to business of APIs, or application programming interfaces. In the podcast, Millar, who is MTN MAD API and Chenosis partner executive…
'Egypt is rising': An interview with iOCO's Essam Elbadri [promoted]
Egypt is on the rise. Since the "Arab Spring" a decade ago, the North African country has been on an upward march and is becoming an important centre for technology innovation. That's the view of Essam Elbadri, founder and CEO of Asset Technology Group, a company today owned by South…
iOCO's nuvoteQ: The SA company making waves in the global medtech field [promoted]
South Africa's nuvoteQ, which is part of the iOCO stable, is making waves in the global medical technology space with a focus on delivering software-as-a-service solutions to the clinical research industry. In this, the second in a series of podcast interviews with executives from iOCO, the systems integrator in the…
EOH CEO Stephen van Coller on the great African tech opportunity [promoted]
Africa is ripe with opportunities for technology-led distruption and tech companies with the right approach to this vast market stand to benefit. That's the view of EOH Holdings CEO Stephen van Coller, who introduces a series of TechCentral podcasts this week with executives from iOCO, the systems integrator in the…
Interview: People, and why they're the weakest link in information security [promoted]
In this episode of the podcast, TechCentral speaks to Brenton Swanepoel, head of the technical team at Obscure Technologies South Africa, about why humans remain the weakest link in the information security chain and what can be done about it. The discussion kicks off with a look at some of…
It's time to get SASE - A new security model, unpacked by Dimension Data and Cisco [promoted]
In this episode of the podcast, TechCentral speaks to executives from Dimension Data and Cisco about the exciting new area of information security called SASE, or Secure Access Service Edge. Pronounced "sassy" and coined by research firm Gartner, SASE is a big focus for both Cisco and its partner Dimension…
Interview: Ukheshe CEO Clayton Hayward on the Oltio acquisition
In this episode of the podcast, TechCentral's Duncan McLeod interviews Clayton Hayward, CEO of fintech platform provider Ukheshe Technologies, about its acquisition from Mastercard of Oltio. The deal, announced late last year, sees Ukheshe buying a company that developed the digital payments platform that supports Masterpass, Mastercard's QR payment service…