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Duarte da Silva on the pioneering days of South African IT
Businessman, entrepreneur, deal maker and advisor Duarte da Silva joins Duncan McLeod on the TechCentral podcast for a wide-ranging discussion about South Africa's IT industry, with a specific focus on Dimension Data. Da Silva recently posted a heartfelt tribute on LinkedIn to Jeremy Ord, Dimension Data's co-founder, who resigned last…
Interview: The modern threat landscape - identify, isolate, respond [promoted]
In today’s episode, TechCentral is joined by Praven Pillay, MD of Maxtec, and Andrew Parker, chief technology officer of Teknov8, to talk about the modern threat landscape. Pillay has 25 years’ IT experience under the belt and is well known in the South African technology market for managing a tight…
First Technology's Gerhard Olivier on why your company needs Aruba [promoted]
Gerhard Olivier’s passion for technology shines through. As manager of consulting services at First Technology, he’s well positioned to talk on both the technology challenges and solutions to solve them. First Technology has a long history with Hewlett Packard Enterprises’ Aruba Networks, and Olivier is passionate about the company’s offerings…
Kicking off your Kubernetes [promoted]
Containerisation has moved on from something that was spoken about at geek conventions to mainstream development. Gartner has predicted that 85% of global businesses will be running containers in production by 2022, up from 35% in 2019. It has become clear that organisations that want to remain agile and future-proof…
Inside the fast-changing world of CCTV, with Vumacam and Ava Security
Personal security is a topic of interest for all South Africans. In this podcast, a panel of guests from Ava Security and Vumacam explore the convergence of video, predictive analytics and human interaction to fight crime. Gavin Hill, CIO of Vumacam, explains that large-scale CCTV deployments are complex IT challenges…
NBConsult's Nicolas Blank on the fast-changing world of IT backup
The TechCentral podcast often focuses on large enterprises. Today, though, we’re doing a deep dive into the world of small and medium enterprise solutions. Nicolas Blank, CEO of NBConsult, has a long history of providing customer-focused solutions across Africa, the UK and Hong Kong. His mantra is to focus on…
Calvin Collett unpacks Supersonic's Air Fibre - here's how it works
In this episode of the podcast, TechCentral speaks to Calvin Collett, MD at MTN-owned Internet service provider Supersonic, about its new Air Fibre uncapped broadband product launched this month. Collett unpacks what Air Fibre is exactly -- it uses unlicensed frequency bands to deliver guaranteed download speeds of up to…
Vox ICE: A technology solution for caring for the elderly
Rudi Potgieter, executive head of Guardian Eye at Vox, joins the podcast to talk about Vox ICE, a product which is saving lives through an innovative, low- cost technology solution. The current global economic environment is pulling young workers away from their homes and leaving the elderly behind. Vox ICE…
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…