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'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…
Don't ignore cloud backup: Keepit CEO Frederik Schouboe explains why [promoted]
As companies move IT from on-premises environments into the cloud, many assume it is sufficient to allow their cloud vendor to manage their backups for them. This is absolutely not the case, according to Keepit co-founder and CEO Frederik Schouboe, who explains in this episode of the TechCentral podcast why…
Your company is sitting on a data gold mine: Microsoft's JK Kanis
Businesses are sitting on a gold mine in the vast quantities of data in their organisations, yet most are not yet taking full advantage of the power of artificial intelligence, machine learning and cloud technologies to turn these data repositories into real value. In this episode of the podcast, TechCentral…
Welcome to the brave new world of 'everything as a service' [promoted]
The concept of "everything as a service", or XaaS, is rapidly gaining favour among companies as they look to control IT costs and improve efficiencies in a post-pandemic world. In this episode of the podcast - the second in a series of two with Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Aptronics -…
Choosing the right cloud platform - insights from HPE and Aptronics [promoted]
In this episode of the podcast, Rachel Cooke, GreenLake country lead at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), and Mark Wayne, pre-sales strategic consultant at Aptronics, unpack the challenges around choosing the right cloud platform. Cooke kicks off the conversation with a view on how Covid-19 has accelerated cloud discussions in enterprises…
Mimecast’s Brian Pinnock on the Popi Act and what happens next [promoted]
In this episode of the podcast, TechCentral speaks to Mimecast director of sales engineering for the Middle East & Africa Brian Pinnock about what companies should know – and be doing – about the Protection of Personal Information (Popi) Act and Europe’s GDPR rules. How seriously should companies be taking…
Cloud computing: A guide for smaller businesses [promoted]
In this episode of the podcast, TechCentral delves into what smaller enterprises need to know about cloud computing, with ESET cybersecurity specialist Gabriel le Roux. In the podcast, Le Roux explains that, with the advent of broadband Internet access, small businesses can -- but often aren't -- taking advantage of…
Zendesk's Maxime Blanchard: Why getting CX right is crucial to business success [promoted]
Maxime Blachard is a French former pro-football player who played as defender and defensive midfielder for various teams. Today, though, he's more on the offensive -- in the technology space, where, as South African territory manager for Zendesk, he is passionate about customer experience (CX). Zendesk recently completed a research…
Why it's time to rethink IT financing
It has been an extraordinary year, often for all the wrong reasons. And not just because the world was hit by a global pandemic, but because of the ways the associated lockdowns have changed the world of work and, for many companies, their IT spending priorities. In some instances, companies…
Kaspersky's Lehan van den Heever on using AI to fight cyber threats [promoted]
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are becoming important tools in fighting cyber threats, but why, and what are the short- and long-term implications? In this episode of the podcast, TechCentral speaks to Kaspersky enterprise cybersecurity advisor Lehan van den Heever about how AI and ML can be used…
Pieter de Villiers on building Clickatell into a $1-billion tech giant
Pieter de Villiers began his career as an optometrist, but quickly pivoted into the world of technology entrepreneurship when he realised running a retail store was not his cup of tea. Today, the business he co-founded with his twin brother Casper and two others -- Danie du Toit and Patrick…
Interview: Stephen van Coller reflects on two tough years at EOH
For the past two years, Stephen van Coller has been holding down one of the toughest CEO jobs in South Africa -- attempting to lead IT services group EOH Holdings out of dire straits. The former MTN Group executive, who joined EOH in September 2018, has been fighting a corruption…
Solving companies' IT challenges in a post-pandemic world [promoted]
The world changed dramatically in 2020, thanks for the Covid-19 pandemic. Digital transformation strategies are being fast-tracked and businesses are being forced to update their infrastructure to accommodate a mobile workforce. But none of this is easy. Cloud is a key component of this change, with companies having to choose…