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How IT can help smaller enterprises thrive beyond lockdown [promoted]
In this episode of the podcast, Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s Deshan Moodley and Pinnacle’s Jeremy Lichtenstein unpack the impact of the economic fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown on mid-sized enterprises, and the small and medium business sector, and the role IT solutions can play in the recovery. While the…
4Sight Holdings' Willie Ackerman on Covid as digital accelerant [promoted]
In this episode of the podcast, Willie Ackerman, chief sales and marketing officer at JSE-listed 4Sight Holdings, talks about how the Covid-19 lockdown has dramatically accelerated digital transformation. Ackerman believes the world is already moving on from so-called "fourth Industrial Revolution" technologies to what he calls Enterprise 5.0. What is…
Johann Els on running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on SAP [promoted]
SUSE South Africa open-source specialist Johann Els joins the podcast for a discussion on why SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) makes SAP enterprise applications faster and more responsive, and how this can save companies money through reliability uptime and live patching. Els provides a brief introduction to SUSE, offers an…
Bob Skinstad on life after pro-rugby and investing in tech
Bob Skinstad on life after pro-rugby and investing in tech In this episode of the podcast, Duncan McLeod interviews former Springbok rugby captain Bob Skinstad. Skinstad, who now lives in London, talks about the career he's been building since retiring from professional rugby and his partnership with Knife Capital and…
Absa Group CIO Wilhelm Krige on the big Barclays de-merger
In this episode, Duncan McLeod interviews Absa Group CIO Wilhelm Krige about the mammoth project, now mostly completed, of separating the banking giant's IT systems from former parent Barclays. The total cost of the separation amounted to R17.5-billion, with Barclays paying R12.6-billion to help fund it. Much of this spend…
DataProphet CEO Frans Cronje on AI firm's R100m funding round
Frans Cronje, co-founder and CEO of Cape Town-based artificial intelligence firm DataProphet joins the TechCentral podcast to unpack the big fundraising round it announced last week with Knife Capital. The investment round, which also includes funding from the Industrial Development Corp and Norican Group, came to US$6-million (about R100-million) and…
The fascinating story behind Nedbank Money App Lite [promoted]
Nedbank has made big strides with Nedbank Money App Lite, a smaller, less resource-intensive version of its banking app that's built as "progressive Web application". In this episode of the podcast, TechCentral speaks to Tawanda Chatikobo, Nedbank's head of digital channels, to learn more about how the Covid-19 pandemic, and…
Revix CEO Sean Sanders on the future of crypto investment
Revix co-founder and CEO Sean Sanders joins TechCentral for a discussion on cryptocurrencies as an investment class and why current world events are underpinning the renewed boom in bitcoin and other cryptos. In the podcast, Sanders explains why he thinks cryptocurrencies - and gold - are booming in 2020 and…
Interview: Introducing Dimension Data’s Smart Virtual Workplace [promoted]
When the hard Covid-19 lockdown was introduced in South Africa on 27 March, many companies were forced to scramble to find ways to shift their workforces from their offices to employees’ homes. Some did better than others; some are still struggling to find the right balance and to support their…
Interview: SA's LightWare LiDAR raises R25m for global expansion
In this episode of the podcast, Duncan McLeod speaks to James Portman, founder and CEO of Centurion-based LightWare LiDAR, about the company's R25-million fundraising round with private equity player Sanari Capital. Portman, who is joined in the discussion by Sanari CEO Samantha Pokroy, explains how a South Africa light detection…
Interview: Pinnacle's Fred Saayman on the importance of Wi-Fi 6 [promoted]
In this promoted episode of the podcast, executive for the Huawei business unit at Pinnacle, talks about the latest version of Wi-Fi, version 6, and what it can do that previous versions could not. He delves into Huawei's AirEngine solution and what it is capable of, including supporting up to…
Interview: DStv's Mark Rayner on the Explora Ultra, streaming, 4K and more
Mark Rayner, CEO of MultiChoice South Africa, joins TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod on the podcast to discuss the major announcements made by the pay-television operator on Wednesday, including the launch of the DStv Explora Ultra personal video recorder (PVR). In the podcast, Rayner unpacks what the new PVR can do…
Trend Micro's Mannie Tzingakis on IT security in a pandemic [promoted]
In this episode of the podcast, TechCentral is joined by Mannie Tzingakis, technical lead for sub-Saharan Africa at Trend Micro, for a discussion on the trends in the Internet security space, especially since the advent of Covid-19. Tzingakis talks about the biggest security problems associated with the work-from-home measures introduced…
Interview: IoT.nxt signs partnership deal with Vodafone UK [promoted]
South African Internet of things specialist IoT.nxt has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Vodafone's UK subsidiary that will see the two companies collaborating in delivering IoT solutions to the mobile operator's enterprise customer base. IoT.nxt, which was recently acquired by South Africa's Vodacom Group (which is also controlled by…
Why Telkom is getting into financial services
In this episode, Duncan McLeod speaks to Telkom Financial Services managing executive Sibusiso Ngwenya to unpack the news at the weekend that the telecommunications operator is launching a range of financial services products. Telkom has launched a life insurance business and, like other operators, has begun offering funeral insurance --…
Interview: Wiocc chief development officer Darren Bedford
In this episode of the podcast, TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod interviews Darren Bedford, chief development officer at Wiocc, a telecommunications infrastructure company originally founded to invest in the Eassy cable system along Africa's east coast. Bedford unpacks who Wiocc's shareholders are, why the company was founded to invest in Eassy,…
IoT.nxt executives on tackling the skills crisis [promoted]
Skills in the IT industry are in short supply and have been for decades. But the skills shortage in the Internet of things (IoT) arena is even more acute. In the fourth and final in a series of interviews with IoT.nxt, TechCentral is joined by the company's chief digital officer,…
Pinnacle's Fred Saayman on Huawei and disruption [promoted]
Fred Saayman, head of the Huawei business unit at Pinnacle, returns to the podcast for a discussion on the impact of US sanctions on the Chinese ICT giant's business, especially in the South African context. In the podcast, Saayman explains that Huawei has made good progress dealing with the challenges…
Dell Technologies' Tony Bartlett on the rise of edge computing [promoted]
In this promoted episode of the podcast, TechCentral is joined by Dell Technologies South Africa director of data centre compute Tony Bartlett for a discussion on some of the major trends affecting the IT industry. Specifically, Bartlett talks about the rise of edge computing and what's driving it, and explains…
Dell's Chris Buchanan on the dynamics of the new workforce [promoted]
In this episode of the podcast, TechCentral is joined by Dell Technologies South Africa client solutions director Chris Buchanan for a discussion on how Covid-19 has brought about dramatic changes in the workforce. The pandemic has been called a Black Swan event, something that only comes around once in a…