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Ongoing load shedding: what IT needs to do next

Ongoing load shedding: what IT needs to do next

Load shedding will continue for at least another 18 months, dashing hopes of power stability in the short term. 25 independent power projects have been selected to help alleviate pressure on the national grid, but are not expected to start making an impact before 2024. Business continuity depends on uninterrupted power, which means organisations must now take the plunge and consider the best way to assure this, despite the fact that there will be a significant cost involved.

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Sweating assets: how to power business growth without new kit

Sweating assets: how to power business growth without new kit

Right now many businesses needs IT innovation, new apps and digital transformation, but there isn’t the budget. Or the new kit needed to support transformation is held up by component shortages and delays. With some careful planning, you can sweat your assets, repurpose existing infrastructure and lean on the cloud to support business and its changing needs.

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Stealth attacks as big a risk as ransomware

Stealth attacks as big a risk as ransomware

New disruptive forces are coming at us from all sides, creating a ‘superstorm’ that is already impacting forecasting, budgeting, IT provisioning and overall digital strategy. The semiconductor supply is constrained. It dovetails with inflation, the rand-dollar exchange fluctuations, interest rate hikes, soaring fuel costs and loadshedding. This creates uncertainty about how to manage the hybrid and remote workforce in a future-proof way and makes forecasting, even six months ahead, challenging.

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C-suite must become even more adaptable to weather market ‘superstorm’

C-suite must become even more adaptable to weather market ‘superstorm’

New disruptive forces are coming at us from all sides, creating a ‘superstorm’ that is already impacting forecasting, budgeting, IT provisioning and overall digital strategy. The semiconductor supply is constrained. It dovetails with inflation, the rand-dollar exchange fluctuations, interest rate hikes, soaring fuel costs and loadshedding. This creates uncertainty about how to manage the hybrid and remote workforce in a future-proof way and makes forecasting, even six months ahead, challenging.

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Inclusive mobile banking slows innovation as telcos meet ongoing need for legacy features

Inclusive mobile banking slows innovation as telcos meet ongoing need for legacy features

To deliver inclusive mobile services, telcos and financial institutions continue to incorporate USSD functionality in their new products. Developers are constrained by limited functionality on their mobile banking products, in order to meet the needs of hundreds of millions of users who only have access to feature phones. Breakpoint offers insights and examples of how to revolutionise automated testing for continuous QA.

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Testing omni-channel digital services in production

Tailored Technology Leasing Solutions

Now more than ever, we are faced with the following question from many of our CTO’s and CFO’s...How do we limit our IT expenditure whilst keeping up with the technological demands of our business? IT Investment Even During a Downturn Bigger, better and faster systems...

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