Tag: T-Systems South Africa

Medical malpractice litigation costs South Africa millions of Rands every year and drives up the cost of healthcare. While some claims of medical negligence have merit, the unfortunate reality is that there has been a spike in fraud in this area since 2017.

Medium-sized companies in South Africa are in a precarious position in terms of cybersecurity. While they find themselves firmly in the crosshairs of cybercriminals, they also have limited options to successfully defend themselves against cyberattacks, as the challenges faced by this market segment are multifaceted.

With the reopening of many more industries in South Africa’s alert level 1, companies – particularly those in the manufacturing and engineering sectors – will have to further prepare for the return of more employees to the workplace.

In a time when customer service delivery reigns supreme, many organisations are faced with multiple obstacles in getting their standards and interaction back to pre-COVID-19 levels. Communication and more specifically telephony systems have also been critical.

With estimates that between 30,000 and 50,000 drones are currently being operated in South Africa unmanned aerial vehicles have punched a gaping hole in existing physical and IT security strategies.

One of the biggest challenges facing mass roll out of these vehicles is the development of adequate legislation. As with all new things, this type of legislation has not been seen before and we are essentially starting from scratch.

Software-Defined Networking in a Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) is emerging as a mainstream technology and is seeing increasing global adoption as organisations seek to optimise cost and streamline access to cloud applications.

With the recent significant investments made by hyper-scale cloud providers in South Africa, it is becoming increasingly apparent that cloud adoption is maturing in the local market, as enterprises realise that different aspects of their business require different platforms.

It’s no secret that the role of IT specialists and CIOs alike has changed drastically over the past few years, stemming from the need to get a better handle on the ever-evolving technologies integral to doing business in an age of disruption.

In manufacturing, the rise of ‘smart factories’ has re-invented the way factories operate, leveraging data, analytics and ‘connected everything’ to enable unprecedented levels of automation and optimisation.