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Interview: Highpeak MD Gavin Hill on the tech behind Vumacam's CCTV network
In this promoted episode of the podcast, TechCentral speaks to Gavin Hill, MD of Highpeak Technology Services, about the work his company has done to build the IT system that helps power Vumacam's CCTV network throughout Johannesburg. The system, built with the support of Tarsus On Demand and Microsoft, delivers…
Interview: Dimension Data Security managing executive Tony Walt
Dimension Data Middle East & Africa on Wednesday announced it has launched a significant new practice, known as Dimension Data Security, that will sit alongside its existing businesses Internet Solutions, Dimension Data Systems Integration, Britehouse and Merchants. The new business is headed by Dimension Data veteran Tony Walt -- a…
Interview: Axiz executive Traci Maynard on IT sector growth
In this promoted episode of the podcast, Axiz executive Traci Maynard returns for a discussion on recent research by Gartner that was surprisingly upbeat on growth prospects for the IT sector in South Africa. Gartner said IT spending in the country will total R303.5-billion in 2019, growth of 3.9% in…
Interview: Cathy Smith on repairing SAP Africa after 'kickbacks' scandal
Following the explosive reports in 2017 that SAP Africa allegedly paid kickbacks to Gupta family-owned companies to secure contracts at state-owned enterprises, MD Cathy Smith has said the organisation is on the mend.
Interview: Nutanix speaks out on cloud and hyperconverged infrastructure
In this promoted episode of the podcast, TechCentral is joined by Nutanix vice president for customer success Pai Venugopal and regional sales director Paul Ruinaard for a discussion on hyperconverged infrastructure, or HCI, and its importance in enterprise cloud computing. In the podcast, Venugopal talks about the Nasdaq-listed company’s focus,…
Interview: Axiz executive Traci Maynard on ethical leadership
In this episode of the podcast, TechCentral speaks to Traci Maynard, an executive at technology distributor Axiz, about the important of ethical leadership and good corporate governance in South Africa’s IT industry. In light of the various scandals that have erupted around several high-profile companies in the past 18-24 months,…
Interview: Seacom head of digital and CX Kevin South
In this promoted episode of the podcast, TechCentral is joined by Seacom’s head of digital and customer experience, Kevin South, for a discussion on digital transformation and how companies should be approaching such projects. South talks about the conversations that companies should be having before they even embark on the…
Interview: Veritas regional director David McMurdo
In this promoted episode of the podcast, TechCentral speaks to David McMurdo, regional director for South Africa at Veritas Technologies, about the explosion of data and how companies can get control over it. McMurdo opens the podcast with a discussion about Veritas’s history and its go-to-market strategy in South Africa,…
Interview: Seacom’s Mark Tinka on why Africa is falling behind on IPv6
In this promoted episode of the TechCentral podcast, Seacom head of engineering Mark Tinka explains why how South Africa – and the broader African continent – is falling behind the rest of the world in implementing Internet protocol version 6, or IPv6, and why this is potentially a very serious…
Interview: BBD on how digital disruption is upending financial services
In this episode of the podcast, BBD UK director and the group’s executive head of banking, Matthew Barnard, and BBD executive head of cloud services, Dieter Rosch, discuss the fundamental digital disruption sweeping through banking and financial services. South African banks spend a huge amount of money on IT every…
Interview: Seacom CEO Byron Clatterbuck returns
In this promoted episode of the TechCentral podcast, Seacom CEO Byron Clatterbuck returns for a discussion about the big trends affecting the telecommunications industry in South Africa and the broader continent, particularly from a data perspective. Clatterbuck talks about the ever-expanding demand for data from both consumers and businesses and…
Interview: Ovex CEO Jonathan Ovadia
In this episode of the podcast, Jonathan Ovadia, co-founder and CEO of Ovex, a relatively new cryptocurrency exchange based in Cape Town, joins Duncan McLeod for a discussion on the crypto market. Ovex, which enjoys the backing of Civic founder Vinny Lingham and Bitcoin Foundation executive director Llew Claasen, among…
Interview: Aptronics joint MD Alex Russell on the intelligent workspace
In this promoted episode of the podcast, TechCentral interviews Alex Russell, MD of iOCO Technology subsidiary Aptronics, on the concept of the “intelligent workspace” and how it can boost employee productivity. Russell explains why the intelligent workspace is critically important in modern organisations, not only to improve productivity, but also…
DFA CEO Thinus Mulder on the company's expansion plans
Dark Fibre Africa is keen to buy or build tower and data centre assets as it expands beyond the provision of fibre telecommunications infrastructure in South Africa. That’s according to DFA CEO Thinus Mulder, who was speaking last week at an event hosted by Absa Corporate and Investment Bank, arranged…
TalkCentral: Ep 266 - 'Fibre for smart masses'
In the podcast this week, Duncan McLeod and Duncan McLeod talk about Vumatel's plans to roll out fibre broadband in Mitchell's Plain and Alexandra. Can fibre be delivered to lower-income and even poor areas profitably? Also this week, drama at EOH; Netflix posts a horrid quarter; and Red Dead Redemption…
Interview: Vumatel CEO Dietlof Mare
In this episode of the podcast, TechCentral's Duncan McLeod interviews Vumatel CEO Dietlof Mare about the fibre-to-the-home provider's roll-out of fibre to Mitchell's Plain on the Cape Flats and the company's plan to deploy fibre infrastructure in Johannesburg's Alexandra. He talks about providing fibre broadband in areas that fibre providers…
Interview: Steve Briggs on Seacom's big brand refresh
In this promoted episode of the podcast, TechCentral is joined by Seacom chief commercial officer Steve Briggs for a discussion on the company's big brand overhaul. Coinciding with Seacom's 10th anniversary, the refresh was done to showcase the company's evolution from solely a provider of subsea bandwidth in its early…
Interview: VMware lead technologist Ian Jansen van Rensburg
In this promoted episode of the podcast, TechCentral interviews VMware sub-Saharan Africa lead technologist Ian Jansen van Rensburg about the challenges and opportunities facing companies and chief information officers. With cloud and digital transformation foremost in the minds of South African technology and business executives, Jansen van Rensburg talks about…
Interview: PPS CTO Avsharn Bachoo
In this promoted episode of the podcast, TechCentral interviews Avsharn Bachoo, chief technology officer at mutual financial services provider PPS, about the company’s massive digital transformation project and how and why it chose to migrate its IT systems into the cloud. Founded in 1941, PPS is the only mutual financial…
Interview: Suse country manager Grant Bennett
In this promoted episode of the podcast, TechCentral talks to Suse country manager Grant Bennett about the enterprise open-source software company’s partnership with SAP and how South African companies are increasingly realising the benefits of moving to cloud services. Bennett talks about the history of Suse, which was founded 27…