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TCS+ | Armata: active threat hunting a non-negotiable in modern business
With South Africa being a favourite target of cyberattackers worldwide, and with the threats growing in both volume and sophistication, local organisations must do more to mitigate these threats. TechCentral hosted Richard Frost, head of product for cybersecurity at Armata, on the TCS+ business technology show and was encouraged by…
TCS | Altron’s Collin Govender on South Africa’s challenge of leadership
Senior Altron executive Collin Govender is passionate about leadership – and believes South Africa needs much more of it is to solve its myriad challenges. Govender – who started his career as a forklift operator in a Durban warehouse and who today heads two important businesses in the Altron stable,…
TCS+ | Arctic Wolf on managing security threats to SA business
Fortifying one’s most valuable assets requires additional security, yet globally these security skills are in short supply. In this episode of TechCentral’s TCS+ technology show, Ian McShane, vice president of strategy at Arctic Wolf Networks, offers his insights into how organisations of all sizes can improve their cybersecurity posture despite…
TCS+ | Africa Data Centres CEO on digital transformation in Africa
Africa Data Centres CEO Tesh Durvasula returns to TechCentral’s TCS+ technology show for a wide-ranging discussion on the digital transformation opportunity in Africa. Durvasula explains in the interview why Africa Data Centres is excited about what digital transformation means for the continent as well as its citizens, businesses and governments…
TCS | Patrick Henchie on the past, present and future of Nokia phones
The rise and fall of Nokia’s mobile phone business has been well documented. Once dominant in the feature-phone era, the Finnish company was caught flat-footed by the launch of Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android. The acquisition of Nokia’s handset business by Microsoft – desperate at the time for its Windows…
TCS+ | FNB’s Mark Nasila: why AI changes everything
Developments in artificial intelligence are going to have far-reaching impacts on every industry, and every company needs to craft an AI strategy. This is according to Mark Nasila, chief data and analytics officer in First National Bank’s chief risk office, who was speaking to TechCentral on the TCS+ tech show…
TCS | Everlectric CEO Ndia Magadagela on Woolies' big EV push
JSE-listed retailer Woolworths is moving to replace its fleet of fossil fuel-burning logistics and delivery vehicles with fully electric alternatives. To discuss the project, and more, Duncan McLeod is joined on the TechCentral Show (TCS) by Ndia Magadagela, co-founder and CEO of South African EV-as-a-service (EVaaS) start-up Everlectric. Everlectric, through…
TCS+ | Louise Steenekamp: what to look forward to at Saphila 2023
The African SAP User Group (AFSUG) is a community-driven, non-profit organisation independent of SAP that represent the interests of SAP customers and partners in Africa. It does this by providing a platform to share stories, best practices and insights related to their experiences with SAP technology, assisting SAP users to…
TCS | Werner Kapp unpacks his strategy for Altron
It’s been eight months since Werner Kapp took the reins from Mteto Nyati at Altron. Now firmly in his new role, Kapp joins the TechCentral Show (TCS) to unpack his strategy for the storied JSE-listed technology group. Kapp, who previously led Dimension Data, talks about Altron’s financial results for the…
TCS+ | Data is key to any CX strategy: key insights from CallMiner
This year is set to be a difficult one for customer experience (CX) professionals as entities in every sector struggle to focus on customers while staying afloat in turbulent economic times. CX teams will need to transform, and those that can help their companies achieve their brand goals and aspirations…
TCS+ | Cipherwave picks OADC in big data centre migration
Open Africa Data Centres (OADC), part of the Wiocc Group, recently completed a new data centre build in Isando, east of Johannesburg, and internet service provider Cipherwave has already become an anchor tenant in the facility. To discuss the data centre build, and Cipherwave’s decision to deploy its infrastructure there,…
TCS | Amped: Maurice van Heerden on building Planetworld
Planetworld, a distributor of audio gear from brands such as Sonos and Shure, has proven that there is still strong demand among South African consumers for specialist audio. The company, which was founded by four brothers, has built a strong niche in the audio market, led by Sonos, but also…
TCS | Quintus de Beer on MTN's plan to win at wholesale
For years, Cell C was the only game in town for brands wanting to launch a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO). That’s changing -- fast -- and now MTN has said it is positioning itself as the “go-to network backbone partner” in South Africa. MTN South Africa wholesale executive Quintus…
TCS | Muggie van Staden: Linux fans should learn to trust Microsoft
Muggie van Staden is CEO of one of South Africa's largest and oldest open-source software companies, Obsidian Systems. But ask him what he runs on his desktop, and he'll tell you it's a Mac. And he recently moved to it from ... Microsoft Windows. Van Staden says his desktop computing…
TCS | Calvin Collett on the launch of Melon Mobile
South African Internet entrepreneur Calvin Collett is launching his latest venture, mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) Melon Mobile, next week, hoping to lure customers looking for a simpler proposition for their telecommunications needs. Collett joined TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod on the TechCentral Show (TCS) on Thursday to unpack the new…
TCS | MetroFibre CEO on the township broadband opportunity
Jan-Jan Bezuidenhout, CEO of MetroFibre Networx, believes fibre network operators (FNOs) in South Africa will soon find a way to deliver fibre broadband profitably into underserviced areas. Speaking on the TechCentral Show (TCS), Bezuidenhout – who replaced former Absa boss Steve Booysen as CEO of MetroFibre in mid-2022 – said…
TCS | Kalon's Clive Butkow on the state of the VC nation
Clive Butkow is one of South Africa’s leading experts on venture capital investment in technology start-ups. The founder and CEO of Kalon Venture Partners joins Duncan McLeod on the TechCentral Show (TCS) to chat about why the VC investment business has changed radically, especially since the world, led by the…
TCS | Pargo CEO Lars Veul on the changing shape of e-commerce logistics
When Dutch colleagues and business partners Lars Veul and Derk Hoekert came to South Africa on assignment with e-commerce marketplace Groupon in 2012, they soon realised there was a problem: up to 30% of local online orders were not getting delivered. This was due to various reasons, including consumers not…
TCS | Michele Gamberini on the criminal assault on MTN's base stations
MTN South Africa hosted a media event in Soweto on Thursday to demonstrate to journalists the severe impact that criminal vandalism is having on its base stations. In this interview, conducted at the site of an MTN base station in Mofolo South in Soweto, the company's chief technology and information…
TCS+ | Why a ‘shift left’ approach to software development matters
The software development process has evolved dramatically in recent years to keep up with the growing demand for delivering high-quality software in the fastest time possible. Unfortunately, in the past security was often tacked on as an afterthought and testing only happened towards the end of the life cycle. And…