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Engineers must recognise imaging errors to realise potential of thermal tech

Thermal imaging is now widely integrated across civil, mechanical, electrical and industrial engineering with some 60% of professional engineers globally incorporating thermographic surveys into project management and asset maintenance.   Real-time...

Defend SA’s Democratic Heritage with Local Data Centres

South African democracy must be defended through resilient data infrastructure  located firmly on home soil. This is according to Adriaan Venter, CEO of Cube ICT Solutions, a leading managed ICT services provider. “After 32 years, democracy is now as...

Traditional QA undermines modern customer experience

Martie de Beer, Chief Revenue Officer, Telviva Every business in South Africa will understand just how competitive the enterprise landscape has become. It’s a story about more than just technology advancements for businesses. It is a story...

From Connected Industries to Competitive Advantage: What Experience Day Revealed About South Africa’s Digital Future

By Hasnain Motlekar ,CEO at BCX What if the true value of technology was not in the technology itself, but what it allows organisations to see sooner, how it enables faster and confident decision-making, and the ability to anticipate what comes next?...

When automation makes a business worse

A practical decision framework for business owners deciding what to automate, what to assist, what to redesign first, and what should remain human. By Franco Smit, Founder, AtlasFlow The most important automation decision is often not how to automate...

How South African Businesses Can Rewrite Their Software Support Contracts

One of the biggest misconceptions in enterprise technology is that vendor support automatically equals better security and compliance, writes Teko Mojaki, Managing Director, Spinnaker Support South Africa. For many organisations running SAP, Oracle...

The mid-market IT squeeze: too complex to manage casually, too lean to build everything in-house

Michael Currie, Director at The Cloud Crew In many South African mid-market businesses, the IT team is now expected to operate with the discipline of an enterprise technology function, but without the depth of resources that larger organisations can...

Catalytic targets SA’s distributed SME contact centres

By Jaco VoigtCEO: TeleMasters, Director: Catalytic I wonder if any SA Business Matters readers will remember those instant business card printers that made a brief appearance around SA malls so many years ago? I remember marveling at the time how...

South Africa has 118,000 unfilled tech jobs. Why does it take so long for jobseekers to land one?

In 2018, Kate Maakane placed second in a hackathon. She was hungry for the opportunity, bright and ready to be challenged. The tech industry didn’t come knocking. It took six more years before she got her shot. A comprehensive 2024/2025...
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