Data in the healthcare sector is heavily regulated, with numerous laws and regulations governing how data needs to be processed, protected and retained. This has become more important than ever in light of the Covid-19 crisis, which has made healthcare data an increasingly attractive target for cybercrime. However, the pandemic has also highlighted the need to be able to analyse and share data effectively, as...
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As we all know, the Covid-19 pandemic caused major disruption in the workplace, dramatically accelerating digital transformation and forcing many businesses to significantly alter their processes. The cloud has become the go-to standard for new solutions, as it is always-on, always available and does not require human interface or on-premises personnel. However, the cloud also brings with it new requirements around data management. Added to...
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What we have learnt from 2020, is that tried and tested business plans are being re-evaluated and even redesigned, so the highly competitive IT service provider segment needs to set their sights on partnering with the right companies to ensure that some form of a “pre new normal” status quo is maintained. However, it is a two-way street and IT service providers will also have...
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Data loss has financial implications, whether as a result of lost productivity or fines due to breaches of regulations like the Protection of Personal Information Act (PoPIA). In an already challenging economy, businesses simply cannot afford to not protect their data. However, the ‘new normal’ hybrid model of both office-bound and remote working, coupled with tighter budgets than ever, can make this difficult to achieve....
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In the last five years data management has evolved from a closed environment, where each department would store and manage its own data, to data being managed in disparate silos across an entire organisation. This is largely a result of modernisation through cloud, converged and hyper-converged infrastructure. Today organisations across all industries are generating more data than ever before, in various locations across the business...
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The Protection of Personal Information (PoPI) Act, which came into force on 1 July this year, has compelled organisations to take a closer look at their data management in terms of how it is stored, what data is stored and for how long this data must be stored. Essentially, this is the impact that the PoPI Act has had on businesses from an information management...
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Resellers and managed service providers may seem to be in competing lines of business, but in reality, the opposite is true. As the world moves increasingly toward Everything-as-a-Service (XaaS) the role of the reseller will undergo a shift. However, they do not need to pit themselves against service providers. There is a symbiotic relationship that can be leveraged, with resellers bringing sales knowledge and the...
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To streamline processes, maximise resources and optimise data usage in the business, backup and Disaster Recovery (DR) processes now include Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) functionality. Operational data is where AI and ML have the potential to shine. Designed to track performance statistics, rates of change, speed of access, bottlenecks and so much more, combining ML and AI to operational data is the...
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Staying home, sanitising, seeing your partner 24/7, and multitasking whilst trying to home school children has become the new normal. But so too has working from home, and everyone is online, possibly with less secure connections than required. There has also been a huge uptake of cloud-based services in order to support a mobile workforce. This means that digital transformation has seen rapid growth, but...
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From laptops and PCs to mobile phones and tablets, wearables to smart TVs, the number of connected devices has grown exponentially – and this is only on the consumer side. There is also a plethora of sensors in everything from cars to fridges, manufacturing equipment to heavy machinery. These connected devices are collectively known as the Internet of Things (IoT) and they are driving data...
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