By Byron Horn-Botha, Business Unit Head Arcserve Southern Africa. ChatGPT, developed by the artificial intelligence lab OpenAI, is a humanoid chatbot causing a global sensation. It is now the fastest growing app in history, hitting 100 million active users in just two months – much faster than the nine months it took previous record-holder TikTok to reach that […]
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Data leaders’ challenge: The growing data skills shortage
One of the major challenges faced by data leaders today is the daunting task of collecting and transforming raw data into analytics-ready data. Moreover, the increasing volume and variety of data, along with the need to manage both cloud-based and on-premises data, makes this an increasingly complex and expensive undertaking. Additionally, data leaders are faced […]
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One of the major challenges faced by data leaders today is the daunting task of collecting and transforming raw data into analytics-ready data. Moreover, the increasing volume and variety of data, along with the need to manage both cloud-based and on-premises data, makes this an increasingly complex and expensive undertaking. Additionally, data leaders are faced […]
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CA Southern Africa, Veracode reveal that when it comes to application flaws, the devil is in the data
A Southern Africa reveals that the latest edition of the annual Veracode 2023 State of Software Security reports that applications grow in size by about 40% year on year irrespective of their original size. The research aims to assist businesses to meet the multiple challenges of reducing security debt and avoiding the introduction of security flaws that accumulate over […]
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Arcserve global research reveals cloud investments grow while data protection lags
Eighty-two percent of IT decision-makers expect an increase in hybrid cloud investments. Seventy percent of IT decision-makers expect an increase in multicloud investments. Forty-three percent of IT decision-makers believe cloud providers are responsible for data. Arcserve Southern Africa has revealed the key findings of an annual independent global study by Arcserve – the world’s most […]
Continue readingMore TagWeaving data into the organisational culture tapestry
Culture is defined as the ideas, customs and social behaviour of a particular population or society. The word is derived from the Latin ‘cultura’, stemming from ‘colere’, meaning ‘to cultivate’. It generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activities significance and importance. Culture is made up of the […]
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Today’s businesses are operating in an entirely new digital arena, but they still continue to rely on monolithic legacy systems. In fact, 31% of an organisation’s infrastructure is comprised of legacy systems, and only 33% of technology in large organisations is modernised. Today’s businesses are operating in an entirely new digital arena, but they still […]
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By Brian Harding, Head of iOCO Digital Digital transformation has been a business buzzword for many years now, but while most organisations have already embarked on the journey, they often forget that digital transformation always needs to be viewed in the context of the end consumer. Typically, organisations embark on a digital transformation journey to […]
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Speeding up software testing does not have to mean starting from scratch – the best way to accelerate it is by optimising current testing strategy. Perfecto is the key to achieving faster testing. This is according to Craig De Lucchi, Account Director, CA Southern Africa. He confirms the following mini strategy from Perfecto helps deliver faster testing […]
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In my first column, I looked at the challenges that organisations face when it comes to collecting, storing and then using data. Significant as these challenges are, they must be overcome because data offers the opportunity to generate evidence-based insights that in turn support better, more rapid decision-making in a complex and ambiguous business environment. […]
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