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6 PoPIA Tips to Ensure Security and Compliance

The full implementation of the Protection of Personal Information Act (PoPIA) heralds a new era of control and privacy for South African citizens and organisations, and holds the promise of deepening trust between organisations and their customers – provided organisations remain fully compliant. According to Cameron Beveridge, Regional Director Southern Africa at SAP, trust is the key to success in the digital economy. “Privacy and trust are essential elements in building strong connections with customers and ensuring a positive customer experience (CX) in today’s business environment. In fact, some studies have found that up to 90% of customers believe how their data is treated is indicative of the way they will be treated as a customer, and 91% won’t purchase from a company if they don’t...

Is South Africa Ready for the Next Phase in the Cloud Evolution?

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Woolworths to Get Rid of SA CEO Position When Incumbent Steps Down

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Telkom Pledges R10-Million to Help Rebuild SMEs After #SAUnrest

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Why Balancing Customer Experience with PoPIA Compliance is Critical

Image sourced from Innoverse 365. Meeting growing customer demand for relevant, personalised experiences while managing the regulatory demands of protecting data is emerging as one of the most significant challenges facing South African businesses today. Aspects such as managing customer consent and conforming to data privacy legislation create complexities for cloud-based data and analytics solution providers, the brands that use them, and the customers themselves. Given how the management of personal information (PI) is driven by the likes of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in Europe and the Protection of Personal Information Act (PoPIA) in South Africa, companies and providers need to navigate a minefield of compliance requirements to avoid significant financial fines and ...

SA Govt Opens COVID-19 Vaccinations for All Adults from Friday

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Teraco Completes Massive Data Centre Facility in South Africa

Teraco’s newly completed Johannesburg Data Centre facility. Teraco Data Environments Proprietary Limited, one of Africa’s largest vendor-neutral data centre and interconnection services providers, has announced the completion of the JB3 data centre facility, located within the Isando Campus in Ekurhuleni, east of Johannesburg, South Africa. The JB3 Data Centre. Image sourced from Tech Central. The company says its new billion-dollar facility represents a strategic addition to Platform Teraco, which offers enterprises a scalable platform for IT infrastructure deployment while sustaining performance, reliability, security, and the widest network choice. JB3 comprises 45000 square meters of building structure, 12000 square meters of data hall space, and 29MW of critical power load. When...

SA Data Breach Costs Reached Record Highs During Pandemic – IBM

IBM Security announced the results of a recent study that found that data breaches now cost South African companies $3-million (R46-million) on average – the highest cost in the 6-year history of the report. Worldwide, the average financial damages caused by a data breach increased by nearly 10% year over year to $4.24 million in 2021. Based on in-depth analysis of real-world data breaches experienced by organisations in South Africa, the study suggests that security incidents became more costly and harder to contain due to drastic operational shifts during the pandemic, with costs rising 15% for South African compared to the prior year. Businesses were forced to quickly adapt their technology approaches last year, with many companies encouraging or requiring employees to work from home, a...

80% of SAns May Have Already Had COVID-19, According to Discovery

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Checkers SA Reveals No-Till Shop Running on AI and Machine Vision

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South African Property Firm First to Accept Crypto for Rental Deposits

Image sourced from Bitcoinist. Quorum Holdings, an affordable residential and student housing specialist is the first property firm in South Africa to accept rental deposits in cryptocurrency tokens and to allow prospective tenants to potentially benefit from an increase in value. While rental deposits are standard practice in South Africa, tenants do not usually benefit from the money being held by their landlords, and deposits can be held for several years, depending on the lease. Quorum says that it has a growing portfolio expected to reach around 3,000 residential units in Johannesburg over the medium term and another 5,000 beds in student accommodation through a subsidiary Urban Circle, the business owns and manages a portfolio of properties. Saul Mayers, Group Legal of Quorum Holding...

SA Govt is Considering Opening Vaccinations to Over 18’s by End of Week

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