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25:26

Retail Capital partners with Sage and AWCape for...

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2022/09/12

Retail Capital identified Sage Intacct as a cost-effective solution for its business, which has been experiencing exponential growth. Chief financial officer Tyler Posthumus studied Retail Capital’s requirements to scale, and quite specifically stipulated the need for a robust ERP solution with API (application programming interface) capabilities for automation. There also needed to be minimal disruption to the business. Through an existing and well-defined partnership with AWCape, Retail Capital

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39:49

[TC|Daily] 'Biggest event ever in crypto': Revix CEO...

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2022/09/12

In the inaugural episode of TechCentral’s new technology show, TC|Daily, Sean Sanders, CEO of Cape Town-based cryptocurrency platform Revix, chats to host Duncan McLeod about the imminent “Merge” affecting the ethereum blockchain and what it means. Sanders explains what the Merge is, how it will impact the blockchain and what it might mean for investors in the ether token. Could it even lead to the so-called “Flippening”, where ether overtakes bitcoin to become the most valuable crypto token by

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21:46

Qush: Why prevention is always better than cure...

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2022/08/11

In this podcast, TechCentral speaks to security specialists Qush Security about companies’ data risks and insider threats. Chris Denbigh-White, Qush’s director for global customer success, contextualises how the company’s Reveal platform creates relevant visibility for companies to make the right decisions at the right time to protect their people, their operations and their reputations. Fallon Steyn, regional sales manager for Middle East and Africa at Qush, then illustrates how the user is central

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16:25

e4's Adri Führi on encouraging more women into tech...

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2022/08/10

According to Statistics South Africa, only 23% of professionals in science, technology, engineering, and maths (STEM) fields are women. This is clearly an opportunity for diversification and transformation. Adri Führi is chief financial officer and transformation lead at e4. She is passionate about advocating for more female-led initiatives in the IT sector. TechCentral spoke to Führi about her vision and her practical experiences. The barriers to entry as a young learner have been lifted: the

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20:36

How South Africa can woo more women into tech [promoted]

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2022/08/04

In an enlightening and quite personal conversation, TechCentral sat down with Anna Collard, senior vice president of content strategy and evangelist at KnowBe4 Africa, to discuss some of the misnomers and truths about gender bias in the IT sector. While the conversation is very much focused on encouraging young women to consider careers in tech, it also outlines some practical steps we can all take to create opportunities for young women in the sector. Collard talks about how she used to be

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24:29

Book and check-in via WhatsApp? FlySafair is on it...

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2022/07/28

Never mind the convenience of a mobile app for booking and managing your flights: how great would it be to be able to do all that using WhatsApp? The customer-centric and innovative team at FlySafair are committed to driving digitisation while remaining agile and relevant – all while maintaining their core values and, of course, having some fun at the same time. The airline industry has had to adapt to challenges more than most in recent years, and has had to invest into an unknown future. Through

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29:19

Why Dell's next-gen PowerEdge servers change the game...

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2022/07/27

There are big technological changes happening in the sometimes arcane world of server computing, as Pinnacle ICT’s Ricky Pereira and Peter van der Merwe reveal in this episode of the podcast. Pereira, who is Pinnacle’s Dell Enterprise product manager, and Van der Merwe, a pre-sales engineer, unpack the new range of Dell EMC PowerEdge servers and the innovations these workhorses are bringing to a data centre near you. Pereira unpacks why these 15th-generation PC servers from Dell are game changers,

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24:50

Demystifying the complexity of AI – fact vs fiction...

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2022/07/06

There are many preconceived ideas and myths about what AI is and value it can or cannot bring to an organisation. This interview, with CallMiner vice president of AI Rick Britt, centres on a selection of myths around AI, what it is, and the value drawn from using it. Many brands see fully automated CX (customer experience) as a quick and easy way to cut costs, increase issue resolution and improve customer satisfaction. Yet the number one reason customers are directed to a live agent after a failed

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23:23

How your organisation can triage its information...

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2022/06/22

Cybersecurity Solutions for a Riskier World, the largest benchmarking study of C-level cybersecurity decision makers, found that leaders who adopt a risk-based approach experienced considerably less breaches than others. Additionally, their time to respond to and mitigate a breach was significantly faster. To be considered a risk-based leader, organisations need to score higher in areas such as attack surface visibility, attack simulation, exposure management, risk scoring and vulnerability

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18:44

The youth might just save us [promoted]

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2022/06/15

In order to effectively defend ourselves and our organisations’ critical assets, we need to increase the global cybersecurity workforce. According to the research compiled by Fortinet, 80% of organisations experienced at least one breach in the last 12 months that they could attribute to a lack of cybersecurity skills or awareness. This is something that cannot be ignored. In this podcast, TechCentral speaks to Paul Williams, country manager for SADC and the Indian Ocean Islands at Fortinet, about

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1:49:56

Everything PC S01E06 - 'Apple Silicon'

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2022/06/15

In the final episode of season 1 of TechCentral’s Everything PC show, hosts Duncan McLeod and Gerhard Pretorius discuss Apple’s decision to design its own chips for Mac. There’s no doubt that Apple’s decision to ditch Intel in favour of its own silicon designs – the chips are made by Taiwan’s TSMC – has had a significant impact, not only on the company, but on the broader computer industry. Apple’s latest computers, based on the M1 chip (and more recently, the M2), are fast and energy efficient

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1:27:40

Everything PC S01E05 - 'Nvidia: The Green Goblin'

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2022/06/08

Nvidia is one of the most interesting – and controversial – companies in the computer industry today. In episode 5 of TechCentral’s new podcast series, Everything PC, show hosts Gerhard Pretorius and Duncan McLeod tackle the “Green Goblin” – Pretorius’s description for Nvidia – and have a look at why it is simultaneously admired, feared and even loathed in the computer industry. Founded almost 30 years ago by Taiwanese-American businessman and technologist Jensen Huang — who continues to serves as

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16:11

e4's Kevin Halkerd: Popia compliance should not be a...

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2022/06/01

While we are all acutely aware of the Protection of Personal Information Act (Popia), are we considering the most appropriate approach to safe guarding our organisations against the risks and inevitable consequences? TechCentral spoke to Kevin Halkerd, information security officer at e4 Group, for his insights into what the Popia road map looks like for organisations. The podcast interview touches on collective review, minimum compliance measures, impact assessments and evidence-based audits – not

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1:41:26

Everything PC S01E04 - ‘The story of Intel - part 2’

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2022/06/01

We continue our exploration of the Intel Corporation this week in episode 4 of Everything PC, this time looking at the current challenges facing the chip giant — and what comes next under the leadership of CEO Pat Gelsinger. In part 1 of this double episode of Everything PC, your hosts Gerhard Pretorius and Duncan McLeod unpacked the history of one of the most storied companies in Silicon Valley — how it built the PC industry and also how it eventually lost its mojo. Now, in part 2, we unpack how

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20:57

The threat is real: CipherWave makes the case for...

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2022/05/30

Zero Trust. You’ve heard the term, but what exactly does it mean, and what are the benefits of adopting it as a security model? In this podcast, TechCentral’s James Erasmus is joined by CipherWave CEO Wayne D’Sa and chief cloud officer Casper van der Walt who share best practice in implementing Zero Trust. With new working models, more devices accessing the network, increased cybercrime, and numerous other risks, CipherWave explores the practical implications of not adhering to best practice and not

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42:21

Wapa's Paul Colmer on why Icasa should open up 6GHz...

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2022/05/27

The Wireless Access Providers Association (Wapa) recently called for government to free up vast tracts of radio frequency spectrum in the 6GHz band, claiming that doing so could drive a wave of economic growth. Wapa executive Paul Colmer joins the TechCentral podcast (listen below) to unpack why the association has made this call, and why it believes opening up the 6GHz band to unlicensed telecommunications providers could generate huge benefits for the country. Specifically, the spectrum could be

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19:30

Spectrum auction opens up big growth opportunities -...

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2022/05/26

Having concluded a successful spectrum auction and collected more than R14.4-billion in proceeds, communications regulator Icasa has opened the pipeline for considerable economic growth in South Africa. TechCentral jumps straight into what this means with Riaan Graham, director for sub-Saharan Africa at Ruckus Networks, in this podcast interview. “Put the delays (otherwise known as the 'debacle') behind us, and let's look forward to building an exciting future. The digital economy is poised to take

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1:05:29

Everything PC S01E03 - 'The story of Intel - part 1'

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2022/05/25

In the third episode of Everything PC, we begin our adventure into the world of Intel, the company that in many respects started it all back in 1968. In this episode, the first of a two-parter, Everything PC hosts Duncan McLeod and Gerhard Pretorius look at the storied history of Intel, from its founding by chemist Gordon Moore and physicist Robert Noyce, to its chip designs that helped create and their transform the personal computer industry. In many respects, Intel is the flip side of the AMD

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19:34

Cybersecurity: mind the gap [promoted]

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2022/05/23

Huge skills gaps in the cybersecurity sector mean that self-starters who upskill themselves now could quickly put themselves on rewarding and lucrative career paths. TechCentral chatted in this podcast to Anna Collard, senior vice president of content strategy and evangelist at KnowBe4 Africa, about the company’s recent Cyber Security Skills Pipeline survey and what to do about the opportunity. Collard, a seasoned cybersecurity specialist and advisor, said the responses to the survey revealed some

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22:28

Dean Broadley on why product design at Yoco is an...

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2022/05/18

Dean Broadley, head of product design at Yoco, an African technology company, talks to TechCentral in this podcast interview about why and how the firm has deliberately not painted all customers with the same brush, but rather built relationships and maintained trust as an open commerce ecosystem for small businesses. “Our core customers are a diverse and fluid group of people, and to truly serve them we need to think about all the tools and services they might need in their unique circumstances,”

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