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18:34

TCS+ | From gen AI to deepfakes – the latest infosec...

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2024/10/01

Twice yearly, ESET publishes its Threat Report in which it unpacks the latest trends and developments in the world of information security. Adrian Stanford, group chief technology officer at ESET Southern Africa, is our guest in the latest episode of TechCentral’s TCS+, and he provides a succinct overview of the key trends identified in the latest ESET Threat Report, for the first half of 2024. Stanford provides a brief overview of the findings before delving into: • The threat posed by generative

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35:03

TCS | Bruce Mellado on the tech-led fight against air...

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2024/09/18

South African scientists have launched a cost-effective air-quality monitoring system built using internet of things and artificial intelligence technologies.Bruce Mellado, professor of particle physics and director of the Institute for Collider Particle Physics at Wits University, is one of the key people behind the new initiative, which is aimed at improving air quality in South Africa and eventually other markets around the world. He recently joined Duncan McLeod on the TechCentral Show to

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56:45

TCS | Rebooting Cell C: Jorge Mendes sets out his...

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2024/09/13

Jorge Mendes has been in the hot seat at Cell C for just over a year, and the turnaround at the long-troubled mobile operator is starting to gain traction. In this episode of the TechCentral Show (TCS), Mendes sits down with TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod for a detailed interview in which he provides an update on what’s happened in the past year at Cell C, paints of a picture of the state of the business today, and sets out what comes next for the mobile operator. To signal the management team’s

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28:32

TCS | ESP's Herman Maritz on Eskom's miraculous...

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2024/08/12

Herman Maritz, one half of the pair that developed the ESP load shedding app (formerly known as EskomSePush), is grateful that Eskom may finally have load shedding licked – even if that means fewer people are using the app.Maritz, who returns to the TechCentral Show (TCS) – he was last a guest in 2021 – reflects on the past four-and-a-half months without load shedding, and what that’s meant for ESP – apart from giving himself and his business partner, Dan Southwood-Wells, to focus on other

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23:23

TCS+ | Pushkar Gokhale on Openserve's digital strategy

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2024/08/12

Openserve chief digital and strategy officer Pushkar Gokhale is TechCentral’s guest in this episode of the TCS+ business technology show, where he unpacks the role of digital services on the Telkom subsidiary’s growth ambitions. Gokhale, who has worked for various telecommunications operators around the world, came to South Africa more than a decade ago and liked the country so much he decided to make it his home. In this interview – which forms part of a series of TCS+ interviews with Openserve

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32:10

TCS+ | Angus Hay on Africa Data Centres' big Samrand...

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2024/08/06

In this episode of TechCentral’s business technology show TCS+, Africa Data Centres regional executive for South Africa Angus Hay discusses the significant upgrades taking place at the company’s Samrand facility in Gauteng.Africa Data Centres is in the midst of a major upgrade cycle at the facility known as JHB 2. The colocation facility, which is one of the few tier-4 data centres in Africa, was originally designed to handle 10MW of IT load. When the upgrades are completed in 2025, the facility

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22:23

TCS+ | How Openserve learnt to love ‘open access’

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2024/08/05

In this first in a series of interviews with Openserve executives, TechCentral’s TCS+ speaks to the company’s chief commercial officer, Phila Dube, about its business model, how it works with partners and why it has embraced the concept of “open access”. Openserve, which is a subsidiary of the Telkom Group, is South Africa’s biggest telecommunications infrastructure provider with more than 170 000km of national fibre footprint and fibre broadband connections into homes in all provinces across South

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40:53

TCS+ | CYBER1 Solutions and iiDENTIFii on combating...

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2024/07/22

Identity theft is a massive and growing problem that requires smart risk mitigation strategies.That is one of the key messages coming out of a TechCentral TCS+ interview with executives from CYBER1 Solutions and iiDENTIFii. CYBER1 Solutions security architect Christiaan Swanepoel and iiDENTIFii co-founder and chief technology officer Marco Wagener unpack the subject in greater detail in the interview. They discuss: • The background to iiDENTIFii and its relationship with CYBER1 Solutions; • The

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21:45

TCS+ | Zuko Mdwaba on Salesforce and its SA and...

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2024/07/11

Customer relationship management software giant Salesforce recently showcased the power of its latest artificial intelligence and cloud-based solutions to customers, partners and associates at Salesforce World Tour Essentials Johannesburg, held at the Kyalami Convention Centre in Midrand.In this episode of TechCentral’s business technology show, TCS+, Zuko Mdwaba, Salesforce area vice president/Africa executive and South Africa country leader, shares highlights from the event. He also provides

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40:46

TCS | VezoPay on new South African-made payment ring

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2024/07/01

A new smart payment ring has been launched in South Africa – and it’s built by South Africans for South Africans.In this episode of the TechCentral Show (TCS), TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod chats to VezoPay founders Jake Pinkus and Lawrence Baker about the launch of the ring – it’s available in three variants at launch – and what was behind the idea. In the interview, they not only explain why they decided to build a payment ring, but also why they’re entering what could soon become a highly

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22:56

TCS+ | WIOCC and 2Africa: providing an alternative to...

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2024/07/01

The 2Africa submarine communications cable, which will be the longest such system in the world when it’s completed, is already helping one South African internet service provider find an alternative route for its data traffic between KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape. 2Africa’s eastern segment – known as 2Africa Gera – is largely complete, and traffic is already flowing across the section that connects Durban and Cape Town, thanks to a newly concluded agreement between 2Africa investor WIOCC Group

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16:47

TCS+ | Telco or ISP? Tired of load shedding chaos?...

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2024/06/13

Alan Kemp, director at Iris Network Systems, has a long history in South Africa’s internet service provider industry. So, he knows all too well how load shedding can play havoc with internet and telecommunications networks, and the teams employed to ensure their smooth functioning.Iris Network Systems is a specialist South African service provider that specialises in network monitoring and management, with a historical focus on ISPs and operators, and currently entering the Enterprise market. Being

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21:57

TCS+ | Check Point dissects the complexities of cloud...

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2024/06/11

Promoted | Check Point’s Rudi van Rooyen explains why cloud security is not as straightforward as organisations might assume.The software security landscape is in a constant state of flux. According to research undertaken by Check Point Software Technologies – an AI-powered, cloud-delivered cybersecurity platform provider protecting over 100 000 organisations worldwide – African organisations have been attacked on average 2 508 times a week in the last six months. This compares to 1 379 per

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30:40

TCS | MultiChoice declares war on piracy - the man...

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2024/06/10

MultiChoice Group has been involved in two major enforcement actions against piracy kingpins in as many weeks.Frikkie Jonker, of MultiChoice subsidiary Irdeto, is the man leading the charge against these pirate operations, and he tells the TechCentral Show (TCS) that, despite recent arrests, the broadcaster’s war on streaming piracy is just getting started. More arrests and other enforcement actions are on the cards. On 5 June, MultiChoice revealed it had succeeding in nailing the streaming piracy

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44:58

TCS+ | ESET’s Adrian Stanford: how AI will transform...

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2024/06/10

Artificial intelligence technologies will be used by both threat actors and those fighting cybercrime, and will bring about fundamental changes in the information security industry. This is the view of Adrian Stanford, group chief technology officer at ESET Southern Africa, who was speaking to TechCentral’s TCS+ business technology show this week. Stanford, who is immersed in the world of infosec, unpacks how cyberattackers are using – and will expand their use of – generative AI tools to achieve

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35:22

TCS+ | Pinnacle CEO on how AI is going to transform...

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2024/06/06

Pinnacle CEO Tim Humphreys-Davies and his management team are early adopters in South Africa of generative AI tools in the workplace. He joins TechCentral’s TCS+ to talk about the experience, and the impact the technology is likely to have on business operations. Pinnacle, which is one of South Africa’s top ICT distributors, is testing the technology with the aim of assisting its channel partners with the shift to AI tools and deploying these in end-user organisations. Humphreys-Davies explains what

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1:12:00

TCS Legends | Mark Todes: technologist and monopoly...

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2024/06/03

Mark Todes has a fascinating story to tell. The South African technologist and entrepreneur is TechCentral’s guest in the final episode of season 1 of the popular TCS Legends podcast. Todes, who is perhaps best known for helping fight Telkom’s attempts in the 1990s to extend its telecommunications monopoly to the internet, has a storied career that began in the mid-1970s in the pre-PC era of mainframes and minicomputers. In this episode of TCS Legends, Todes tells TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod

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33:08

TCS+ | Workday and Altron on leadership, and driving...

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2024/06/03

In the latest episode of Workday’s Changemakers series with TechCentral, we speak to Altron Group chief operating officer Collin Govender and Workday South Africa MD Kiv Moodley about leadership and the role of technology in modern organisations. Govender kicks off the conversation by sharing his views on the significant changes that Altron has been through in recent years. He also unpacks his new role in the organisation, and what his day-to-day role entails now. The two men then discuss their

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33:26

TCS+ | Old Mutual’s Nomsa Lewisa on the future of work

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2024/05/28

Old Mutual IT executive for employee and workplace enablement Nomsa Lewisa is the guest in this episode of TechCentral’s TCS+ business technology podcast.In the show, Lewisa – who is joined later in the discussion by Workday South Africa MD Kiv Moodley – unpacks Old Mutual’s strategic priorities and how technology is helping the company achieve its business objectives. The podcast, the latest in a series by Workday grouped under the theme of “change makers”, explores how Old Mutual is using

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57:09

TCS Legends | Joan Joffe on building Joffe Associates...

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2024/05/21

Joan Joffe, the founder of Joffe Associates who would later play a pivotal role in the launch of South Africa’s mobile industry, began her IT career writing machine code on an ICL (then ICT) mainframe.Joffe, who introduced the IBM PC to South Africa in the early 1980s (much to IBM South Africa’s chagrin), has a storied career going all the way back to the late 1950s. Indeed, one of the first projects in which she was involved was developing the very first computerised payroll system for the SA

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