Author: Gugu Lourie

Workers themselves, especially millennials, are increasingly unwilling to accept traditional roles as cogs in the corporate machinery being told what to do. Today, 34% of the US workforce freelances, a figure that is estimated to reach 50% by 2020. That’s up from the 31% estimated by the Government Accountability Office in a 2006 study. By Bernhard Resch Uber suffered a legal blow this week when a California judge granted class action status to a lawsuit claiming the car-hailing service treats its drivers like employees, without providing the necessary benefits. Up to 160,000 Uber chauffeurs are now eligible to join the…

Warren Olivier, regional manager of Veeam Southern Africa, examines the importance of business continuity in this environment. Mobile applications have become an integral component of the Always-On business. Whether it is accessing back-end corporate data or creating sales forecasts in the field, the connected worker has come to rely on these solutions. We live in a world where the app is king. Born in the cloud, they are deeply integrated into all aspects of our business and personal lives. And thanks to the consumerisation of technology, many people only care that it works with very little thought given to the…

There is nothing that trumps the ease-of-doing-business in an “overcrowded” and “hyper-competitive” technology distribution industry such as the one in South Africa, which is characterised by price wars. That’s the word of Miles Crisp, the chief executive officer of Tarsus Technology Group (Tarsus), formerly known as MB Technologies – which delisted on the JSE in 2002 when a management consortium paid more than half a billion rand to buy out minorities. Crisp says Tarsus has not discounted winning market share. “If you measure performance in terms of rand value, you are in an industry where costs of items are coming…

by Gugu Lourie South African-based Investec Bank has introduced fingerprint authentication, using Apple’s Touch ID biometrics technology. The move comes after the financial institution introduced voice biometrics verification system on the 25 February 2015 in SA as a tool to improve security. Designed and released by Apple Inc, Touch ID is a fingerprint recognition feature currently available on the iPhone 5S, the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. Investec clients with an iPhone device will now be able to use Touch ID to log into their Investec App with a single, secure touch, as an alternative to their Investec Online…

By Staff Writer Tarsus Cloud On Demand, a South African Cloud Vendor, will be offering customers the ability to tap into on-premise, off-premise as well as hybrid cloud features of the full Windows Azure Pack offering. The company, which is owned by MB Technologies, said as part of its initial investment into the platform, Cloud On Demand is investing in over R2 million credits for customers to make use of. This will allow them to use the service at a discounted rate, deploy effective proof of concepts for their business as well as truly experience the value of the cloud without…

02 March 2015 MTN launches fortnight and weekly data bundles Today, MTN launched a fortnightly data bundle that is tailored for customers who want to consume a stipulated amount of data within a shorter time frame, without having to commit to a monthly period that does not match their usage requirements. The fortnightly data bundle is valued at R79 for 1GB of data. Alongside the fortnightly data bundle, MTN has introduced weekly data bundles that have a range of denominations. The weekly bundles are priced at R7 for 50MB, R12 for 100MB, R29 for 300MB, R39 for 500MB and R59…

MTN launches fortnight and weekly data bundles Today, MTN launched a fortnightly data bundle that is tailored for customers who want to consume a stipulated amount of data within a shorter time frame, without having to commit to a monthly period that does not match their usage requirements. The fortnightly data bundle is valued at R79 for 1GB of data. Alongside the fortnightly data bundle, MTN has introduced weekly data bundles that have a range of denominations. The weekly bundles are priced at R7 for 50MB, R12 for 100MB, R29 for 300MB, R39 for 500MB and R59 for 1GB. These…