06 March 2026

Saurabh Prasad, Senior Solution Architect at In2IT Technologies

Cloud-native applications have transformed the way businesses operate, enabling faster innovation, greater agility, and enhanced scalability. Yet, with this evolution comes an equally complex security landscape.

Traditional security approaches, which rely on fragmented tools and point solutions, are increasingly insufficient on their own, as while many organisations still combine best-of-breed tools, the trend is toward more consolidated platforms. The reality is that modern applications, often composed of microservices running across distributed infrastructures, demand security that is as agile and interconnected as the systems themselves. This is where integrated security platforms prove indispensable.

03 March 2026

Nishandra Baijnath, Systems Architect, Digital Automation at Schneider Electric

Utilities and municipalities are facing a pivotal challenge as the country’s legacy power grid – engineered for one-way energy delivery from centralised suppliers to end-users – must rapidly evolve to meet a new paradigm.

South Africa’s electrical grid is a classic example of a traditional power system, designed for one-way energy flow. Historically, generation was located close to the fuel source, which saw coal-fired power stations concentrated in Mpumalanga. These stations fed power into high-voltage (HV) yards, which then connected to the national transmission network. This network transported electricity across the country, eventually stepping down the voltage through distribution infrastructure to serve consumers and large power users.

26 February 2026

Ralph Berndt, Head of Sales and Marketing at inq. South Africa

Some may ask how EdgeSentry fits into the data centre discussion. The answer is simple: you can build the most advanced, perfectly cooled, and redundantly powered facility imaginable, but if the final stretch of connectivity to the branch is fragile or unaffordable, uptime becomes a theory, not a reality. In Africa, that last kilometre is where reliability and cost collide, and where the success of every SLA is ultimately decided.

Across the region, we still contend with fibre breaks, uneven last-mile coverage, and intermittent power that push downtime risk onto the enterprise WAN. That is not an indictment of local operators but a design reality. Imported SD-WAN solutions typically assume stable fibre, perpetual power, and dollar-based licensing, which makes them costly to own and slow to support here. The result is a performance and budget gap that branch IT teams live with every day. That is the gap EdgeSentry was built to close.

20 February 2026

Ryan Boyes, Governance, Risk, and Compliance Officer at Galix

Vendor risk management has shifted from an administrative task to a strategic discipline, which shapes how well organisations protect themselves.

Many businesses rely heavily on third parties for essential services but underestimate how much sensitive data these partners hold or assume that responsibility shifts entirely once work is outsourced. Without clear standards, specialist support and continuous oversight, vendors quickly become one of the weakest links in an organisation’s security posture.

30 December 2025

Ajay Kareer, Data Centre Market Manager, HARTING Ltd

The world’s data appetite is insatiable — and data centres are paying the electric bill. According to the International Data Corporation, global energy consumption per server is rising by around 9% each year. Servers might be shrinking in size, but their power needs are growing — and that’s a costly combination. With energy often making up more than half of a data centre’s operating expenses, every watt matters.