Managing cybersecurity in 2024 has become the equivalent of wrestling a bear. It’s constant vigilance against a hefty opponent that doesn’t stop seeking out every vulnerability and blind spot. As the year unfolds, some clear trends are emerging within thi ...
Navigating emerging tech: Azure tools for developers
According to a Flexera report released towards the end of 2023, Microsoft Azure’s adoption rate increased by 80% last year, moving ahead of competitors AWS and Google. This is the first time the platform has moved to first position in the highly competiti ...
Taking AI into the business with Azure
Artificial intelligence (AI) provides organisations with immense potential – providing companies with a stream of benefits that include automation, insights, analytics, reduced reliance on manual processes and improved decision-making. This makes AI a muc ...
From Vulnerabilities to Vigilance: How Azure Brings Security into the Cloud
Cloud technology may be maturing, but so are the threats that surround it. According to the 2023 Cloud Security Report, 95% of security professionals are worried about public cloud security, 38% about data privacy, 29% about data security and leakage risk ...
Generative AI Changes Gears in 2024
Generative artificial intelligence, also known as GenAI, is slowly maturing and 2024 heralds the year where this technology becomes more accessible and relevant to organisations. As the Economist says, “in 2024, the big beneficiaries will be companies out ...
Enhancing Security and Compliance in FSI
Cyber attacks are happening at alarmingly increased frequency, and they come not only with enormous costs, but significant reputational damage. Unsurprisingly, financial institutions top the list of targets, and as the financial services sector becomes mo ...
Benefits of Having Your Head in the Cloud(s) – Part 3
Compliance tools that are available for cloud services In this blog, we will look at how the compliance tools that are available for cloud services will link with the data protection regulations of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). It is ...
Benefits of Having Your Head in the Cloud(s) – Part 2
Four Compliance Steps When Moving to the Cloud In part 1 of my blog, I provided non-technical readers with a better understanding of what the Cloud entails. We will now look at compliance and the steps that can be taken to address these concerns from a l ...
Benefits of Having Your Head in the Cloud(s) – Part 1
“Hey! Stop having your head in the clouds!” This expression is very often used to refer to someone as either being absentminded, out of touch with the everyday world or simply having impractical ideas. In this blog, I will illustrate that these days hav ...
AI Key for Helping Banks Enhance Customer Lifetime Value
Understanding and maximizing Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) helps banks become more profitable, and AI is key to enabling this. This is according to experts participating in a webinar hosted by Microsoft Gold Partner Mint, in partnership with ITWeb in Apr ...









