Future cities, what’s the rush?
- July 31, 2018
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- Clare Petra Matthes
When cities first came into being, they were either near natural resources, or transport routes, or in an area that might have been easy to defend. Naturally, they evolved over time as infrastructure became necessary to support inhabitants and as populations started to grow.
In the early 1900s, governments began to plan cities and now, more than 100 years later, architects, town planners and designers are working together to ensure that new cities utilise high-tech materials, sensor networks, energy efficiencies, data integration, clean transport, environmentally sound buildings and aesthetically pleasing designs.
What’s the rush?The rapidly growing global population and incredibly high levels of economic development has created more consumers than...
Assessing the human equation in the cybercrime epidemic
- June 25, 2018
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- Clare Petra Matthes
Opinion piece by Nicol Mullins, principal consultant at Mercer Consulting South Africa
Cybercrime is rampant in South Africa. In a 2017 report, Gartner...
Movie review: Colossal
- April 18, 2018
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- Clare Petra Matthes
If you’re into mind-boggling, challenging and puzzling movies that take you on unexpected twists and turns and leave you thinking “what the actual?”, then...
The failure to protect your child online is irresponsible parenting
- March 27, 2018
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- Clare Petra Matthes
The Internet can be an unsafe place for a child. Is it not then a parent’s responsibility to protect their child and is the...
The productivity puzzle
- March 13, 2018
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- Clare Petra Matthes
Is your small business losing valuable time?
What could your business achieve with an extra 31 hours of productive time each week?
Spend more time cultivating...Cybersecurity trends – SA in 2018
- January 18, 2018
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- Clare Petra Matthes
Cybersecurity is a hot topic in South Africa and in fact, the world over – in the face of recent, highly publicised cybersecurity breaches and the emergence...
Fak’ugesi festival to ignite Jozi
- August 21, 2017
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- Clare Petra Matthes
Africa’s biggest digital innovation festival returns this September.
From 6 to 16 September 2017, the Fak’ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival will once again transform Johannesburg...
Is next-gen tech risking ISP profit?
- May 02, 2017
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- Clare Petra Matthes
There is no doubt that technology has helped put the consumer into the driving seat, allowing users to influence the way in which organisations...