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IT security needs a proactive strategy
by Riaan Badenhorst, Kaspersky Lab Africa
The corporate IT security landscape is changing - and rapidly. An overriding global trend that is dominating media headlines is the increase of cyber attacks - and their impact on businesses. In fact, over the last couple of years... ( more) |
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Q&A: Top tips for securing your virtualised IT environment
by Al de Brito, Continuity SA
Virtualisation delivers massive benefits but it has also created a layer of complexity that security administrators have to integrate into their thinking. Al de Brito, senior systems and network administrator, Continuity SA... ( more) |
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In conversation with Daniel Dock
by Hans van de Groenendaal, EE Publishers
Trax Interconnect, which started off in a garage in Cape Town over 40 years ago, has developed into one of South Africa's foremost printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturers. Last year the company went through a management buy-out... ( more) |
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Selecting a hard drive: SSD vs. HDD or both
by Hans van de Groenendaal, EE Publishers
At one stage, not so many years ago, for most people it was easy to decide what drive to select when buying a computer: a spinning drive (HDD). A solid state drive (SSD) option was simply too expensive and could not offer the capacity... ( more) |
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Tomorrow's jobs: The next Elon Musk is still in primary school
by Gavin Cotterill, Aurecon
It's a fact - jobs as we know them are changing and many "tried and true" career paths will cease to exist as we enter the digital age. How do we prepare our children for jobs that don't yet exist; using technology that hasn't... ( more) |
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Proactive power: the value of data analytics for utilities
by Jenny Roehm, Schneider Electric
As in the majority of industries, the amount of data that utilities have access to is growing exponentially. In particular, smart grid technology provides detailed data on generation and transmission systems. Intelligent thermostats, outlets, next-generation meters... ( more)
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The power to protect your security solution
by Marco da Silva, Jasco
South African businesses must have sufficient security systems in place in order to protect their staff, their assets, their products and their intellectual property. But, in a country where load shedding is not uncommon and unscheduled power outages... ( more)
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A blueprint for managing automation obsolescence
by Lonnie Morris, Rockwell Automation
How to identify and reduce automation-obsolescence risk with migration planning Manufacturers and other industrial operations are increasingly facing a critical decision point when it comes to automation obsolescence. Their assets are ageing and they must determine... ( more)
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| Ethernet and the trend to decentralised control solutions
by Jacqui Hanbury, Festo
The driving force behind progress in industrial automation in the last 20 years has without doubt been the networking of automation products via bus systems. The importance of industrial communication within machines and installations is increasing... ( more)
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Improving loss testing efficiencies through enhanced OLTS abilities
by Vincent Racine, Mario L'Heureux and Martin Warne, EXFO
An optical loss test set (OLTS) is a well-known device for its advantages in speed and accuracy over the more conventional light source and power meter. This makes the OLTS a great fit for applications with high fibre counts such as fibre to the home... ( more)
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Corona discharge detection using an ultraviolet imaging camera
by Christo van der Walt, Engineering Dynamics and Steven Shi, ULIRVision Technology
By using a high sensitivity ultraviolet radiation receiver, corona and ultraviolet radiation can be recorded to evaluate equipment condition through data processing and analysis. With the likely future increase in power demand and expansion of the grid... ( more)
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Thermal imaging solutions improve accuracy
Information from Flir
Thermal imaging camera manufacturers consistently stretch the possibilities of technology to offer better image quality to make it easier for users to interpret their findings. This article explains how new thermal imaging features improve... ( more)
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Traceability in manufacturing: RFID and barcode technology
by Wolfgang Kratzenberg, Balluff
Competition in today's market has become fiercer than ever. Getting the product to market faster while preserving or increasing quality and decreasing the cost to do so has always been the goal of the successful producer. The market has become increasingly... ( more)
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Optical considerations for LED selection
Information from Osram Opto Semiconductors
When choosing an LED for an application, its optical properties must first be considered. Properties such as lumen output, intensity distribution, and source size must be suited to the optical system of the application. One of the first questions asked... (more)
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Loss matters when selecting fibre for high-performance optical networks
Information from Corning Optical Communicators
The telecoms community is often focused on bringing fibre closer to the subscriber, either all the way: fibre to the home (FTTH) or perhaps as far as the final drop from the street cabinet (FTTC). However, it is also important to consider how the demand for... (more)
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Fibre as the last mile of connectivity when implementing VoIP
by Peter M'Crystal, Teralink Networks
All end users who are seriously intending to switch from a legacy telephone system (businesses) or phones (residential) to voice over IP (VoIP), should be mindful of the fact that the critical success factor enabling reliable, high quality voice... (more)
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Optical fibre splicing pivotal to installation
Information from IC Logistix
Fusion splicers have been around for almost 40 years now and arc fusion splicing plays a pivotal role in the installation of modern fibre networks and fibre to the home (FTTH). Typical optical fibre is constructed with a core made of doped silica and a cladding made of... ( more)
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LTE - turning the tables on cable
by Charles Sturman, U-blox
In less than a decade LTE has transformed mobile communications from a voice-centric dial up service into the high speed mobile broadband experience which we now take for granted. To migrate the internet from our homes to the streets and ultimately into our hands... (more)
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Smart wireless technologies mitigate interference
by Marco de Ru, Miro
When looking at the evolutionary timeline of the IEEE 802.11 family of wireless standards it almost creates the notion of sorcery and black magic being performed as we witness the air-bitrates of each revision doubling and the possible applications growing... (more)
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Translating augmented reality into business reality
by Jason Ried, Fuzzy Logic
Over the past several years, augmented reality (AR) has been steadily making its way from a niche technology reserved for gamers and geeks to a mainstream marketing tool. In simple terms, AR enables a live view of a real-world environment that... ( more)
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The Stuxnet virus could be lurking on your computer
by Doron Kowensky, H3iSquared
Computer forensics masters student James Moos reports on the development of cyber security and forensics for industrial control systems in a post Stuxnet era. Industrial control systems (ICS) comprise a number of technologies that have allowed... (more)
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Compiled by Hans van de Groenendaal, EE Publishers
- Peripheral-friendly USB hub
- Protection with sports camera case
- Support kids at school
- All about high definition everything... (more)
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Compiled by Joanne Taylor, EE Publishers
- Broadband for southern Africa
- Phase 3 NBI/EGI begins in Uganda
- New investor for Broadband for Africa
- MTN Nigeria's fibre backbone reaches 12 490 km
- Grant for environmental adaptation of broadband
- Kenya internet exchange point in Mombasa
- Internet exchange points improve connections
- Djibouti launches submarine cable system
- Free internet for national libraries... (more)
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