Why cloud-first shouldn’t mean cloud-only
It’s been ten years since Oracle’s Larry Ellison had his Thomas Watson moment, dismissing cloud computing as a fad, nonsense and absurd....
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Jan 17, 20193 min read
Can blockchain and POPI be friends?
Inevitably innovation challenges the typical ways of doing things and regulation always seems to lag progress. How can we balance...
Dec 13, 20184 min read
Does GDPR spoil the blockchain party for everyone?
In a constantly and rapidly changing world, I wonder if a large part of the blockchain’s appeal isn’t its durability, its steadfastness,...
Oct 17, 20183 min read
When economic times get tough, resist pulling up the drawbridge
This century has only just become an adult, but has managed to fit in an unprecedented amount of upheaval and disruption. From the...
Sep 20, 20182 min read
Legislating the digital goose
There’s always a fair bit of muddling through during times of massive change, as we see now at the dawn of the fourth industrial...
Jul 24, 20183 min read
The unintended consequences of POPI and GDPR
It feels like it is one step forward and two steps back at the moment. Yes, we’ve beefed up the protection of personal identification...
Jul 10, 20184 min read
Re-writing history with the GDPR time machine
I recently had a conversation with someone where they told me that they had to politely explain to an employee that yes, they could...
May 15, 20184 min read
GDPR is coming: lessons from the South
On 25 May 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force. Thereafter it will apply to those of us around the world...
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