Thu.Nov 23, 2023

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Beyond gigabit: the need for 10 Gbps in business networks

CIO

Where a 1 Gbps corporate network was once the gold standard, the dominance of real-time video now demands higher bandwidth. 10 Gbps solutions are now emerging to provide super-responsive connectivity, right across campuses. According to leading networking provider Huawei, the ubiquity of video traffic (now typically 80% of overall traffic) is driving the need for 10 Gbps connectivity.

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A forensic look to modernize tech at South Africa’s SIU

CIO

Established in 1996, South Africa’s Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has acted as a trusted anti-corruption, forensic investigation, and litigation agency to recover financial losses and correct wrongdoing. But with a long history comes legacy tech and inefficiencies. Something an entity like the SIU can’t afford. CIO Tumelo Zwane understands how new and emerging technologies can play important roles to streamline the work the SIU does, so she and her team recently set out to update the unit’s c

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What CIOs can learn from the massive Optus outage

CIO

The week’s high-profile resignation of Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin in the wake of the Australian telco’s massive outage that left 10 million Australians and 400,000 businesses without phone or internet for up to 12 hours earlier this month underscores the stakes involved when it comes to setting an IT strategy for business resilience. At a Australian Senate inquiry last week, Lambo Kanagaratnam, the telco’s managing director of networks, told lawmakers that Optus “didn’t have a plan in place

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