Work in smaller cycles, be kind, and be honest: These are the three basic principles that Kent Beck imparted to delegates at the Agile Africa 2017 conference recently held in Johannesburg. This year marks the five-year anniversary of the Africa Agile Conference. Kent Beck is a software engineer at Facebook and the architect of […]
Agile Africa, South Africa’s top Agile conference will take place from 21 to 22 August 2017, celebrating its fifth meeting of Agile users. This year’s conference will bring a diversity of local and international speakers, offering delegates opportunities to interact with and learn from people in a variety of environments. The Agile Africa 2017 […]
IBM opened its second research location on the African continent at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) Tshimologong Precinct in Braamfontein, Johannesburg on 25 August 2016. The two-level, 900 m2 lab has a DIY maker-space with electronic design equipment and a 3D printer. Agile work space provides a collaborative environment for IBM scientists to train […]
Online connectivity is prevalent, and threats delivered via this medium are almost as old as the internet itself. However, cyber security has come into sharper focus recently as a result of how pervasive new technologies have become, and how they are fundamentally transforming the way that we do business. With ubiquitous connectivity, online business services […]
The battle to remain strategically relevant is being fought by telecoms operators who have chosen to be more than utility providers of connectivity alone. The story goes that that digital disruption has rendered them, their technology and their systems to the role of mere logistics. Telcos are seen to provide little more than dumb […]
Since the Agile Manifesto was written in the US in 2001, Agile software development methodology has become a mainstay of innovative, high-energy developers the world over. Agile methodology refers to a development process focused on iterative changes and updates, and encourages collaboration among self-managing teams. It replaces traditional development methodologies that focused on whole-project […]
