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By Mandy Duncan, Country Manager for HPE Aruba Networking South Africa It is easy to take technology like connectivity for granted when everything is working as it should. However, earlier this year as companies across South Africa abruptly lost access to everything from their e-mail systems to video-conferencing tools and websites, that invisible infrastructure that powers people’s day-to-day business lives was suddenly a critical point of focus. While it was later discovered that undersea cable failures between South Africa and Europe were responsible for the internet chaos across the country – an incident entirely beyond the control of local IT departments – it did prompt business leaders to consider the severe ramifications of poor connectivity and spotlighted the crucial role of network resilience. Downtime can quickly become a costly business, with the Central Bank estimating that the energy crisis alone reduced the nation’s economic growth rate by as much 3.2 percentage po...

Author: Mandy Duncan, HPE Aruba Networking Country Manager, South Africa With Artificial Intelligence (AI) innovations dominating the news, you’ve likely already heard how AI for IT Operations (AIOps) is set to revolutionise almost everything. Like many other local business leaders, you probably have high expectations of the benefits AI will bring to your IT department. Indeed, almost 50% of South African organisations say this is the most important area where they expect to see performance improvements. Not surprisingly, for most, elevated customer experience is the top anticipated outcome.   To benefit even further from advances in AI, the next thing that should be on your radar is something called AI Networking, which will be particularly relevant if you’re responsible for wireless, wired, and wide area networks (WAN).   Before we explore this new facet of AI innovation, let’s take a step back. Reviewing a few definitions will help you better understand the key characteris...