Any way you want it September 2009, Technews Publishing, News & Events We live in an ever-changing world where the hottest technology today is the blunt hammer of tomorrow. To varying degrees, everything changes, except perhaps consultants.
I can remember back when I started ...
Read more...Back to the future, again August 2009, Technews Publishing, News & Events Having spent some time in the IT world, both doing IT stuff and writing about it, I realised recently that the security industry is going through a change similar to what happened in the IT world 15 or ...
Read more...A Kit Kat for your life? July 2009, Technews Publishing, News & Events In next month’s issue you will see a review I am writing about a new surveillance product from Space TV, as well as a potential review of a couple of IP cameras from other companies. I say potential as ...
Read more...IFSEC, IFSEC and ... wait for it ... IFSEC June 2009, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News & Events You could say we are in IFSEC overload here at Hi-Tech Security Solutions. First there is the preparation for our stand at the local show, known as IFSEC South Africa Securex 2009 to those not on a first ...
Read more...Crime for dummies May 2009, Technews Publishing, News & Events I was insane enough to be at Lanseria Airport to catch a 06:15 flight with Kulula on 7 April. Do these Kulula employees realise their canned jokes and comments while trying to be funny at 05:15 in the ...
Read more...Do the bare security necessities April 2009, Technews Publishing, News & Events The BBC recently took a break from dishing up its usual preapproved gruel to do something interesting. The broadcaster’s technology programme bought a botnet of over 20 000 infected PCs to send out spam ...
Read more...At least we still have crime March 2009, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News & Events That may be a terrible headline and an insensitive thing to say given the out of control criminality we live with in South Africa and the many people traumatised on a daily basis. However, it was a comment ...
Read more...A broader view of business risk February 2009, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News & Events At the time of writing this column, we are nearly finished putting the finishing touches on the February 2009 edition of Hi-Tech Security Solutions; Barack Obama has just been crowned, I mean inaugurated ...
Read more...Customer unfocused January 2009, Technews Publishing, News & Events A recent trip to HYT in China with Spectrum Communications (mentioned in the news section) was a real revelation for me. On the one hand, there was the cultural and historical education being taken on ...
Read more...New year, new look January 2010, Technews Publishing, News & Events Welcome to the first Hi-Tech Security Solutions of 2010. As you can see, we have been at work over the Christmas break putting the final touches to the design of the magazine. The new look is designed ...
Read more...International man of mystery November 2008, Technews Publishing, News & Events I have been a Mr J. Bond, a Clark Kent and even a Bruce Wayne. There was a time when I was a HRH E. Windsor. Once I was a certain N. Mandela.
In not one of those occasions did anyone think there was ...
Read more...Where does security end? October 2008, Technews Publishing, News & Events I have been an observer of IT security for some time. Sad to say, this market is one where hype makes the sale more often than common-sense. That is not to say there is not a real need for IT security, ...
Read more...The weakest link September 2008, Technews Publishing, News & Events The saying goes that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link and this is especially true in the world of security. No matter how sophisticated a system or how well trained its personnel, if one ...
Read more...Editor's note August 2008, Technews Publishing, News & Events Welcome to this the August issue of Hi-Tech Security Solutions. Coming off the back of a highly successful Securex 2008, it has been a month of product launches, news, acquisitions and events, much of ...
