In today's residential estates and complexes, one of the biggest concerns is preventing unauthorised access, while ensuring a smooth and convenient experience for residents and approved visitors.

In 2025, the business world will transform rapidly, thanks to advances in technology. With AI leading the charge, a collection of groundbreaking trends is set to redefine how we think about IT strategies.

With SA’s Information Regulator on record as saying the country suffered at least 150 data breaches a month in 2024, South Africans must make multi-factor authentication (MFA) the non-negotiable centrepiece of their personal cybersecurity new year’s resolutions.

As these technologies come together, they are impacting the architecture of the edge and what we require from data storage. More specifically, they are driving a demand for specialised storage.

The fire protection landscape is evolving swiftly, fuelled by technological advancements designed to improve safety and efficiency in fire detection, control, and suppression. These innovations transform traditional methods and establish new safety standards in residential and commercial spaces.

Market dynamics in the IoT CMP market have evolved in recent times as vendors focus on responding to the challenge of declining ARPUs for IoT connectivity services.

SMARTpod, the podcast by SMART Security Solutions, recently spoke to Richard Frost from Armata about the company's new 'all-in-one' cybersecurity bundle designed to relieve cyber stress in the SMB market.

From a video storage solutions perspective, SkyHawk drives, designed for DVRs and NVRs, offer high capacity, optimised firmware, and a reliability workload rating of hundreds of terabytes per year.

Large-scale video surveillance users and applications demanding extended storage periods will benefit from up to 40% savings on video storage hardware stacks thanks to a new partnership between IDIS and Secure Logiq.