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President’s Podium September / October 2018

by | Oct 13, 2018 | President's Podium

  October is National Cyber Security Month. This initiative started in 2004 in the United States of America. The goal behind this initiative is to encourage vigilance and protection by all computer users. Cyber security awareness is very important to both...

President’s Podium August / September 2018

by | Sep 14, 2018 | President's Podium

  The nominations for the IITPSA President’s awards are closed and we now start the process of selecting the finalists. The list of finalists will be publicised, and the public will have an opportunity to select their preferred candidate.   There are 6...

President’s Podium – July / August 2018

by | Aug 17, 2018 | President's Podium

August is the month of celebration and acknowledging the phenomenal women in this country. Unfortunately, I write this piece with a heavy heart. A few days ago, I received news that Brenda Aynsley who was a past president of the Australian Computer Society passed away...

President’s Podium – June / July 2018

by | Jul 14, 2018 | President's Podium

In last month’s newsletter I wrote about introducing programming as a compulsory subject in schools. We need to prepare our youth for careers that don’t exist yet. A few days after I wrote the piece, I came across an ITWeb article titled “It’s time to introduce coding...

President’s Podium – May / June 2018

by | Jun 18, 2018 | President's Podium

This month we celebrate Youth day. On 16 June 1976 thousands of students gathered in Vilikazi Street in Soweto to protest the introduction of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction in schools. Unfortunately, the protest turned violent when the police opened fire on...

President’s Podium Apr / May 2018

by | May 16, 2018 | President's Podium

Over the last couple of months, I have been receiving numerous e-newsletters and articles about GDPR. The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into effect on the 25th of May. Organisations are required to place a much stricter focus on...