CEO’s Communique – May / June 2018

Our 60 year old Institute continues to grow and we are now an ICT professional community of more than 9 500 members. Regrettably, however, only a very small percentage of that number is actively engaged in the affairs and activities of the Institute. For us to be a...

2018 JCSE-IITPSA ICT Skills Survey

Are you an employer of ICT skills? Are you a practitioner of ICT skills? If you work in the information & communications technology field, from student to CIO, from hacker to enterprise architect, we need your help! No matter what industry or sector you manage, if...

President’s Podium Apr / May 2018

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...

CEO’s Communique – Apr / May 2018

    As a valued member of our professional body, I wonder how often the concepts of ethical behaviour and integrity cross your mind, especially as we live in a country, and on a continent, where many others don’t seem to have much care for them at all?...

President’s Podium – March / April 2018

I love the fact that we live in an era where self-service is becoming the norm. Flying to Cape Town? No problem. You can check in online and print your own boarding pass. Want to draw some cash on a Sunday afternoon? Just head off to the ATM down the road. Need to...

President’s Podium – Feb / March 2018

Continuing Professional Development, or CPD for short, refers to the ongoing formal or informal training required in order to maintain a specific qualification or designation. One might argue that you have spent thousands of Rands and a number of years in studying for...

President’s Podium December 2017

  The last few months have flown by as a result of the preparations for the IITPSA President’s Awards and 60th Anniversary Banquet.   After months of planning the big day had arrived and on 8 November 2017 we honoured various individuals within the ICT...