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How much of your business data would be exposed if you were hacked? Would you even know if you were hacked? Jaco Voigt chats to Craigh Stuart from Endemik about API (Application Programming Interface). Do you have human intervention controlling your APIs? Access control when all staff were office-based was easier, but there is now a change of landscape due to workforce distribution - which escalates security vulnerabilities. You cannot protect what you cannot see... listen here to ensure that your APIs are securely managed! Catalytic

Does your business invest in ongoing learning? What motivates your staff to better themselves? Turn e-learning into your competitive advantage! E-learning is not just about dumping courses and files onto a platform and expecting a take-up by your staff. Jaco Voigt chats to Michael Gullan from G&G Advocacy about skilling – both UP and RE! G&G are a bespoke consultancy that ensures end to end online and bespoke learning, to influence career paths and skills development.

Are you keen to change and ensure the agility of your business? What changes are you making to keep your business running in a real-time world with the South African challenges of power outages, stolen cables, and outdated servers? Learn a few more technology acronyms to get your business working smarter! Jaco Voigt chats to Andy Brauer about EPN (end-point virtualisation). This workstation virtualisation not only has economic benefits, but ensures business continuity, flexibility, and storage on demand allocation. Does your IT partner or department consider your business’ needs, or are they merely in a comfort zone they choose not to improve? This EPN technology allows you to have a workstation away from your desk. It’s access to your business, virtually, from any end device, location at any time – into a well managed and protected data centre. Catalytic

Are your business and employees ready to engage with purpose to spot the opportunities of the future? It’s all about the hard job of soft skills, design thinking and learning agility. A conversation for employers and employees about the new behaviours and 15 critical skills to develop to ensure relevance and adding value in the new world of work. Jaco Voigt and Dr Eric Albertini of FutureFit discuss decisive leadership and the opportunities of 4IR, rather than the threats. In a BANI (brittle, anxious, non linear and incomprehensible) world filled with volatility and complexities, we need to ensure continuous life-long learning with a growth mindset that ensures becoming dealers in hope, by being adaptable and resilient to change. Catalytic

Email as a communication platform does not excite anyone, yet everyone uses it. It was created when the internet was a far safer place, but today there are fundamental security flaws. Your company’s email real estate is never static, and your email ecosystem requires constant monitoring and updating. Once again, we are reminded that your business’ security should never be an afterthought and no business is too small to be scammed! Criminal engagement in cybercrime using email is on the rise. Find out how a business loaded incorrect banking details and lost R100 million! And the travel agent who paid an incorrect vendor, which meant a school team could not travel - all because an email intercepted the legitimate payment process request. This week, Jaco Voigt chats to Sam Hutchinson from Sendmarc about email fakery, spoofing, imposters, phishing scams and malware. Catalytic

This week it’s all things C! Clarity, carats, cut and colour. Jaco Voigt chats to Kate from Bespoke by Kate about diamonds. As a business, Kate will assist in not only gauging and guessing (almost always correctly) a ring size, but she will source, design, and custom make bespoke jewellery pieces to suit both your style and pocket. They discuss the trend of synthetic diamonds, moissanites, and what the current trends in gems to wear are. There is so much to learn about fancies, cushions, facets, certification, claws and more – find out why this shining objet d’art is still considered an investment, and a girl’s best friend. Catalytic

What is your business printing and scanning, and how secure is that information? Jaco Voigt chats to Jonathan Osbourne from Altron about true digitisation and document solutions. Print suppression is a buzzword, but habit and human nature will always influence workflow integration aspirations. In a world where data security and layers of security for compliance are critical – this podcast looks at solutions for true business and document digitisation. Staff working remotely need secure access to information – are your documents being printed at home and then being dumped as scrap paper to the local school? Let’s begin with looking at the easiest place to start digitising - at THE PRINT. Catalytic

Jaco Voigt and Amanda Rogaly chat all things #BabyYumYum! A passionate platform for anyone vested in parenting and caregiving, or being an expert in the baby and parenting community. It’s about trusting your gut, being flexible, not being overwhelmed, and having an expert online for virtual advice - with the convenience of online shopping! An added bonus to the incredible online portal and social media pages, is a virtual conference where you can join experts and entrepreneurs for 3 days… in the comfort of your home. Get your tickets and clear your diary for 20, 21 and 22 May. It’s edutainable education for all to enjoy! Catalytic

Jaco Voigt is joined by Juan Paul from Mustek this week, for an interesting conversation about how Taipei's water and container shortages, influenced by the pandemic, caused shortages in chip manufacturing. A reminder that synching is not a back-up - and the answer to backing up your data is always a "YES". The world has seen double digit growth in cloud storage, and it is set to continue on this trend. Are you still physically hugging your server daily, or have you delved into cloud storage with a reminder of compliance, regulation, security and speed being key specifications? The Internet of Everything means more attack surfaces... is your data protected and safely stored? Catalytic

Jaco chats to Dr Asvat from Regent Business School – iLeadLAB. Focusing on the 4th Industrial Revolution, this education platform ensures that business education is accessible, accredited and affordable. Hear about their offering of coding, open-source, robotics and app development as well as design, laser cutting, 3D printing and more. Catalytic