Jon Gericke chats with Magic 828 AM and one of his radio memtors, Dave Guselli about what it takes to make it and then stay on radio.

Dave Guselli

Virtustream, the enterprise-class cloud company and a Dell Technologies Business, today announced its first customer and partner in Africa. BCX, Africa’s premier end-to-end digital solutions partner, providing advanced information and communications technology, will implement Virtustream® xStream® and Virtustream Viewtrust™ software to further orchestrate, automate and secure BCX’s cloud capabilities.

Jon on Tech - BCX Launches Enterprise Game Changer

Dell announced findings of the 2017 Women Entrepreneur Cities Index (WE Cities), revealing how  50 top global cities are fostering high-potential women entrepreneurs (HPWE). Building on 2016 WE Cities research, this study ranks cities, not countries, to show the impact of local policies, programs and characteristics in addition to national laws and customs on HPWE. 
 
Johannesburg features at position 28, ahead of Seoul, Barcelona, Tokyo and Dublin. This is a slide from its position at 23rd in the 2016 study, reflective of tougher market conditions. Nonetheless, the City of Gold continues to represent African cities as a hub where business is open to everyone, regardless of their gender or creed.
 
“Globally, women’s entrepreneurship rates are growing more than 10 percent each year. In fact, women are as likely or more likely than men to start businesses in many markets. However, financial, cultural and political barriers can limit the success of these businesses,” said Karen Quintos, EVP and chief customer officer at Dell. “By arming city leaders and policymakers with data-driven research and clear calls to action, we can collectively improve the landscape for high-potential women entrepreneurs, which in turn dramatically lifts a city’s economic prospects – as what is good for women is good for the economy."
 
“It is in the world’s best interest that women entrepreneurs everywhere thrive. The WE Cities can be used as a diagnostic tool to help ensure that lawmakers are enabling women entrepreneurs to succeed,” said Elizabeth Gore, entrepreneur-in-residence at Dell. “Each of the cities on this list can learn from one another and encourage political change to attract and support women entrepreneurs. The resulting change will be felt at not just a city level, but at a humanity level as we develop an ecosystem where all entrepreneurs can thrive regardless of gender.”
 
Top 50 WE Cities Ranking & Methodology
 
Building on the past five years of Dell’ research on HPWE, five important categories of city characteristics were identified: capital, technology, talent, culture and markets. These pillars were organised into two groups – operating environment and enabling environment. The overall rating has 72 indicators, and 45 of these, nearly two-thirds, have a gender-based component. Individual indicators were weighted based on four criteria: relevance, quality of underlying data, uniqueness in the index and gender component. The 50 cities were ranked as follows: 

1.     New York

2.     Bay Area

3.     London

4.     Boston

5.     Stockholm

6.     Los Angeles

7.     Washington, DC

8.     Singapore

9.     Toronto

10.   Seattle

11.   Sydney

12.   Paris

13.   Chicago

14.   Minneapolis 

15.   Austin

16.   Hong Kong

17.   Melbourne

18.   Atlanta

19.   Amsterdam

20.   Portland (OR)

21.   Berlin

22.   Taipei

23.   Pittsburg

24.   Tel Aviv

25.   Copenhagen

26.   Vancouver

27.   Houston

28.   Johannesburg

29.   Barcelona

30.   Seoul

31.   Munich

32.   Miami/Ft. Lauderdale

33.   Nairobi 

34.   Dublin

35.   Warsaw

36.   Belfast

37.   Milan

38.   Beijing

39.   Tokyo

40.   Bangalore

41.   Kuala Lumpur 

42.   Sao Paulo

43.   Dubai

44.   Shanghai

45.   Mexico City

46.   Lima

47.   Guadalajara 

48.   Istanbul

49.   Delhi

50.   Jakarta

 

While NYC ranked No. 1, its total score out of 100 was 62.9, leaving considerable room for improvement
 
The 2016 and 2017 studies differ in several ways, including the total number of cities, number of indicators and the weight of indicators based on new data sources. Given the new elements to the ranking, scores should not be compared year-over-year.

Dell EMC Ranks Top 50 Global Cities for Women Entrepreneurs

I spoke with Chris Buchanan, Director of Client Solutions at Dell EMC about their rugged laptops that are being used in the Clipper Round the World Yacht race.

Clipper Tech

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REALIZE YOUR DIGITAL FUTURE

Recently Goliath and Goliath lost R300k in an email scam.

In today’s hyper connected environment, no company, no matter its size or sector, is immune to the ever-growing threat of cyber fraud. Indeed, whether your business is a one-man show or a sprawling multinational, it is wise to assume that you will – at some point – fall in the crosshairs of a savvy cyber criminal. From ransomware to social engineering, the threats come in many forms – and everyone is vulnerable. 
 
“Despite the huge amount of press generated by digital scams such as invoice interception and phishing we are still finding companies which get caught unawares.  It is clear that South African business leaders need to drive awareness internally and take even more proactive measures”cautions Colin Thornton, MD of leading IT consultancy Dial a Nerd. 
 
To begin with, he advises leaders to implement training or induction processes which highlight the risks and how to spot them.  After that regular tests can be performed reasonably cheaply by such as sending fake phishing emails – and then identifying where the weaknesses lie.  No matter how extensively a company invests in firewalls and anti-virus software, which are still essential, it’s often employees who inadvertently introduce threats.  Even if there isn’t a threat being introduced by email attachment, or website link, an uneducated employee could be a soft target for social engineering or hacking.

Dial a nerd - Cyber Fraud

Jon is at day one of the Dell EMC Partner Program. A way for the tech giant to spread their message to their partners around the African continent.
It's a way for everyone to understand the future...but let the speakers at the event tell the story.

The Dell EMC Partner Program

Day 2 interviews from the guest speakers and sponsors at the Dell EMC Partner Program in Cape Town.

Day 2 of the Dell EMC Partner Program

I speak with Susan Thesen of British T.I.P.S. about out tri to London, what is it that British T.I.P.S. actually does and also some tips and tricks on how to have a great London experience.

Chat with Susan Thesen of British T.I.P.S.

I spent some time in Cape Town for the Women in Tech Africa 2019 and spoke to some of the role players.

Jon Gericke

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