Email Security 101: Protecting Yourself from Scams and Threats using Google Workspace

Email is an indispensable tool for both personal and professional communication, but it’s also a prime target for cybercriminals. With phishing scams, malware attacks, and data breaches on the rise, safeguarding your email is more critical than ever. Google Workspace offers a suite of built-in security features and best practices to help you protect yourself. […]

Opennetworks ranks #48 in the inaugural FT Africa’s fastest growing companies in 2022

Blog post: From the Opennetworks team Opennetworks is proud to announce its inclusion inside the top 50 fastest growing companies in Africa for 2022, as per the inaugural Financial Times rankings! Opennetworks shares this privilege with a list of 75 total named contenders and alongside 24 top South African companies, including Naspers Limited and Sygnia.  […]

5 Ways to Increase Collaboration in your Team

Written by Katy Ocker, Learning Experience and Training Lead The working world has been on the road to change over the last decade, with more and more tech companies creating collaboration solutions to help us navigate this change. However, the pandemic has recreated this leisurely stroll down the path of change, to a rocket sent […]

Opennetworks is Agile

Written by Ana Lemmer, Opennetworks Chief Agility Officer It’s not news; the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated not only the need for greater business agility; but also validated an Agile approach through which to leverage it. Even if an organization had started on their agility journey before COVID-19, the pandemic pushed for even […]

Work From Home Culture – This is how we do it

Yes, there is Covid and lockdown and loadshedding. But these challenges weren’t all here a while ago (not all of them at the same time, at least) and hopefully these challenges are not here to stay. The reality and the actual challenge – and the more likely scenario needing to be sustained – is in […]

Contributing to South Africa’s future technology success, in 2021

Blog post: Support initiatives summarised by Adele Bezuidenhout, Special Projects Lead at Opennetworks, wording by Erica Schofield Lending a Helping Hand Opennetworks and its employees feel privileged to work in a dynamic and fast changing tech industry. Coming through the Covid-19 pandemic years, it is clear that one of the key ways of rebuilding and […]

The Power of Scheduling Focus Time

Focus is a funny thing.  It seems to take a different form with each of us, but whatever your specific type of focus looks like, I think we can all agree on one thing.  Within every single workday, we need some time, just to ourselves, to get some good and proper focus time in. Research […]

The Data Analytics Journey

The Data Analytics Journey

Data analytics may seem like a difficult concept to grasp, but what if we could make it simple for you?  Join us as we explain this vital business tool, in a way that is super easy to digest. Data analytics means analysing raw data.  With the information gained, decisions can be made in order to […]

5 Creative Uses for Your Email Signature

5 Creative Uses for Your Email Signature

Is it just us, or does it seem like the most together people have great email signatures?  A good-looking email signature has the power to elevate your email from personal to professional with literally one look from your client.  Sure, a signature at the end of an email shows your client who you are and what you […]

The A-Z of Tech

The A-Z of Tech | Opennetworks

Understanding tech talk is a little like learning a new language.  Master the ABCs and you’re good to go.  We have been listening to your questions about all things tech and Opennetworks, and have put together your very own A-Z.  Get the hang of these and you will be well on your way to becoming tech-fluent! Enjoy! A: […]