Africa’s Biggest Digital Transformation Challenge is Not Ambition, it’s Execution Capacity
We are fortunate at ATOMNIA to have some of the most skilled, insightful and experienced partners within our global network that, a network that stretches from Ireland to the Philippines, Belgium to South Africa. In this two-part article we interviewed Anton Jacobsz,...
ATOMNIA’S LANDMARK WIN AT START2DEF 2026 ENDORSES DUAL USE DEFENCE AND COMMERCIAL TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
March 2026: ATOMNIA and their OMNIA BLACK connection, protection and detection solution are announced as winners of the Start2Def award in the “Cyber security for Critical Infrastructure” category. Start2Def 2026, led by Belgium’s Royal Higher Institute for Defence,...
BELGIAN TECH LEADING THE WAY: ATOMNIA INNOVATION POWERS AFRICA’S DIGITAL & DATA SOVEREIGNTY CONTINENT-WIDE WITH SMART HANDS AFRICA PARTNERSHIP
Belgium-based ATOMNIA is enhancing its global reputation as a leader in digital transformation and cybersecurity. Supported by the Wallonia Export & Investment Agency (AWEX) and Belgian tech incubator IGNITY, ATOMNIA has joined forces with Smart Hands Africa (SHA)...
WORLD-CLASS AFFORDABLE CYBERSECURITY, CONNECTION & PROTECTION FOR SMES, ENTERPRISE AND CORPORATIONS FOR 2025
If your organisation is increasingly relying on digital infrastructure, Clouds, online applications, connected devices, automation and digital data you’re confronting a stark reality: cybersecurity is no longer just an IT concern – it’s a fundamental...
OMNIA: TAMING THE TECHNOLOGICAL JUNGLE FOR SMEs
Small and medium-sized enterprises face a daunting challenge: staying competitive while juggling multiple IT solutions, vendors and ever-growing cybersecurity threats. If managing various technology platforms is giving you a headache or you’re worried about the next cyber-attack there is a solution. Quite literally. Omnia: the affordable scalable connection and protection solution, where world-class technologies innovate, collaborate and integrate
THOSE WHO SAY SD-WAN IS DEAD DON’T REALLY UNDERSTAND SD-WAN
The Evolution of SD-WAN: Addressing Today’s Business Challenges In recent months, there has been much discussion about the future of Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) technology. While some industry voices have questioned its relevance, a closer examination...
POWERFUL NETWORKS AND ROBUST CYBERSECURITY ARE ESSENTIAL TO MODERN RETAIL BUSINESSES.
Technology is critical to the success of today’s retail businesses. It can vastly reduce overheads, waste and shrinkage, whilst driving sales and brand loyalty through positive instore experiences and efficiencies that consumers expect – fail to provide this and the shelf life of your brand will suffer.
WHY 2024 WILL SEE MASS TECH ADOPTION & DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION FOR SME’s… BUT ARE TECH GIANTS HELPING OR HINDERING?
Predictions are that 2024 will be the year of SME digital transformation because they no longer have a choice. Here’s how OMNIA can help.
WHOSE WORST HACKING NIGHTMARES CAME TRUE IN 2023?
In our annual Halloween blog for 2023, we’ve decided not just to tell you a scary, technological horror story of the hacked and attacked, but to show you how you can beat the cyber-criminals
LAYER 3 ENCRYPTION vs LAYER 4 ENCRYPTION – WHAT YOU REALLY NEED TO KNOW
To put the need for Layer 4 encryption in perspective – None of the recently attacked companies that suffered data theft, exposure or a ransomware attack were using Layer 4 encryption.
10 OF THE BIGGEST COMPLAINTS CUSTOMERS HAVE ABOUT MANAGED SERVICE PROVIDERS (MSPs)
With the huge uptick in companies outsourcing their technology provision to MSPs we’ve done some extensive research into the biggest problems and most frequent complaints from MSP customers, not only to ensure we do not fall foul of these errors but to inform you on what to check for when engaging an MSP.
NIS2 SUMMARY: WHAT IT MEANS FOR CISOs, CTOs, CEOs, BOARD MEMBERS and SMEs
The NIS2 Directive is a recently released set of cybersecurity guidelines and requirements established by the European Union (EU) to improve the overall level of cybersecurity across its member states.
GUEST BLOG: WHO FOOTS THE BILL AFTER A DATA BREACH?
It is naïve to expect a network security infrastructure expert to understand the full implication of financial and reputation loss associated with a data breach. It is not in their remit.
2023 THE YEAR SASE “REALLY TAKES OFF” ACCORDING TO TECH LEADERS.
The last two years have seen SASE becoming the mainstream security framework with businesses across all sectors either in the implementation stage of adoption or planning an adoption strategy.
HOW SASE & SD-WAN HELP SOLVE BUSINESS LEADERS TOP THREE CONCERNS – COST SAVINGS, CYBER SECURITY and SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES
92% of UK business leaders state that cost savings are their biggest worry [Oct 2022], cyber security fears come a close second, a well-founded concern with 74% of UK companies being attacked at some point in the last 12 months, and supply chain concerns come in third.
HOW TECHNOLOGY WILL CHANGE THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR IN 2022 and 2023
In this blog, SD-WAN Solutions highlights the varied and myriad technological innovations the leading construction businesses are adopting to counter this impact, many of which are now trickling down into SMEs and even family run building companies and partner organisations.
DEVICELESS SD-WAN REPLACING VPNS
VPN Technology has been around for years now, (in fact the first ever VPNs were introduced back in 1996) since then, they have allowed enterprises with remote workforces, such as on-the-road salespeople, to enable those remote workers to access corporate assets on the corporate network from remote locations.
Double Thriller – Halloween and Bonfire Night 2021
Make sure the Evil Hacker doesn’t attack your business this Halloween and make sure you’re not the guy whose old firewall fails to protect you on Bon(-voyage) fire(wall) Night. Read our blog on past cyber-attacks and cyber-crime and see why you need SASE to protect your network and business every single day.
OMNICHANNEL OMNIPOTENCE AS RETAIL GOES REAL-WORLD ONCE MORE
Research show that 37% shoppers will not wait more than 5 minutes to pay for their shopping before dumping their basket and leaving the store. 17% of these shoppers would not wait more than 3 minutes.
IT’S TIME TO PUT YOUR BIG-BOY (OR GIRL) SASE PANTS ON
Many companies have as many as 40 different security solutions and products, which their IT teams battle to manage and maintain – We’ve devised SaSe and SD-WAN security solutions that enable you to consolidate these myriad solutions, simplify management and, most importantly, allow you to strengthen your network and increase worker protection
YOU CAN’T CHANGE CHANGE BUT YOU CAN CONTROL CONTROL
Coronavirus, or COVID-19 has created challenging, uncertain and ever changing times for businesses everywhere. Success, or even now survival, is down to how your business, or even your entire workforce, reacts to change, how you learn from it and most importantly how you adapt. Don’t focus on what you can’t change; try to see the positive in every situation and work with that.
Here we’ve created a guide to both working at home as a remote worker – what things to avoid and how to stay focussed, and as a business how to get the best from remote working and home workers.
DELIVERING ROI IS PART OF YOUR SD-WAN JOURNEY
As Trusted Experts in all things SD-WAN, what value and Return on Investment does SDWAN Solutions ACTUALLY deliver? – Not only for your IT department but for your whole company – from day one!
In this article we don’t discuss the usual SD-WAN technology and benefits, but delve deeper into aspects of our service and product portfolio that you perhaps have not considered or are not aware are possible. We highlight how we are breaking the traditional managed service provider (MSP) mould, disrupting the industry with smarter ways of working, and saving you time, resource and money.
ADDING MULTI-CLOUD DESTINATIONS TO YOUR SD-WAN JOURNEY – SIMPLIFIED
This blog looks at cloud and multi-cloud access options available as part of an sd-wan network design, compares the options available in the current market and introduces smarter ways of working to help you achieve your network goals.
SD-WAN – WHEN VENDOR LOYALTY COSTS YOU MONEY
We still hear that old chestnut “But we’ve always done it this way” – especially when it comes to adapting a current WAN to an SD-WAN solution., how can you be sure that your IT provider is skilled enough to offer the solution that is ultimately best suited to you?
IS YOUR IT PROVIDER OFFERING YOU THE BEST SD-WAN SOLUTION?
With so many options available for SD-WAN, how can you be sure that your IT provider is skilled enough to offer the solution that is ultimately best suited to you?
Most SD-WAN solutions are provided to end customers by Telcos, managed service providers or IT consultancies / resellers. With so many SD-WAN options available to the IT Channel, you need to be sure that your IT partner is suitably qualified and is following the SD-WAN industry guidelines to ensure you get the most benefit from your SD-WAN network.
HOW TO CHOOSE AN SD-WAN PROVIDER
So, in an industry in desperate need of regulation, we’ll let you capitalise on our two decades of network industry experience and SD-WAN knowledge and explain, in simple terms exactly what to look for when choosing the best SD-WAN provider for your business. And, when an “SD-WAN” simply isn’t an SD-WAN.
HOW I EXPLAINED SD-WAN TO MY 83-YEAR OLD DAD
People say that you can only explain something in very simple terms if you really understand your subject, so challenge accepted! I used the simple roads analogy to try and explain the basic concept of SD-WAN to him.