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IITPSANewsEd.116-December2018

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President'sPodiumWearealmostattheendofanotheryear.Theysaytheolderyou

getthemoretimeflies,soIamfeelingprettyoldrightnowbecause

theyearhasflashedbylikealightningbolt.

AtthistimeoftheyearIliketoreflectandassesswhetherIhave

achievedmygoals,bothonapersonalandprofessionallevel.

Well,IfeellikeapiginmudbecauseIhaveachievedmygoalsandmore.Goalsettingformeisvery

importantbecauseithelpsmetopushmyselfpastmycomfortzoneandbeingabletoachievethings

thatIthoughtweren’tpossible.Ithelpsmetopropelforwardandtolivelifetothefullest.

MygoalsareSMART:

Specific

Measurable

Attainable

Relevant

Timely

So,usingtheabovecriteria,Iamgoingtosetsomemoregoalsfor2019.It’sokifIdon’tachievethem

allbutitgivesmesomethingtoworktowards.

IamalsoproudofthegoalsachievedbyIITPSA.Someofthemarelistedbelow.

Ourmembershipbasecontinuestogrowandgofromstrengthtostrength.

Welaunched2newspecialinterestgroupsnamelyCybersecurityandArtificialIntelligence.

Ourregionalchapterscontinuetoprovidevaluetoourmembers.

WearerollingoutadigitalcertificateandsignatureknownasPrivysealtoourmembers.

We’vecollaboratedwiththeJCSEintheresearchofITSkills.

We’vehadanothersuccessfulIITPSAPresident’sAwardsbanquet.

IwouldliketotakethisopportunitytothanktheIITPSAboardandstafffortheircontributiontoa

wonderfulyearandabigthankyoutoourmembersforyoursupport.

Iwisheveryoneamagnificentfestiveseasonandlookforwardtoanotherfruitfulandexcitingyear.

Ciao

Ulandi

CEO'sCommuniquéTheendofDecemberisfastapproachingandmanyofour

membersarepreparingtogoawayonleave(andquitefewhave

departedalready).AsourPresidenthasmentionedabove,there

havebeenquiteafewIITPSAachievementsduring2018,with

morestilltocomeintheyearthatliesahead!

Ourofficeswillbeclosedfromtheafternoonof21Decemberuntil03January2019foramuch

shorterthanusualyear-endbreak,andwewouldliketowishallourmembers,associatesandfriends

wellovertheFestiveSeason.TothosewhocelibrateChristmas,wewishyouablessedandChrist-

filledChristmas,andtoall,HappyHolidays!

Bestregards....

Tony

INTHENEWS

Wecongratulateour2018President'sAwardsWinners

ITPersonality

TeddyDaka-CEOofEtion

VisionaryCIO

JacquesBarkhuizen-ABSA

CIO-VirtualChannels/Digital

Banking

TechnologyExcellence

EmptyTrips-BenjiCoetzee

SocialResponsibility/Community

ProjectIsizwe-Dudu

Mkhwanazi

Sincerecongratulationstoeachoftheseworthywinners!

DistinguishedServiceinICT

Dr.JackiePhahlamohlaka

AutomationmakesmemadbyAdrianSchofieldFIITPSA

....Thefirstnumberthatmademeblinkwas5,7million-morethan

onethirdofalljobsatriskwithin7years?Surelynot!Thesecond

numberthatraisedatleastoneeyebrowwas3,5million-whyhas

the“atrisk”numberdroppedby2,2million?Theonethatgotboth

eyebrowshoppingwasthatthereductionin“atrisk”jobscouldbe

“tojust2,5million”,asifputtingthisnumberofpreviously

economicallyactivepeopleonthestreetswasinsomeway

acceptable.

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IITPSArollsoutPrivysealIITPSAhascontractedwithPrivySealtoprovideadigital

accreditationservicetoallmembersingoodstanding,enabling

themtoprovetheirmembershipstatusandprofessionalstanding.

Duetothesizeofourmembershipbase,wearerollingthisoutina

phasedapproachtoourmembersaroundthecountry.Ifithasnot

yetreachedyou,youwillsoonbereceivinganIITPSAemail

askingyoutogiveyourconsenttoparticipate(POPIAcompliance),

afterwhichyouwillbeabletoregisterforyourindividualPrivyseal.

Sodokeepaneyeonyourinboxforthatallimportantconsent

requestemail.

UPCOMINGEVENTSANDACTIVITIES

IITPSAYear-EndOfficeClosureFriday21December2018:TheIITPSANationalOfficeinMidrandwillcloseat14h30fortheYear-Endbreakandwillre-openat

08h00onThursday03January2019.

WewishallourmembersablessedFestiveSeasonandHappy

Holidays.Thankyouforyoursupportin2018andverybestwishes

for2019!

IITPSAWesternCapeChapterAGM31January2019-Riverclub,CapeTown

TheAnnualGeneralMeetingofthemembersoftheWesternCape

ChapterofIITPSANPCwillbeheldatRiverclub,CapeTownon

Thursday31January2019.

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MEMBERBENEFITS

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beingprotectedbytheAVGInternetSecuritySuite(Business

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