Most businesses we work with have backups. Most of them would struggle to recover from a serious incident. The gap between having a backup and being able to recover is where businesses fail when it matters most. Backup is a copy. Recovery is a plan. A backup is a copy of your data stored somewhere…
Every South African business with more than 20 staff hits the same decision point. Do we hire an IT person, do we outsource to a managed services provider, or do we do something in between? The answer depends on what you actually need, not what the salesperson in front of you is selling. In-house IT…
When a South African business gets hit by ransomware, the first call is usually to us. The second question, after “can you help?”, is always “how much is this going to cost?” The answer depends on how prepared they were before the attack. Most businesses think they are prepared because they have backups. Having a…
IT consulting, cybersecurity, and book publishing look like three businesses. They are three answers to one question: how do you build something trustworthy in the parts nobody checks?
Cheap IT support looks like a saving until something breaks. Here is what low-cost outsourced IT actually costs a small South African business, and how to tell the difference before you sign.
Most business problems that involve technology are not technology problems. Why we started Hayshack and what connects IT consulting, cybersecurity, AI and publishing.
Running a family business in South Africa in 2026 is an exercise in holding contradictions. What makes businesses durable in this context — and why we are here.