Could Raspberry Pi work for your business?

Could Raspberry Pi work for your business?

By Ruan Venter, Principal Consultant at Ovations The consumerisation of IT and, more importantly, IT infrastructure is a growing trend in an industry where the application is fast becoming king. In short, CIOs need infrastructure that supports open standards, is...
Impact of the economy on the ICT industry

Impact of the economy on the ICT industry

By Gerhard Malan, Financial Director at Rectron South Africa is in for a tough few years, if economists are to be believed. Our economy, weak Rand and recent interest rate hike are affecting industries across the board, and ICT and ICT distribution are no exception....
SAP: Turning garbage into growth

SAP: Turning garbage into growth

By Simon Carpenter- Chief Customer Officer of SAP Africa Waste is the eternal burden of civilisation. The earliest known urban garbage dumps are found in Crete, made over 5,000 years ago. Not long after that experiments with recycling began – Chinese societies...
New limits for consumer credit charges

New limits for consumer credit charges

By Bridget King, Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr Director, Finance & Banking On 6 May 2016, the Limitations on Fees and Interest Rates Regulations (Final Regulations) in terms of the National Credit Act, 2005 (NCA) will come into effect. The Final Regulations effectively...
Digital Revolution: A wave we should ride

Digital Revolution: A wave we should ride

By Karl-Heinz Streibich, CEO of Software AG Last year, the market research company Gartner predicted that by the year 2017, around 20 percent of current market leaders would have lost their position to companies founded after 2000. The reason for this is insufficient...