by Allan Davison | Sep 17, 2014 | Features
A new KPMG International survey has found that 58% of family businesses are currently seeking external financing to fund their investment plans, but finding the right strategic investment partner can be challenging. While family businesses create more than 70% of...
by Allan Davison | Sep 17, 2014 | Features
Yesterday Microsoft unveiled a first look of the new MSN in South Africa. “To make MSN relevant in a mobile-first, cloud-first world, we have gone back to basics and redesigned the platform with that in mind. The new MSN brings together the world’s best media sources...
by Allan Davison | Sep 17, 2014 | Features
By Kalvin Subbadu Massive data growth and an increasing trend toward virtualisation technology are having a profound impact on the modern organisation. The data centre, as well as cloud services and solutions both public and private, are becoming increasingly...
by Allan Davison | Sep 15, 2014 | Features
Partnerships on Wikipedia targets South Africans, with other languages to follow, as organisations work to improve access to information in West Africa. Rubric, a global language service provider, has donated its translation services to Wikimedia ZA to provide South...
by Allan Davison | Sep 4, 2014 | Features
According to a new forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Smart Connected Device Tracker, worldwide phablet shipments (smartphones with screen sizes from 5.5 to less than 7 inches) will reach 175 million units worldwide in 2014,...
by Allan Davison | Sep 4, 2014 | Features
Workstation shipments in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region increased 12.7% year on year in first half of 2014. Global research and advisory company IDC expects this healthy performance to continue in the second half of the year, with 11.2% growth...