Where to now for Internet of Things?
Internet of Things (IoT) has been the hot trend of 2018 so far, but it could be heading for a period of consolidation. By Kathy Gibson Gartner’s latest Hype Cycle for Africa shows the IoT has already crested the Peak of Inflated Expectations and has started its...
Better resourcing, reduced waste, managed risk with IoT
When you boil it right down, the primary responsibility of the corporate chief financial officer comes down to a few short words: “Allocate resources well, reduce waste and manage risk”. By Roger Hislop For chief financial officers and the finance leadership in...
IFS takes aim at the SA market
IFS is one of the well-kept secrets that abound in the IT industry. It’s a smaller enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendor that gives the big players a run for their money in the market niches that it is making its own. Kathy Gibson met up with Darren Roos, CEO of...
At the cutting edge of digital transformation
By now every organisation has come face to face with the reality of digital transformation, and recognises that it’s imperative to change the way they do business if they’re going to be successful in the months and years to come. But actually implementing changes,...
Helping service providers to meet changing customer expectations
As a service provider, you have to find new ways to attract new customers, retain existing customers and add new services all the time. Customers are constantly looking for new services, so you have to be on top of your game. And the market is getting a lot more...
Find the real value in digital transformation
Digital transformation is no longer a nice-to-have: organisations that have not at least begun their digitalisation journey run a very real risk of becoming irrelevant. This is the word from Dell EMC channel manager Brad Pulford, who told delegates to the Dell EMC...
Gartner Symposium and ITExpo 2018
Gartner kicks off its world tour in Cape Town, and this year unveiled what it believes to be the new trend that will guide business and IT into the future – Continuous Next. Kathy Gibson was there to learn all about it Gartner guides IT to Continuous Next...
Technology in Action
Brace for the Internet of Things, how to make Change Management work, and all change at IFS, while Fujitsu derisks tech for service providers.
Why an independent, high-tech SARB is vital
Lower costs and better access to investment are fundamental for growth and jobs. Those advantages become reality when you apply the appropriate technologies. But technology can be risky and everyone prefers a stable hand to help guide the process. The South African...
The app economy is here and it’s making retail better
There has been a huge disruption coming in retail over the past few years in the form of mobile technology; and it’s only just getting started. By Vaughan Rowsell, founder and director of Vend This isn’t solely about using mobile to engage consumers. Cloud-based...
ITU Telecom World
The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) is meeting in Durban to thrash out issues around spectrum, connectivity and regulations. Kathy Gibson reports ITU meeting opens in Durban The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) today kicked off ITU...
Liberty data breach: setting a precedent for GDPR?
Over the Youth Day weekend, Liberty informed its customers, and later everyone else, that it had been the subject of a successful security intrusion. In a media statement, it claimed that an email repository had been compromised, and that an as yet undisclosed number...
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