by Dianne Bayley | Nov 2, 2020 | Innovation
For companies around the world, COVID-19 lockdown has forced rapid change. Where there was reluctance to adopt remote working and hybrid workspaces pre-pandemic, lockdown made this a non-negotiable. And as the weeks turned to months, many companies have realised that...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 2, 2020 | Sustainability
An update on 28 October 2020 before Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa), the Auditor-General of South Africa and the Special Investigating Unit found that over 6 000 government officials had claimed more than R41 million in UIF TERS covid-19...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 2, 2020 | Internet of Things
This year, World Cities day is about ‘valuing our communities and cities’ – and many can agree that the message comes at such a critical time. Cities form an important part of the global economy and serve as the engines of development for most nations and as...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 2, 2020 | Featured Articles
Even prior to the global pandemic, manufacturing was experiencing a shift in operations, notes David Warne, Regional Service Manager, ABB Motion. Large production plants and long assembly lines, where goods were mass produced in hundreds and thousands, no longer meet...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 2, 2020 | Innovation
Perhaps it is because I grew up in the suburbs and have never lived outside of one of South Africa’s major cities, but it seems like agriculture often doesn’t get the credit it deserves, writes By Ross Jenvey, General Partner at Kingson. Like the oxygen we breathe, we...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 1, 2020 | Fintech
Virtual cards are steadily gaining popularity as the payment method of choice for growing numbers of corporates across South Africa and globally, writes Chris Wood, Executive Card Issuing and Payments at Nedbank including American Express. These innovative digital...
by Dianne Bayley | Oct 30, 2020 | Innovation
Accenture (NYSE: ACN) scooped the Top Enterprise Business Unit (EBU) Partner accolade at the Salesforce Partner Awards event which was hosted virtually on 23 July 2020. Now in their 2nd year, the Salesforce Sub-Saharan Partner Awards aim to recognise Salesforce...
by Dianne Bayley | Oct 28, 2020 | Innovation
From a concept considered to be an excessive and unnecessary spend just a few short years ago, Machine Learning (ML) has grown to have a significant impact not only on people’s daily lives, but also on the ability of enterprise IT to innovate – provided...
by Dianne Bayley | Oct 28, 2020 | Workplace 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic irrevocably redefined the way we communicate and work, remote working and mobile workforces have become central to doing business in the new normal, writes Dharshan Naidoo, SADC Sales Team Lead at Infobip Africa. This means that organisations...
by Dianne Bayley | Oct 28, 2020 | Sustainability
Across the world, 2020 will be remembered as the year when our way of life changed fundamentally as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, Richard Firth, CEO, MIP Holdings notes. Arguably the biggest transformation we have seen over the past six months has been the mass...
