by Dianne Bayley | Aug 15, 2019 | Internet of Things
Retailers have always been at the forefront of each new wave of digital advancement, in an effort to accommodate the increase in both the number of customers and the ensuing volume of products and transactions, writes Tony Nugent Executive, retail practice at...
by Dianne Bayley | Aug 15, 2019 | Workplace 2020
As the Experience Economy gathers pace, organisations will place increasing focus on engineering the best experiences not only for its customers and partners but its workforce, writes Mervyn George, Business Architect at SAP Africa. The tradition of desk-bound...
by Dianne Bayley | Aug 15, 2019 | Innovation
Patrick Crusius, the El Paso Walmart shooter, was inspired by Brenton Harrison Tarrant, instigator of the 2019 Christchurch massacre, and his 74-page manifesto about “The great replacement” and “white genocide.” Tarrant’s own inspirations were Alexandre Bissonnette of...
by Dianne Bayley | Aug 15, 2019 | Workplace 2020
In the United Kingdom, women only make up 17% of IT roles. In the United States, the percentage is slightly higher at 25% and in South Africa only 13% of STEM graduates are women. Lorna Hardie, Regional Director Sub-Saharan Africa at VMware shares how the value that a...
by Dianne Bayley | Aug 15, 2019 | Featured Articles
Today, food and beverage companies operate in a very different environment to that of a few years ago. Massive changes over the years, as a result of increasing consumer demands and changing trends, have made planning around product life more difficult than ever...
by Dianne Bayley | Aug 13, 2019 | Security and Legal
With the average number of breached data records topping 25 575 per country, it is not a matter of ‘if’ but ‘when’ a business will get compromised. Irrespective of the company size or industry sector, stealing sensitive data has become big business. This is where the...
by Dianne Bayley | Aug 13, 2019 | Featured Articles
Trust can be defined as a firm belief in the reliability, truth, or ability of someone or something. Trust is what every business is built on – the brand promise, the quality of products and solutions, and ultimately client relationships are all based on it. Chris...
by Dianne Bayley | Aug 13, 2019 | Workplace 2020
The world loves delineation as much as buzzwords, writes Chris Buchanan, client solutions director of Dell South Africa, so we often fall over ourselves to define generational differences with talk of “Millennials”, “gen-z”, “gen-x”...
by Dianne Bayley | Aug 13, 2019 | Internet of Things
While the Protea cricket team didn’t meet South Africans’ World Cup expectations, the build up saw some local brands doing interesting promotional tie-ins that show that they’re thinking differently about ways their customers can win. Jade Duckitt, creative...
by Dianne Bayley | Aug 13, 2019 | Innovation
A growing number of companies, particularly those with branches in multiple locations, are using data analysis to drive sales, determine and manage brand reputation, refine operational efficiencies, respond to customer queries and deliver better customer experiences....
