by Kathy Gibson | Dec 6, 2018 | Innovation
Many South African businesses have ambitions far greater than the domestic market. This is particularly true of financial services as our system is the most advanced in Africa, with first world infrastructure that resembles that found in developed markets....
by Kathy Gibson | Dec 6, 2018 | Innovation
Plumbing, bathroom and kitchenware merchant Plumblink has announced the deployment of Cquential Warehouse Management Systems (WMS). Cquential is a member of the Argility Technology Group. Plumblink selected Cquential WMS because it could deliver a robust platform...
by Kathy Gibson | Dec 6, 2018 | Features
Travelling through London Heathrow, the top international airport for South African corporates and one of the most popular destinations for South African leisure travellers, will soon become a lot easier as the airport is rolling out a revolutionary end-to-end...
by Kathy Gibson | Dec 6, 2018 | Workplace 2020
No job is safe, no future secure. That’s the new normal as executives in both the private and public sectors confront a disturbing reality – retrenchment. By Auguste Coetzer, a director of Signium Africa Executive head-hunters are today witnessing an upsurge in the...
by Kathy Gibson | Dec 6, 2018 | Innovation
Remote mining operation environments add to the challenge when it comes to managing sophisticated assets such as high-frequency screens, feeders, and centrifuges. Here the key issue is to identify equipment operating at mining sites, and improve flow-process...
by Kathy Gibson | Dec 6, 2018 | Workplace 2020
People working in the manufacturing industry tend to see the Fourth Industrial Revolution as yet another nail in the coffin of an already weakened industry. But without downplaying the challenges, there is another view. By Ryan Crawford, IT manager at Bridgestone...
by Kathy Gibson | Dec 6, 2018 | Featured Articles, Sustainability
The water crisis in the Western and Eastern Cape regions is a stark reminder that South Africa is a water-scarce country. Businesses and individuals have responded to pleas from local government to reduce consumption but damaged pipes are still resulting in the loss...
by admin | Dec 3, 2018 | Past Editions
Report-back from VMWorld and Fujitsu Forum 2018, Technology in Action, and a special feature on data centres. Read this month’s Business IT for more.
by Kathy Gibson | Nov 21, 2018 | Features
Black Friday occurs globally on Friday 23 November and is widely considered the busiest shopping day of the year. As retailers beef up on security to control massive in-store crowds, online retailers are enhancing their systems to prevent infamous website crashes....
by Kathy Gibson | Nov 21, 2018 | Features
In the digital era, compliance to ever-tightening regulations around the protection of business and customer data is viewed by many organisations as an added expense, or a waste of time and resources. Until, that is, they fall victim to a data breach or loss through...