by Dianne Bayley | May 18, 2017 | Sustainability
Courtesy IT-Online.co.za Eskom and Huawei are to jointly develop smart grid solutions for the South African market. The joint innovation initiative was announced this morning at Huawei’s Fifth Global Power Summit at the African Utility Week (AUW) event in Cape Town....
by Dianne Bayley | May 18, 2017 | Workplace 2020
By Terrance M. Booysen; reviewed by Bulelwa Mabasa (Werksmans: Partner) In his State of the Nation Address in 2017, President Jacob Zuma noted the intention of the South African government to influence the behaviour of the private sector and to drive economic...
by Dianne Bayley | May 16, 2017 | Features
Kathy Gibson attended the recent Dell EMC Forum in Sandton – Disruption is a reality, all companies are going to experience it – but there are some principles that, if companies apply them, can turn disruption into significant opportunities. Nigel Moulton, chief...
by Dianne Bayley | May 16, 2017 | Report-back
Kathy Gibson reports from World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town – Huawei Technologies Africa plans to invest in the continent’s first Open Lab, to be sited in South Africa. The Open Lab is part of the company’s plans for energetic growth on the continent and in...
by Dianne Bayley | May 16, 2017 | Features
IT-Online Editor Kathy Gibson recently attended the World Economic Forum on Africa in Durban, where she reported that it is only a couple of years ago that the Africa was being touted as the growth engine of the world – but in 2016 the continent experienced its worst...
by Dianne Bayley | May 16, 2017 | Features, Innovation
By Kamal Mokrani, Global Vice President, InfiNet Wireless Fixed broadband wireless technology is well suited to the African continent due to the ever-increasing demand for connectivity to bridge the digital divide between urban and rural areas. Africa is a diverse...
by admin | Apr 23, 2017 | Past Editions
Retail faces uncomfortable choices, IoT starts to get organised, and the future looks like the blockchain. Read the full stories in this month’s edition of Futurewave BusinessIT.
by Dianne Bayley | Apr 20, 2017 | Sustainability
Retail banking , an industry founded on stability and tradition, is in the midst of a transformation. Worldwide, they are rethinking their business models in light of technological advances, the growth of online and mobile banking, fierce economic pressures, workforce...
by Dianne Bayley | Apr 20, 2017 | Security and Legal
The internet of things (IoT) is challenging the way people live and work, and how government and businesses interact. In fact, this new eco-system is creating the foundational building blocks for smart cities where traditional models of service delivery are being...
by Dianne Bayley | Apr 20, 2017 | Innovation
Q&A with TFG CIO Brent Curry TFG ecommerce has partnered with several tech start-ups, including Wumdrop which enabled TFG to launch the Deliver 2 Me service, and Pargo which allows TFG online shoppers to collect their parcels at a point most convenient for them....
