by Dianne Bayley | Jul 26, 2016 | ITSM and Application Development
By Derek Martin, principal consultant at BSG Ordering from a menu at a restaurant is an experience that most of us can identify with. You look at the menu, select an item that you want, review the price and place your order – expecting to receive the item you...
by Dianne Bayley | Jul 26, 2016 | Workplace 2020
As digital transformation takes its place on top of just about every organisations’ agenda, telecommunications operators are the companies providing the infrastructure needed to make it happen. But now they are under pressure to transform themselves at the same time,...
by Dianne Bayley | Jul 26, 2016 | Features
By Lee Naik, MD of Accenture Digital SA If the previous decade was the age of mobile banking, the next looks set to be the era of Blockchain. Its decentralisation and community-based assurance means it allows for faster and more secure transactions, comprehensive...
by Dianne Bayley | Jul 22, 2016 | Features
BYOD has been a hot trend for some time now. More and more workers are using their personal cellphones and tablets to access company data. Research company Gartner predicts that by 2017, 50% of businesses will require their staff to supply their own devices for...
by Dianne Bayley | Jul 22, 2016 | Sustainability
The CEM landscape is evolving rapidly and companies are finding it increasingly difficult to keep up with new trends and technologies. Simon Cranswick, MD Anana Africa and Chantel Botha, CEO Brandlove spoke to Kinetic Events in this interview about the rapid evolution...
by Dianne Bayley | Jul 21, 2016 | Innovation
Aspen Pharmacare has implemented a Launch Management System to manage the process of a new drug being introduced to the market. Implemented by Microsoft partner Decision Inc., the system has greatly improved data integrity, allowing for seamless workflow and tighter...
by Dianne Bayley | Jul 21, 2016 | Features
By Dr Donald Brown, Founder and CEO, Interactive Intelligence The once-futuristic predictions about how artificial intelligence (AI) will impact the world are becoming reality. Legendary futurist Ray Kurzweil has imagined advanced technology delivering everything from...
by Dianne Bayley | Jul 21, 2016 | Features
The first solar-powered microgrids have been launched in the northern KwaZulu-Natal district of uMkhanyakude, South Africa, as part of the Connectivity, Electricity and Education for Entrepreneurship (CE3) programme in partnership with Accenture, the University of...
by Dianne Bayley | Jul 12, 2016 | Innovation
Digitisation was once the onus of businesses at the very beginning of the IT revolution when the prerogative was simply to migrate analogue to digital, while automation sought to expedite work processes and streamline results. Since then, technology has played a more...
by Dianne Bayley | Jul 12, 2016 | Security and Legal
By Perry Hutton, Regional vice president – Fortinet Africa High-performance cybersecurity solutions company Fortinet says almost 80% of industrial security incidents in critical infrastructure organisations are caused by unintentional internal issues such as...
