by Dianne Bayley | Mar 17, 2016 | Innovation
By Ruan Venter, Principal Consultant at Ovations The consumerisation of IT and, more importantly, IT infrastructure is a growing trend in an industry where the application is fast becoming king. In short, CIOs need infrastructure that supports open standards, is...
by Dianne Bayley | Mar 17, 2016 | Features
By Gerhard Malan, Financial Director at Rectron South Africa is in for a tough few years, if economists are to be believed. Our economy, weak Rand and recent interest rate hike are affecting industries across the board, and ICT and ICT distribution are no exception....
by Dianne Bayley | Mar 17, 2016 | Sustainability
By Simon Carpenter- Chief Customer Officer of SAP Africa Waste is the eternal burden of civilisation. The earliest known urban garbage dumps are found in Crete, made over 5,000 years ago. Not long after that experiments with recycling began – Chinese societies...
by Dianne Bayley | Mar 16, 2016 | Features
By Bridget King, Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr Director, Finance & Banking On 6 May 2016, the Limitations on Fees and Interest Rates Regulations (Final Regulations) in terms of the National Credit Act, 2005 (NCA) will come into effect. The Final Regulations effectively...
by Dianne Bayley | Mar 16, 2016 | Features
By Karl-Heinz Streibich, CEO of Software AG Last year, the market research company Gartner predicted that by the year 2017, around 20 percent of current market leaders would have lost their position to companies founded after 2000. The reason for this is insufficient...
by Dianne Bayley | Mar 16, 2016 | Features
By Derek Martin, a principal consultant at BSG A customer’s perception of an organisation is determined by the journey the customer undertakes, from consideration to requesting and ultimately using a product or a service. This journey defines the customer experience...
by Dianne Bayley | Mar 16, 2016 | Workplace 2020
Is there ever a good time for transformation? Do you wait until figures plunge and staff morale is at an all-time low, or look at how even small changes could make a difference to your bottom line? It’s important to note here that transformation doesn’t necessarily...
by Kathy Gibson | Mar 9, 2016 | Innovation
By Anton van Heerden, Executive Vice-President and Managing Director of Sage in South and Southern Africa. Think back eight years to the launch of the original Apple iPhone – a device that seemed at the time like an expensive toy for the wealthy. Today, smartphones...
by Kathy Gibson | Mar 9, 2016 | Innovation
A big challenge in the custom development process is the ability of the development team to understand exactly what the business or client is looking for, and to accurately translate this requirement to the developers. Without this, the result can be a product that...
by Kathy Gibson | Mar 9, 2016 | Workplace 2020
In the fast-paced modern business environment, stress – and even burn out – has come to be seen as something of a ‘norm’. A 2015 study conducted by international research company Bloomberg ranked South Africa as the second ‘most stressed out’ nation in the...
