by Allan Davison | Nov 11, 2015 | Uncategorized, Workplace 2020
CIOs expect digital revenue will grow from 17% in 2015 to 38% of total private sector revenue by 2020, according to a Gartner survey of 1 075 CIOs in EMEA. “As digital deepens, it’s clear that hardcoded business and operating models won’t...
by Allan Davison | Nov 11, 2015 | Innovation, Uncategorized
Takeaways from the Stanford Graduate School of Business Entrepreneur Symposium 2015. In this video presentation, investor and advisor Trae Vassallo discusses the future of IOT, and its impact on computer environments that “live in our homes” and our office...
by Allan Davison | Nov 10, 2015 | Features, Uncategorized
Despite the availability of free resources, we find that many people still feel intimidated by search engine optimisation (SEO), and are either too nervous to do it themselves or don’t want to spend money towards an expert doing it for them. If you’ve started your own...
by Allan Davison | Nov 10, 2015 | Features, Uncategorized
Gartner forecasts that 6,4-billion connected things will be in use worldwide in 2016, up 30% from 2015, and will reach 20,8-billion by 2020. In 2016, 5,5-million new things will get connected every day. Gartner estimates that the Internet of Things (IoT) will support...
by Allan Davison | Nov 10, 2015 | Innovation, Uncategorized
A new study from Juniper Research has found that reduced component cost, increased competition and a greater number of use cases will together push the number of consumer drones shipped globally to more than 20 million per annum, up from less than 4-million this year....
by Allan Davison | Nov 10, 2015 | Sustainability, Uncategorized
The National Treasury has released its Draft Carbon Tax Bill for public comment, which must be submitted by the 15 December 2015 deadline. The Carbon Tax Bill is part of South Africa’s commitment to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions below business as usual...
by Kathy Gibson | Nov 9, 2015 | Report-back
The MyWorld of Tomorrow conference and exhibition was held at the Sandton Convention Centre from 22 to 24 October 2015. Kathy Gibson learnt a lot about how the Internet of Things (IoT) is set to change our lives on all fronts. Creating African solutions for Africa...
by Allan Davison | Nov 9, 2015 | Innovation, Uncategorized
The far-reaching technology-driven transformation that Gartner, Inc. defines as the “programmable economy” has the potential to disrupt virtually every facet of the global economy. The programmable economy represents a massive technology-enabled...
by Allan Davison | Nov 9, 2015 | Features, Uncategorized
“Digital business is having a significant impact on customer data,” according to Douglas Laney, vice president and distinguished analyst at Gartner. “The growing wealth of information — from social media, location and context-sensitive data collected...
