Innovation in the Clouds

By Clayton Booysen, Developer Relations Lead at IBM South Africa Cloud computing and more increasingly cloud services have put us on the cusp of a massive shift in how we work, communicate, and solve the big problems which also constitute the biggest market...
Ethics: this time it’s personal

Ethics: this time it’s personal

By Axel Bührmann Ethics is so personal for Zoaib Hoosen that his litmus test is his mother. “If I really wanted to make a super self-assessment, I ask myself that if my mum were to find out about a decision I made, would she be proud?” the MD of Microsoft South Africa...

A megalopolis megatrend

With more than 60 percent of the world population expected to live in urban cities by 2025, urbanisation as  a trend will have diverging impacts and influences on future personal lives and mobility. Rapid expansion of  city borders, driven by increase in population...
All change for the modern workforce

All change for the modern workforce

Technology has had a profound effect on most areas of our lives, but none more so than on the way we work. Today most of us don’t think twice about receiving – and responding to – work mails at any time of the day or night. Because we can be equally productive whether...

Bringing innovation home …

Innovation is the buzzword du jour, but it’s not so easy to nail down exactly how the CIO can position himself to lead the charge. We asked Mohamed Cassoojee, country manager of Software AG, to share some of his thoughts. What kinds of innovations should IT be...

The shape of business to come is digital

The Nexus of Forces – cloud, mobile, big data and social media – have come together and, as expected, caused major disruption in the IT industry. But the disruption doesn’t stop in the IT department: the technology landscape has made it necessary for whole companies...

Technology to drive social innovation

Technology long ago moved out of the back room and into every pocket and home – but now that is poised to become embedded in every physical device possible, it is becoming a catalyst for social innovation. Nick Toozs-Hobson, chief technology officer at Hitachi Data...