by Dianne Bayley | Feb 5, 2022 | Sustainability
Zensar’s SVP & Regional Business Head for Africa, Harish Lala, reflects on the rise of hyperscalers, cloud-centric business models and data-driven business success.There can be no doubt that collectively we have all been through a unique couple of years in living...
by Dianne Bayley | Feb 4, 2022 | Sustainability
The phrase ‘green building’ is often associated with our interaction with the environment, responsible use of resources, reducing our carbon footprint, adopting eco-friendly habits and improving our quality of life, notes Rujeanne Swanepoel, Inspection Body Quality...
by Dianne Bayley | Feb 4, 2022 | Innovation
The purpose of digital transformation is to allow an industry to perform at an optimal pace, as well as to leverage newer technologies out there, notes Archana Arakkal, Machine Learning Engineer at Synthesis. This results in a more effective working environment. If we...
by Dianne Bayley | Feb 2, 2022 | Innovation
The drive to deliver excellent customer experiences consistently across multiple channels was a massive trend in 2021. This is going to continue this year, writes Ryan Falkenberg, CEO, CLEVVA Solutions. COVID has forced people to use digital and self-service channels....
by Dianne Bayley | Jan 31, 2022 | Workplace 2020
Every year when South Africa announces its matric results the country goes into education discourse hyperdrive as analysts, politicians and civil society attempt to make sense of the numbers, writes Nyari Samushonga, CEO at WeThinkCode.As always, this year there has...
by Dianne Bayley | Jan 31, 2022 | Sustainability
Traditional on-premise application landscape is steadily being replaced by cloud-based infrastructure or Software-as-a-Service. This transformation has been ongoing but was rapidly accelerated over the past two years by the pandemic, Writes Sumit Kumar Sharma,...
by Dianne Bayley | Jan 27, 2022 | Sustainability
On 27 January 2022, Hitachi Energy announced it has achieved the first-step target set out in its Sustainability 2030 plan – the use of 100% fossil-free electricity in its own operations. The company is driving towards being carbon-neutral in its own operations by...
by Dianne Bayley | Jan 26, 2022 | Innovation
SAS, the leader in analytics, asked its experts in healthcare, retail, government, fraud, data ethics and more. Here are their predictions for the trends we all will face this year. Curiosity becomes a coveted job skill “Curiosity helps businesses address critical...
by Dianne Bayley | Jan 25, 2022 | Sustainability
Low code or software application design tools make it easy for non-developers to design, build, and launch software applications quickly\, notes Darren Edwards, Head of Product Operations at SYSPRO. This eliminates the need for in-house coding specialists. With the...
by Dianne Bayley | Jan 25, 2022 | Security and Legal
Malicious cyber actors are often opportunistic, targeting the low-hanging fruit of networks with visible vulnerabilities and valuable assets. In the private sector, would-be attackers will often simply move on to an easier target if an organisation appears to have...