by Dianne Bayley | Jul 12, 2021 | Sustainability
The world’s largest social media platforms continued their impressive growth in 2021, with no signs of stopping in the years to come. Although Facebook still dominates the social media space with over 2.1 billion million active users, YouTube hit far more monthly...
by Dianne Bayley | Jul 12, 2021 | Sustainability
In 2020, big tech companies like Amazon, Apple, Google, several big gaming companies and Facebook skyrocketed in value – largely due to COVID-19. Daniel Kibel, Founder and Director of CMTrading, discusses whether these players look to be maintaining momentum in 2021....
by Dianne Bayley | Jul 12, 2021 | Innovation
In a post-pandemic world, every company must pivot to a digital-first customer engagement model to survive, writes Robin Fisher, Senior Area Vice President,Salesforce Emerging Markets. As customer priorities and behaviours continue to evolve, so too will business’...
by Dianne Bayley | Jul 12, 2021 | Workplace 2020
The last year has redefined work so that it is now much more about “what you do” and much less about “where you go”, writes Wendy Mars, President of Cisco’s Europe, Middle East, Africa and Russia region (EMEAR). As it becomes feasible for us to meet one another...
by Dianne Bayley | Jul 10, 2021 | Security and Legal
While blended cybersecurity threats are not new, they are fairly sophisticated and multi-staged in nature, meaning that they are difficult to protect against and can pose a considerable threat to organisations’ IT environments. A blended threat typically uses and...
by Dianne Bayley | Jul 9, 2021 | Workplace 2020
As the global Covid-19 crisis began to unfold in 2020, the cloud had to be ready and capable of scaling dramatically and reliably to meet massive, unplanned-for demand, as huge portions of everyday life were dumped onto cloud infrastructure overnight. By delivering on...
by Dianne Bayley | Jul 8, 2021 | Workplace 2020
As business leaders worldwide face growing instability and change – that is likely not going to ease any time soon – they must remember that the management of change can mean the difference between the life and death of a business, writes Tom Marsicano, CEO of global...
by Dianne Bayley | Jul 8, 2021 | Innovation
The speed of technological change across industries is not slowing down. Even sectors that have been traditionally reluctant to embrace the full potential of digital transformation are transitioning in this direction, writes Osama Al-Zoubi, CTO, Cisco Middle East and...
by Dianne Bayley | Jul 6, 2021 | Innovation
Encouraging public sector organisations to become more innovative has always been important, writes Kgomotso Lebele, Managing Director for Health and Public Service at Accenture in Africa. However, doing so has likely never mattered more as the world wrestles with the...
by Dianne Bayley | Jun 30, 2021 | Innovation
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic changed the way we live, work and how organisations operate. Many activities have moved online, and telecommuting, video conferencing, distance education, and telemedicine have become the new normal. In this context, digital technology...
