CIOs playing catch-up in the digital world

As we enter the new world of digitalisation, CIOs are having to quickly change the way they work – but most of them feel they are unprepared for the new way of doing business. According to the Gartner 2014 CIO Agenda, a massive 51% of CIOs around the world don’t...

CIOs look to non-traditional IT suppliers

Traditional IT vendors are going to come under fire in the next few years as CIOs increasingly partner with new suppliers. “Sourcing and vendor partnerships are being significantly disrupted,” says George Ambler, partner executive at Gartner. The latest CIO Agenda...

Orange commits to gay support in Uganda

Orange has become the first multinational company with operations in Uganda to pledge to defend its employees in response to the nation’s new anti-gay law. On Tuesday (11 March) Orange confirmed in a statement sent to All Out – and in response to the...

Local procurement fraud solution from SAS

On 19 March 2014, SAS South Africa will be launching its locally developed Procurement Fraud Solution, which it believes will change the way companies detect, manage and prevent fraud. In South Africa, 59% of companies surveyed by PricewaterhouseCoopers reported that...

Microsoft clamps down on SA pirates

Efforts led by Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) and Anti-Piracy teams have resulted in the successful arrest and conviction of local software pirates. In cooperation with the South African Police Service’s (SAPS) Directorate Priority Crimes Investigations...