African development must come from within
Africa is growing at a steady rate and is on the path to long-term sustainable growth, but the resources required for this must come from generating financial resources within its own economies and not aid. Speakers at the ECA’s Ninth African Development Forum agreed...Aim of tech is to disappear …
Kathy Gibson reports from VMworld 2014 in Barcelona – As VMware evolves its software-defined data centre (SDDC) technology, the ultimate goal is to reduce complexity to the point where IT simply fades into the background. That’s the word from VMware’s chief technology...Education takes the high road
Education is the sector showing the most progress in advancing from a state of digital transformation to digital maturity. Research by Coleman Parkes, commissioned by Ricoh Europe, reveals that more education leaders, 80%, see digital maturity as a key priority than...What does the HP split mean?
A separated HP will be able to react to market dynamics faster, and be better equipped to seize opportunities. Giorgio Nebuloni, research manager: data centres at IDC EMEA, points out that HP’s stated goal is to have an increased focus, faster decision-making...Execs go by gut feel, not data
The majority of executives around the world (94%) say management of their company is prepared to make significant decisions about the strategic direction of their business, but barely one-third relied primarily on data and analytics when they made their last big...