‘Primitive’ app methods must go

It’s not only the way applications are used that is outdated, but the industry needs to make fundamental changes in the way they are developed as well. That’s the word from SAP’s member of the executive board: products and innovation Dr Vishal Sikka, who describes...

Second screen use grows

At least 65% of mobile media users consume media via a second screen (TV, PC, tablet or second phone) while browsing the mobile Web. This figure jumps to 89% when including newspapers, magazines and radio. This is among the findings in MEF’s report in its Global...

Massive increase in energy spend

IT spending by utilities in the four major Middle East and African (MEA) countries – Turkey, South Africa, Saudi Arabia and the UAE – increased 9,2% year-on-year in 2013 to total just under $1-billion, according to the latest round of data released by IDC...

The Earth rises over Mars …

New images from NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover show Earth shining brighter than any star in the Martian night sky. The rover’s view of its original home planet even includes our moon, just below Earth. The distance between Earth and Mars when Curiosity took...

Financial services lack agility

Just one in 10 leaders in the financial services sector believe they can rapidly take advantage of new opportunities or adapt to unexpected changes in the future. That’s in contrast to the average of one in five European business leaders from all industries....

Digital mastery key to success

The days of innovative, technology-focused start-ups being the only market disrupters and growing faster than their larger, more established competitors may be coming to an end. This is according to a new report by Accenture, which finds that large enterprises are...