Krzanich takes over as Intel CEO

Brian Krzanich will become the new CEO of Intel on 16 May, when Paul Otellini steps down. Krzanich, Intel’s chief operating officer since January 2012, will become the sixth CEO in Intel’s history. “After a thorough and deliberate selection process, the board of...

Korea could shake the world

What would happen if half of all global production for dynamic random access memory (DRAM), two-thirds of NAND flash manufacturing and 70% of the world’s tablet display supply suddenly disappeared from the market? The answer would be chaos, with the worldwide...

New business leaders confident

A new report into the attitudes of business students around the world shows a drive for quality and co-operation in response to the current economic climate.  The report shows that most business students around the world are confident their banks will help their...

SA-made cloud system to go live

A locally-developed human resources (HR) and talent management system, Piilo, is ready to go live in the cloud – and has already garnered interest from both local and global companies looking to implement the cost-effective solution.  Phil Lotter, CEO of Piilo,...

Bold plan to eliminate polio

The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) yesterday presented a comprehensive six-year plan, the first plan to eradicate all types of polio disease – both wild poliovirus and vaccine-derived cases – simultaneously.  Global leaders and individual philanthropists...

Mobility laggards will lose out

The mobile world is split into two types of organisations: “innovators” who readily embrace mobility; and “traditionals” who are still uncertain and reluctant to implement it.  This is according to findings from Symantec’s recent 2013 State of Mobility survey....