Digital humanists don’t cross over to creepy …
Kathy Gibson reports from Gartner Symposium – In the emerging world of digital business, organisations may end up knowing more about consumers than they are really happy with – and this could become a little “creepy”. Debra Logan, fellow at Gartner, says the...Investigating for impact sees growth in SA
The 2014 African Investing for Impact Barometer, released on 9 September in Cape Town, shows that investing for impact is on the rise in both South Africa and Nigeria. The financial industry is already abuzz with talk about the trend, and the Barometer is here to...Top 10 strategic technology trends for 2015
Gartner has highlighted the top 10 technology trends that will be strategic for most organisations in 2015. Gartner defines a strategic technology trend as one with the potential for significant impact on the organisation in the next three years. Factors that denote...Mobile sales increase as PCs decline
There is definitely an ongoing shift in IT strategy in 2014, which is expected to lead to a bigger move away from the desktop to an inexorable support for mobile technology, says Asgar Mahomed, MD of Esquire Technologies. According to a recent survey of 440 IT...IT: solid as a rock, but still fluid
Kathy Gibson reports from Gartner Symposium – IT has to tread the fine line between innovating in a digital business environment and remaining solid and reliable. Jeffrey Mann, research vice-president of Gartner, says being rock solid is the core of the...