Implications of Ebola spread in Nigeria
Nigeria’s Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu last week confirmed the first case of the Ebola virus spreading beyond the country’s financial capital Lagos to oil hub Port Harcourt, bringing the total number of recorded cases in Nigeria to 15. Natznet Tesfay, head of...New rules for IT vendor management
IT vendor management as a formal discipline is rapidly evolving because organisations are demanding more from vendors in order to deliver the value and innovation needed to enable desirable business outcomes, according to Gartner. “Vendor management is...Smartphones grow despite market slowdown
According to a new mobile phone forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, more than 1,25-billion smartphones will be shipped worldwide in 2014, representing a 23,8% increase from the 1,01-billion units shipped in...Trading update from Jasco
Jasco has concluded the final year of its three-year restructuring programme, with revenue growing from R800-million to over R1-billion per year over the last three years, and annuity income growing by over 100%. Although group revenue has exceeded the R1-billion...Watson improves thinking ability
IBM has announced that significant advances in Watson’s cognitive computing capabilities are enabling researchers to accelerate the pace of scientific breakthroughs by discovering previously unknown connections in big data. Available now as a cloud service, IBM’s...