SA manufacturing shows positive trends

A complete revival of the South African manufacturing sector may be some years away yet, but a review of the first half of 2014 carried out by global research and advisory services firm IDC reveals a series of positive indicators for the industry’s future...

Education must keep track with IT trends

IT has always been one of the fastest growing industries, and it is important that public and private higher education institutions – despite certain constraints – keep students up to date with the latest developments as a matter of course, an education expert says....

CRM the hottest growth in enterprise systems

Customer engagement systems will be the fastest growing enterprise application between 2013 and 2018, signalling that competition for customers is hotting up. According to new software forecasts from Ovum, e-commerce and CRM solutions will see compound annual growth...

EOH launches ADR programme in the US

EOH Holdings has launched its American Depositary Receipt (ADR) programme in the US through a sponsored programme with BNY Mellon. The South African based ICT services group is listed on the main board of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in the Computer Services...

Telcos affected by social disruption

The disruptive impact of social conversation channels from giants such as Facebook and Google are not only offering alternative communication options, but are also giving consumers a way to seize control of telcos’ reputations – and even some business decisions....

Three reasons government tech projects fail

A number of high-profile government IT projects have ended in failure in recent years, says Gartner research director Darryl Carlton. Take the British Child Support Agency for example, which ranks as one of the worst public administration scandals of all time. Not...