Supply chain key to consumer product growth

Revenue growth for the consumer products (CP) industry continues to be challenging as CP supply chain leaders saw a decline in revenue growth over the last two years, according to Gartner. The need to find revenue growth is driving CP organisations to rethink how they...

User rights key, says Web founder

As the World Wide Web celebrates its 25th birthday today, its inventor is calling for a widening of users’ rights. Sir Tim Berners-Lee this morning spoke on BBC Breakfast about the creation of a bill of rights to protect users. He told the television audience that the...

Internet used for data searching, recreation

The majority of adult South Africans use the Internet to search for information, and the number of those using it for chatting has grown the fastest. This is according to the 2013 South Africa Survey, published by the South African Institute of Race Relations (IRR) in...

Acquisitions, diversity drive EOH success

EOH Holdings has announced its interim results today for the six months ended 31 January 2014. Revenue increased by 38,4% to R3 308-million, profit after tax increased by 49,4% to R244-million, earnings per share (EPS) increased 30,3% to 229,8 cents, headline earnings...

New BI venture launched

Decision Inc, a merger between ASYST Intelligence, BusinessIntelligent and the Microsoft division of DigiQuill, was launched in Johannesburg yesterday. The company is headed up by CEO Nick Bell, who started BusinessIntelligent in 2008. According to Bell, there was a...

International innovation award for YahClick

Vox Telecom’s broadband satellite service, YahClick, has been named the winner of the YahSat Innovation Award at their annual Service Partners ceremony in Abu Dhabi. The award is granted to the service partners who perform exceptionally well in terms of product and...