PPC is first in SA to roll out SAP’s Fiori
Cement supplier PPC has become the first company in South Africa to integrate SAP Fiori into its operations from a functional implementation point of view. The implementation took the company just two weeks from the installation to going live. SAP Fiori is a...Big data will take off for fraud analytics
Criminals are rapidly evolving their hacking techniques, and are attacking quickly, making timely security and fraud analytics more critical than ever. Big data analytics give enterprises faster access to their own and relevant external information. Avivah Litan,...Television market sees steep 2013 decline
The US television market fell a steep 9% in 2013 despite the usual last-minute rally during the holiday season in the fourth quarter, which failed to compensate for low demand among Americans throughout the year, according to a new report from IHS Technology. US TV...Augemented reality brings textbooks to life
A recently-launched augmented reality app for Grade 10, 11 and 12 textbooks enables learners to interact with their textbooks. The LivingPages app was launched by Via Afrika Future, a division of Via Afrika Publishers. The LivingPages app works by enabling certain...Windows 8 popular as laptops under pressure
Although laptops sales have come under pressure, up to 70% of them are still going out with Windows 8 Professional. Christopher Riley, CEO of The Notebook Company, says laptop sales could have been even more dented due to the weak rand, but they “seemed to hold their...