Mobile apps drive flow of personal data

By 2017, mobile apps will be downloaded more than 268-billion times, generating revenue of more than $77-billion and making apps one of the most popular computing tools for users across the globe, according to Gartner. As a result, Gartner predicts that mobile users...

Amazon tops in customer experience

Amazon.com has secured the top spot in Forrester’s annual Customer Experience Index (CXi), which measures and ranks the customer experience of 175 large US brands, based on a survey of 7 500 US consumers. Amazon (specifically as a consumer electronics...

CMOs set to increase B2B marketing

B2B marketing executives expect budgets to increase by 6% on average in 2014, with a total of 32% of recent Forrester/BMA joint survey respondents expecting some budget increase in the next year. But, despite this cautious optimism, notes Forrester VP and principal...

Hitachi and SAP expand relationship

Hitachi Data Systems Corporation (HDS) and SAP have announced an expansion of their worldwide alliance by signing a global original equipment manufacturer (global OEM) agreement that introduces plans to include SAP HANA delivered by HDS. The collaboration focuses on...

New voice plan from Telkom Business Mobile

Telkom Business Mobile has launched the Smart One-Rate TopUp voice plan, which it says is a competitive and cost-efficient package that offers a single, flat rate for mobile. Megan Nicholas, Managing Executive for Mobile Solutions at Telkom Business, says: “Customers...

SA stands to gain from IoE

The Internet of Everything (IoE) could generate R152,58-billion ($14,3-billion) in value for South Africa’s public sector over the next decade, according to a new study released by Cisco. The IoE can help the South African government create value by saving money,...