Sales model, not product, key to success

One of the biggest barriers to innovation in the traditional technology providers’ sales model is lack of flexibility to reinvent themselves without placing quarterly revenues at risk, according to Gartner. “As technology has continued its unprecedented...

More competition in application management

Newly published International Data Corporation (IDC) research shows that the worldwide and US discrete application management (AM) services market reached nearly $50-billion in 2012. The top 10 vendors in the market, as measured by total discrete AM revenues,...

Global speaker line-up

A sterling line-up of speakers will educate, entertain and inform delegates to the upcoming Hitachi Information Forum, set to take place in Johannesburg on 20 August. Bob Plumridge is the Chief Technology Officer for Hitachi Data Systems in Europe Middle East &...

Something for everyone

The upcoming Hitachi Information Forum, to be held in Johannesburg on 20 August, will offer something for everyone involved in IT, storage or business decision-making within South African enterprise. The keynote: “IT- Evolution – Innovate with Information” sets the...

Innovate intelligently with HDS

Business and IT leaders are urged to innovate intelligently in order to lead their markets, grow their companies – and change the world. With the right information in the right places, experts make the right decisions to uncover new opportunities. And information is...

Cut costs: manage IT disruptions

IT asset cost optimisation is a growing concern for IT asset management (ITAM) and IT procurement professionals – but managing just eight disruptive forces will help CIOs avoid sudden cost increases. Gartner’s 2013 CIO Survey shows that CIOs continue to include...