FNB supports urban regeneration

FNB has opened the doors of its seventh dotFNB branch, in the heart of the Johannesburg CBD, at the FNB Bank City Precinct. After the first dotFNB branch opened in April 2012, the expansion of the dotFNB national footprint rolled out six branches since, the latest of...

Light at the end of the channel tunnel

HP Discover, Las Vegas – While the IT channel may be feeling the strain of the current recession more than others, senior HP channel executives have little doubt that it will bounce back and continue to thrive in the future. Terry Richardson, vice-president of US...

Absa app rings up R1bn transaction value

Absa’s app has rung up R1-billion in transactions and has seen 100 000 downloads since its launch its 50 days ago, to become one of the most popular financial apps in South Africa. “This is a proud achievement, as the download number shows how much demand our app has...

Firms missing info strategy

Fewer than 10% of today’s enterprises have a true information strategy. Research by Gartner has found that, just as business model thinking wasn’t mainstream or well-rehearsed a decade ago, management thinking at an “information as strategy” level is...

Collaboration will drive smart city success

Stakeholder collaboration can maximise the benefits generated by deploying smart technologies for public and private facilities in urban environments. The discussion will help policy makers, building owners and technology vendors better understand how working together...

Is the traditional PC dead?

The market has been foretelling the death of the traditional PC for some time, but it seems its demise might be nearer than many pundits thought, says Christopher Riley, MD of The Notebook Company. “The PC market is shrinking rapidly now, as notebooks, tablets and...