Paperless education ‘unlikely to succeed’

The Gauteng Education department’s plan to introduce a paperless education programme is ill-conceived, as there will simply not be enough funds to provide each pupil with a tablet or a laptop, says Christopher Riley, CEO of The Notebook Company. Riley’s comments...

E-commerce is going mobile, says ImproWeb

E-commerce has come a long way in the last 15 years. As technology continues at a rapid pace, pioneering e-commerce stores are increasingly developing new techniques and facilities to make online selling and online shopping a lot more efficient – and more fun....

IT needs to get closer to marketing

Increasing marketing technology investments are demanding more involvement from IT leaders to enable marketing to achieve full business value from its investments, according to Gartner. In 2015, IT leaders supporting marketing will need to build a stronger partnership...

SMMEs embrace online, mobile banking

Small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) are the most active business users of FNB’s online and mobile banking services, with FNB Business reporting that approximately 50% of SMMEs conduct an average of 20 online and mobile banking transactions per month. In...

IBM debuts new z13 mainframe

IBM has launched the z13 mainframe – one of the most sophisticated computer systems ever built. It delivers scale and economics, together with realtime encryption and analytics, to help meet the expectations of consumers for speed and safety for trillions of...

IT to drive retail bank revenue

Retail bank IT investment in 2015 will be focused squarely on driving revenue growth, according to new research from Ovum. Digital channels will be at the heart of this activity, particularly as the improving economy has meant reducing costs and headcount is no longer...