Telematics drives lower insurance costs

Vehicle telematics devices – which use technology to send, receive and store realtime driver behaviour data – are fast becoming the most effective and scientific way to calculate motor insurance premiums. As telematics is enabling insurers to gain a more...

FNB launches tablet banking app

FNB has released a new banking app customised for tablet devices, complimenting a much larger tablet device strategy for the bank. The app is available for download in app stores across Apple, Android and Windows 8 devices. “The new banking app, designed specifically...

CRM continues the shift to SaaS

Significant shifts are set to occur in the customer relationship management (CRM) market in the next two years. Gartner predicts mobile CRM apps available for download on app stores will grow to over 1 200 by 2014 from over 200 in 2012. More than 50% of total CRM...

Intel highlights post-PC tech

Intel has announced new technologies and partnerships aimed at transforming how people experience technology from the device to the cloud. The announcements included details on new data centre product lines based on the 22-nanometer (nm) process technology and the new...

Mobile Internet access is European norm

Almost 75% of European adults access the Internet regularly, and more than half of them own two or more connected devices.  This is according to Forrester’s first benchmark report on the state of consumers and technology for Europe, based on a survey of more...

Good reasons to encrypt data

The leakage of confidential data – whether by accident or malicious design – can have serious consequences for any company, and in the worst cases might even cause a business to collapse, but most companies are not doing anything to safeguard their data. The results...