SME challenge for Free State

The International Labour Organisation (ILO), in partnership with Flanders International Cooperation Agency (FICA), the Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs (DETEA) and the Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA), have launched the...

Payment disruptors are at work

Digital disruptors are at work in the payments arena, removing friction along the path to the moment of payment and creating products and services that are stirring up a dramatic transformation in the consumer payments industry. In a new report, Forrester senior...

Veeam SA grows 88% in first year

Virtualisation backup and management software vendor Veeam has grown its South African revenue by 88% in the year since it set up a local presence. Representing an increase of over 150% in its customer and partnership base, this sets the stage for further expansion....

Global TV market won’t recover until 2015

Stung by plunging sales in Japan and declining demand in North America and Western Europe, global television shipments in 2012 fell, marking a major inflection point that will have a lasting impact on the market, according to an IHS iSuppli Worldwide Television Market...

Worst practices a social fail

Although social technologies are employed by 70% of organisations, most social collaboration initiatives fail because they follow a worst practice approach of “provide and pray”, leading to just a 10% success rate. “Without a well-crafted and...

IT risk spending still on growth path

Overall worldwide IT spending in risk technologies and services continues to grow, but at a reduced compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5,45%, as compared to previous forecasts. Based on the new research from IDC Financial Insights, total risk IT spending is still...