Garnishee orders under scrutiny

A task team headed by Credit Ombud Manie van Schalkwyk has been established to investigate current practices and establish a code of conduct to address concerns that Emolument Attachment Orders, loosely referred to as garnishee orders, are worsening the...

Has BPM lost its lustre?

Several high-profile business process management (BPM) programmes have recently been dropped, leading to questions around the viability of the technology. A recent blog post by Elise Olding, research director at Gartner, examines why BPM is facing more challenges in...

Metrofile ups interim dividend

Metrofile Holdings says a combination of strong cash generation from operations and a reduction in net finance costs has enabled it to declare an interim dividend of 4,5 cents per share for the six months ended 31 December 2012, up 50% from the same period last year....

Aptronics shines on the global stage

Aptronics has once again cemented its place as one of VMware’s most valued partners, and was last night named as the software vendor’s EMEA Emerging Market Partner of the Year and Global Emerging Market Partner of the Year. The South African reseller also scooped the...

New lease on life for webOS

LG Electronics has acquired the webOS operating system technology from HP.  To support its next-generation Smart TV technology, LG has entered into a definitive agreement with HP to acquire the source code, associated documentation, engineering talent and related Web...

Rise and fall of handset vendors

Qualcomm and Samsung capitalised on rapidly shifting market conditions to claim the top two spots of the mobile handset core integrated circuit (IC) business in 2012, while some other companies saw their share drift away, according to the IHS iSuppli Wireless...