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Oracle updates HCM Cloud
To help organisations maximise the potential of their global talent, Oracle has updated Oracle HCM Cloud, available to customers in the Oracle Cloud as part of Release 8. With more than 200 new innovations, including an integrated time and attendance solution,...
Streamlining IT expenditure
Does your IT expenditure resemble a roller coaster ride? If the answer is yes, it probably means that there are some fundamental problems with the infrastructure, says Colin Thornton, CEO, Dial a Nerd. Incorrectly configured or sub-standard hardware can cause a host...
CIMA transforms exams with Pearson VUE
Pearson VUE has entered into a 10-year partnership with the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) to transform their portfolio of professional-level exams from pen and paper to computer-based testing (CBT) with a January 2015 launch. The new agreement...
Collibra offers IBM Infosphere integration
Master Data Management, who are the South African reseller for Collibra, has announced the latest integration of the Collibra Data Governance Centre with IBM Infosphere, extending client’s investment in IBM Infosphere to a wider business audience. Collibra addresses...
Are job boards turning into dinosaurs?
You may be thinking that social media and specifically LinkedIn are replacing job boards. And some of you are using LinkedIn today. And job boards are fee-based and LinkedIn is free – right? Wrong, says Kris Jarzebowski, CEO, Interactive Junction Holdings. Users might...
‘Primitive’ app methods must go
It’s not only the way applications are used that is outdated, but the industry needs to make fundamental changes in the way they are developed as well. That’s the word from SAP’s member of the executive board: products and innovation Dr Vishal Sikka, who describes...
SAP aims to redefine CRM software
By Kathy Gibson in Potsdam, Germany - SAP intends to be the leading CRM software vendor soon, as it offers companies an integrated experience, based on the HANA in-memory technology, that extends into the e-commerce space. Bill McDermott, co-CEO of SAP, yesterday...
CRM will drive digital initiatives for years
Organisations are leveraging customer relationship management (CRM) technologies as a major part of their digital initiatives to enhance the customer experience, according to Gartner. Gartner says that demand for modern technology customer relationships is driving...
Debt stress continues to fall among SA firms
Overall, South African businesses are less stressed by debt than previously. Experian SA and Econometrix today launched South Africa’s first ever Business Debt Index (BDI), a benchmark for the interpretation of the state of business’s debt-paying abilities. The...
Cisco Q2 2014 results show promise
Cisco has released its Q2 2014 results, which showed that the company is well-positioned for growth in the coming year. Cisco reported second quarter revenue of $11,2-billion, net income on a generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) basis of $1,4-billion or...
Insurance provider invests in Dac Systems
Dac Systems, a Proudly South African national provider of turnkey solutions based on Microsoft products, has assisted with a seamless upgrade of Microsoft SharePoint Server as part of an infrastructure upgrade project for an insurance services provider in South...
Automate workload for bottom-line savings
Blue Turtle Technologies, the BMC Software Top Emerging Markets Solution Provider FY 2013, is assisting companies to drastically reduce the risk of supply chain or business service hold ups through effective automation of production workloads and schedules through the...
SE Litho goes digital with Xerox 770 press
Digital and litho printing company SE Litho has bought a Xerox 770 digital colour press from Digilogix, one of the largest Xerox concessionaires in South Africa, and Bytes Document Solutions, the authorised Xerox distributor in 26 countries in sub Saharan Africa. The...
Oracle updates HCM Cloud
To help organisations maximise the potential of their global talent, Oracle has updated Oracle HCM Cloud, available to customers in the Oracle Cloud as part of Release 8. With more than 200 new innovations, including an integrated time and attendance solution,...
Streamlining IT expenditure
Does your IT expenditure resemble a roller coaster ride? If the answer is yes, it probably means that there are some fundamental problems with the infrastructure, says Colin Thornton, CEO, Dial a Nerd. Incorrectly configured or sub-standard hardware can cause a host...
CIMA transforms exams with Pearson VUE
Pearson VUE has entered into a 10-year partnership with the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) to transform their portfolio of professional-level exams from pen and paper to computer-based testing (CBT) with a January 2015 launch. The new agreement...
Collibra offers IBM Infosphere integration
Master Data Management, who are the South African reseller for Collibra, has announced the latest integration of the Collibra Data Governance Centre with IBM Infosphere, extending client’s investment in IBM Infosphere to a wider business audience. Collibra addresses...
Are job boards turning into dinosaurs?
You may be thinking that social media and specifically LinkedIn are replacing job boards. And some of you are using LinkedIn today. And job boards are fee-based and LinkedIn is free – right? Wrong, says Kris Jarzebowski, CEO, Interactive Junction Holdings. Users might...
‘Primitive’ app methods must go
It’s not only the way applications are used that is outdated, but the industry needs to make fundamental changes in the way they are developed as well. That’s the word from SAP’s member of the executive board: products and innovation Dr Vishal Sikka, who describes...
SAP aims to redefine CRM software
By Kathy Gibson in Potsdam, Germany - SAP intends to be the leading CRM software vendor soon, as it offers companies an integrated experience, based on the HANA in-memory technology, that extends into the e-commerce space. Bill McDermott, co-CEO of SAP, yesterday...