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Smart manufacturing drives digital economy
The venerable factory is an important competitive weapon in the digital economy. According to Robert Parker, group vice-president at IDC Manufacturing Insights: "Smart manufacturing programs can deliver financial benefits that are tangible and auditable. More...
CIOs, HR directors can drive business value
As the human resources (HR) function in most companies becomes more tech-driven and automated, so does the business partnership between the chief information officer (CIO) and the HR director become increasingly important. That’s the word from Fanie Jansen, CIO at...
A 2015 trend your business can’t ignore
Most companies double the number of documents they produce every two years. So, if your business is starting to buckle under the weight of endless paperwork and your employees are up to their eyeballs in filing (and threatening the printers with physical harm), it’s...
GIBS, DiData partner on programme
The University of Pretoria’s Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) and Dimension Data have announced the formation of the Dimension Data Programme in Digital Disruption, which will be funded by Dimension Data through a sponsorship endowment to GIBS. The...
LG G3 users to receive Lollipop
Android’s latest operating system, Lollipop, is now available in South Africa. LG Mobile is the first to bring it to local consumers and is available for download now. Lollipop is available only for the LG G3 at the moment, but will roll out for other devices at a...
Wipro, Software AG announce joint solution
Software AG and Wipro, a leading global information technology, consulting and business process, services company, have announced a joint solution platform for streaming analytics that provides realtime actionable intelligence for the Internet of Things (IoT) market....
Talent Africa wins AESC membership
Talent Africa, an alliance of Korn Ferry, is pleased to announce they have been awarded the Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC) membership. AESC is a worldwide professional association for the retained and executive search industry. It promotes the...
Medium-sized businesses see big data value
Big data’s been talked about and written about so much now that most businesspeople, even those from smaller organisations, have at the very least heard of the term. Many even have a vague understanding of what it is, says Mervyn Mooi, director at Knowledge...
Running your business as a project
Over the last 14 years I have been involved in some way or another with the discipline of project management. One thing I have come to realise is that although a project is sometimes treated as a very complicated "thing", it is actually not, says Aldo van Tonder,...
DEVELOP launches production printer series
DEVELOP South Africa has launched its latest production printer series. The ineo+ 1060/1070 series is a next-generation 4/C digital production system that combines the efficiency and flexibility of digital technology with the kind of image quality normally associated...
Solar panel shortage on the cards in Q1
Expect a shortage of solar panels for the foreseeable future. Most Chinese tier-1 solar photo-voltaic module suppliers have sold out, until the second quarter of 2015, according to analysis from information and analytics provider HIS. Along with the consolidation of...
‘Back to the future’ for world economy
With many of today’s economic trends reminiscent of the 1980s and 1990s, we are looking at a “back to the future” scenario for the global economy, says chief economist Dr Nariman Behravesh of IHS. “Once again the US is a locomotive of global growth, the dollar is...
Digital business requires different response
Digital business success will require organisations to take bold actions, including inventing new business models and changing the way they function, according to Gartner. Gartner predicts that, by 2017, 70% of successful digital business models will rely on...
Smart manufacturing drives digital economy
The venerable factory is an important competitive weapon in the digital economy. According to Robert Parker, group vice-president at IDC Manufacturing Insights: "Smart manufacturing programs can deliver financial benefits that are tangible and auditable. More...
CIOs, HR directors can drive business value
As the human resources (HR) function in most companies becomes more tech-driven and automated, so does the business partnership between the chief information officer (CIO) and the HR director become increasingly important. That’s the word from Fanie Jansen, CIO at...
A 2015 trend your business can’t ignore
Most companies double the number of documents they produce every two years. So, if your business is starting to buckle under the weight of endless paperwork and your employees are up to their eyeballs in filing (and threatening the printers with physical harm), it’s...
GIBS, DiData partner on programme
The University of Pretoria’s Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) and Dimension Data have announced the formation of the Dimension Data Programme in Digital Disruption, which will be funded by Dimension Data through a sponsorship endowment to GIBS. The...
LG G3 users to receive Lollipop
Android’s latest operating system, Lollipop, is now available in South Africa. LG Mobile is the first to bring it to local consumers and is available for download now. Lollipop is available only for the LG G3 at the moment, but will roll out for other devices at a...
Wipro, Software AG announce joint solution
Software AG and Wipro, a leading global information technology, consulting and business process, services company, have announced a joint solution platform for streaming analytics that provides realtime actionable intelligence for the Internet of Things (IoT) market....
Talent Africa wins AESC membership
Talent Africa, an alliance of Korn Ferry, is pleased to announce they have been awarded the Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC) membership. AESC is a worldwide professional association for the retained and executive search industry. It promotes the...