Avoid festive season financial mistakes

Have you accumulated so much debt during the course of the year that you avoid phone calls from private numbers to dodge one of the many creditors coming after you during the festive season? Burying your head in the sand is definitely not a solution and will not make...
Software drives hardware profits

Software drives hardware profits

Device manufacturers are embracing software over hardware as their primary business model — and it is helping them to increase their revenues. Software is becoming crucial to device manufacturers, specifically in improving business performance and growing...
Incredible Solutions closes its doors: updated

Incredible Solutions closes its doors: updated

It’s been confirmed that Incredible Solutions has closed its doors. IT-Online understands that the company filed for voluntary liquidation, but other sources believe that a bank might have been involved. Vendors and distributors have been locked in meetings...
Poor processes endanger data in the cloud

Poor processes endanger data in the cloud

Swift adoption of cloud-based services and a lack of well-defined security strategies is leaving organisations struggling to keep control of their data, across a sprawling number of services and applications. According to new research from Kaspersky Lab, 35% of...

Mixed year for African economies

Diversified and services-led African economies have had a good year, whereas hydrocarbon-dependent economies continue to be plagued by the aftershock of the oil price slump. This is according to the ICAEW’s (the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and...