Complexity holds back cloud benefits for 95% of companies

Complexity holds back cloud benefits for 95% of companies

Only 5% of decision-makers from public and private organisations have currently achieved a meaningful level of consistency across their sprawling IT infrastructure. This is despite the fact that nearly two-thirds (64%) of organisations were expected to have further...
NASA probes environment and Covid-19 impacts

NASA probes environment and Covid-19 impacts

Scientists are using information from NASA’s Earth-observing satellites, on-the-ground sensors and computer-based datasets to study the environmental, economic and societal impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. In addition, the agency’s Earth Science Division recently...
Stress, anxiety rise as SA lockdown continues

Stress, anxiety rise as SA lockdown continues

South Africans are starting to suffer the effects of a prolonged lockdown. A survey conducted by gig technology company M4Jam, has revealed the behavioural trends and emotional distress that the Covid-19 pandemic has created. The results paint a bleak picture of...
How to ensure IT financial survival through Covid-19

How to ensure IT financial survival through Covid-19

Many of the financial business implications of Covid-19 will be felt in the IT department, according to Gartner. CIOs should take eight actions to protect or quarantine their IT organisations’ cash flow during the coronavirus pandemic. “Survival, not...
Mobile PCs in demand, but supply issues stymie sales

Mobile PCs in demand, but supply issues stymie sales

The Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) traditional PC market (desktops, notebooks, and workstations) declined YoY in 20202Q1(-3,1% YoY) and totaled 16,4-million units, according to International Data Corporation (IDC). Amid the problematic macroeconomic scenario...
Virus exacerbates existing business risks

Virus exacerbates existing business risks

The risks that organisations were facing before the global Covid-19 pandemic struck are still there – and most probably are even more relevant by the current situation. “Strategic assumptions” remained the top concern for senior executives in first...