Retailers keep up ICT spend

Retailers keep up ICT spend

Despite economic pressures, investment by the South African retail sector into ICT seems to be holding steady. New analysis by Frost & Sullivan, titled “ICT Enterprise Spend in Retail, South Africa, Forecast to 2019”, shows that cloud-based services,...
Telematics to improve driving

Telematics to improve driving

Telematics – the data received from tracking devices in vehicles – has long helped commercial fleet owners maximise the value of their operations. And now it can be used to reinforce positive driver behaviour too. “Traditionally, telematics has...
The world’s most attractive employers

The world’s most attractive employers

Google has once again been ranked as the world’s most attractive employer among business and engineering/IT students in Universum Global’s ninth annual survey.Universum Global surveyed more than 290 000 business and engineering/IT students from the...
Slight increase in take-home salaries

Slight increase in take-home salaries

May reflected a slight increase of 0.9% in take-home pay for the third consecutive month in 2017, according to BankservAfrica’s latest Disposable Salary Index (BDSI) data, which also showed that South Africa’s formal workers are faring slightly better than...
Ransomware strikes again

Ransomware strikes again

Another massive ransomware attack has hit more than 2 000 computers around the world – but even if users pay the ransom, they won’t get their data back. The new attack is a variant of the Petya code. It appears to have originated in Ukraine, where the power...
Economic uncertainty at all-time high

Economic uncertainty at all-time high

The current global political and economic climate has contributed to some of the highest levels of uncertainty seen for decades, say PwC economists in their latest Global Economy Watch. Indeed, in recent years, uncertainty has been keeping business leaders busy. CEOs...