Era of cognitive computing is here

Era of cognitive computing is here

Cognitive computing has nearly endless possibilities to improve business processes and functions. A full 73% of CEOs surveyed in a recent IBM study said it will play a key role in their organisations’ future and all executives in the study anticipate a 15%...
Workers want more technology

Workers want more technology

More than half of South African workers want their companies to put new technologies to work faster, so that they can be more efficient (53%); and they want their employers to use them and other resources more creatively (52%). Those are just two of the results from...
Juno to fly over Jupiter’s red spot

Juno to fly over Jupiter’s red spot

Just days after celebrating its first anniversary in Jupiter orbit, NASA’s Juno spacecraft will fly directly over Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, the gas giant’s iconic, 16 000-km storm. Taking place on 10 July, this will be humanity’s first up-close...
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...