AI boosts new ERP systems

AI boosts new ERP systems

Artificial intelligence is at the heart of last week’s update to the SAP S/4HANA Cloud ERP suite, with machine learning now able to help businesses dynamically learn and change. That’s the word from Darren Roos, president: SAP S/4HANA Cloud at SAP, talking...
SA shoppers feel the love

SA shoppers feel the love

South African shoppers are feeling the love on Valentine’s Day, spending more than ever on the romantic day of the yeat. The annual Mastercard Love Index, created by analysing credit, debit and prepaid card transactions over a three-year period, has revealed...
Tax predictions for Budget 2017

Tax predictions for Budget 2017

Since 2009, National Treasury has embarked on fiscal expansion to enhance the public sector’s infrastructure programme and support future economic capacity in South Africa. However, anaemic global economic growth over the last nine years has left the...
No clarity yet on social grants

No clarity yet on social grants

It’s still not clear how millions of social grants will be paid out after 31 March, the deadline set by the Constitutional Court for the contract for current supplier Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) to terminate. CPS is a subsidiary of Net 1 UEPS, which is still...
Axiz romps Enterprise Distributor of the Year

Axiz romps Enterprise Distributor of the Year

Axiz has retained the prestigious title of Enterprise Distributor of the Year in the 2016 Channelwise Awards. The distributor took a solid victory over second-placed Pinnacle, which bested third-placed Tarsus by just one percentage point. The line-up of top enterprise...
Anyone can be an Internet troll

Anyone can be an Internet troll

Under the right circumstances, just about anybody can become an Internet troll. The common assumption is that people who troll are different from the rest of us, allowing us to dismiss them and their behaviour. But research from Stanford University and Cornell...