Feb 7, 2014
Just one in 10 leaders in the financial services sector believe they can rapidly take advantage of new opportunities or adapt to unexpected changes in the future. That’s in contrast to the average of one in five European business leaders from all industries....
Feb 6, 2014
The days of innovative, technology-focused start-ups being the only market disrupters and growing faster than their larger, more established competitors may be coming to an end. This is according to a new report by Accenture, which finds that large enterprises are...
Feb 5, 2014
Not surprisingly, Microsoft has confirmed that its former executive vice-president for cloud and enterprise, Satya Nadella, will succeed Steve Ballmer as the company’s CEO. Microsoft also announced that Bill Gates, previously chairman of the board of directors, will...
Feb 4, 2014
The increasing networking of manufacturing equipment is opening up factories to the benefits of flexible production and wireless mobile communications. However, the rising use of connected devices is also exposing production sites to security breaches and...
Feb 3, 2014
South Africa is a nation in “digital chaos”, with only sheer luck preventing more users from losing precious personal photos, videos and files. That’s the verdict of digital storage company WD, which has released the results of a study that found...
Jan 31, 2014
In future, when you drop a glass on the floor it will bend and become slightly deformed – but it won’t break. Professor François Barthelat and his team at McGill’s Department of Mechanical Engineering have successfully taken inspiration from the mechanics of natural...
