Firms missing info strategy

Firms missing info strategy

Fewer than 10% of today’s enterprises have a true information strategy. Research by Gartner has found that, just as business model thinking wasn’t mainstream or well-rehearsed a decade ago, management thinking at an “information as strategy” level is...
HP embraces new IT style

HP embraces new IT style

HP Discover, Las Vegas – The concept of a new “IT style” emerging in the industry, as opposed to an evolutionary step or a paradigm shift, was first mooted by HP at its PartnerWorld conference earlier this year. And during a press conference at HP...
Sixth quarter of server decline

Sixth quarter of server decline

Factory revenue in the EMEA server market reached $2,8-billion in the first quarter of 2013, a decrease of 10,5% when compared with the same quarter of 2012, according to the latest EMEA Server Tracker from International Data Corporation (IDC). In euros, revenue...
Jo’burg is most popular in Africa

Jo’burg is most popular in Africa

Johannesburg is set to be the most popular destination in Africa, with a projected 2,54-million international visitors expected to visit the city in 2013, according to the third annual MasterCard Global Destination Cities Index.  Despite a marginal 5,5% increase in...
Citadel botnet falls to teamwork

Citadel botnet falls to teamwork

The FBI, Microsoft and financial services industry leaders successfully disrupted more than 1 000 botnets built on Citadel malware in a massive global cybercrime operation that is estimated by the financial services industry to have been responsible for over half a...
Self-service just doesn’t fly in SA

Self-service just doesn’t fly in SA

South African organisations tempted to follow global trends towards customer self-service, by expanding their customer contact channels to include social media and mobile options, could be wasting significant funds in doing so. In general, South African consumers are...