Life insurance of the future to be more accessible

Life insurance is set to become more personalised, more convenient and more accessible as leading life insurers begin to more aggressively adopt disruptive digital technologies to change the ways they interact with customers and operate their businesses. As a result,...

App takes the complexity out of Foreign Exchange

Standard Bank has made its global wallet, Shyft, available on its Android and Apple app stores, enabling its customers to make personal foreign exchange transactions from their mobile devices. Shyft simplifies the process of making foreign exchange transactions, by...

Tech is key to unleashing the value of genomics

Dr Wolfgang Mertz, chief technology officer: EMEA for healthcare, life sciences and HPC at Dell EMC Isilon, tells us that thealth sector is on the cusp of a step change that will see patients benefit from treatment that is more focused on the individual than ever...

Technology can empower government services

Latest-generation enterprise technologies have the potential to improve financial and operational management within public sector entities, and enhance service delivery to citizens, write John Mokiti, business development manager: government and public services for...

Healthcare analytics could revolutionise the industry

South Africa has an estimated R350-billion annual health care industry, with the department of health moving towards e-health solutions in line with World Health Organisation guidelines. However, despite the pervasive global trend towards digitisation, there is still...

BT deploys digital store pilot for Thomas Pink

BT has announced that leading shirt-maker and luxury clothing retailer Thomas Pink has deployed the Acuitas Digital Internet of Things (IoT) platform, which helps retailers to digitise the physical store, at its Wall Street New York City store. Thomas Pink installed...