Digital transformation to change insurance

Jun 18, 2015

The advent of the digital world is revolutionising technology, in turn creating disruptive trends such as social, mobile, analytics and cloud (SMAC), says Saraswati Pramudi, principal consultant at Wipro BAS Architecture Practice. A new category of consumer is...

Gr 9 pupil in Applications Olympiad finals

Jun 17, 2015

A Grade 9 learner from the Free State surprised the Applications Olympiad organisers by making it to the finals with 13 matriculants. The Applications Olympiad is aimed at learners who take the subject CAT (Computer Application Technology) – which is offered in Grades 10, 11 and 12 only. Albert Dreyer cannot yet take IT or CAT at school, but he is involved in an enrichment project at the University of the Free State. The project entered him in the Applications Olympiad.

Copy data virtualisation for manufacturing

Jun 17, 2015

The ongoing digitisation of industrial production – industry 4.0 and the Internet of Things (IoT) – ensures that more and more machines are networked. In the manufacturing industry production and storage systems are increasingly able to: exchange...

Ricoh SA sponsors wheelchair basketball

Jun 17, 2015

Ricoh SA is again sponsoring the Pumas Wheelchair Basketball team to compete in the SuperSport Wheelchair Basketball Series, 2015.  Ricoh SA has sponsored the Pumas Wheelchair Basketball team since May 2008 when it signed an agreement to provide kit, branding,...

Online stores need flexible IT architecture

Jun 15, 2015

In the retail market, competitiveness has always revolved around differentiation, be this of product, price or service. However, as the world has become more digital and traditional retailers have joined the online retail market in the ecommerce space, differentiation...

Insurance as a service

Jun 15, 2015

Studies conducted by Ovum reveal that the use of SaaS (software as a service) in the global insurance industry is already significant with at least a third of all insurers fully deploying or trialling SaaS currently. Despite a significant minority of insurers...