Tips on how data and analytics leaders can succeed

To extend the influence of data analytics in a continually changing world, data and analytics (D&A) leaders must focus on finding agents of change within their organisations, building adaptive systems, and re-engineering the way decisions are made, according to...
Tech trends that business leaders should embrace in 2021

Tech trends that business leaders should embrace in 2021

Kathy Gibson reports – Technology has accelerated the blurring of lines between the physical and virtual worlds, and the trend looks set to continue. Sihlalo Jordan, deputy-CEO of Deloitte, points out that the world has seen a technology revolution of...

Public cloud revenues to jump by 50%

The Covid-19 pandemic accelerated the growth of the cloud computing market as companies across the globe started seeking ways to secure business continuity amid lockdown measures. However, the following years are set to witness even more impressive growth, with...
Digitalisation key to solving Africa’s digital health divide

Digitalisation key to solving Africa’s digital health divide

Digital innovation is vital for the advancement of African economies and their health services – but to make this possible certain large stumbling blocks need to be removed. This was the consensus among high-level global and African health experts who came...

Pandemic will impact European channel growth in 2021

Revenue growth through distribution across Europe could hit 10% year-on-year in Q2 2021, although supply chain issues and comparatives with strong 2020 figures may lower the figure slightly, says Context. The market intelligence company forecasts for the coming three...

Large numbers of SA users run unsupported OSs

A significant 14% of PC users in South Africa are still using the end-of-life operating system Windows 7, which stopped receiving mainstream support in January 2020. The numbers come from a study by Kaspersky on anonymised operating system metadata from the Kaspersky...