Unicorns surge to 500, worth $1,5trn

In 2013, when the term unicorn emerged, only 40 private companies had a valuation of $1-billion in the world. Since then, the number of these financial giants surged, rising to a new record in 2020. According to data presented by BuyShares.co.nz, the number of unicorn...

Enterprise software set for decline

Enterprise application software revenue to decline 2,2% to $237-billion in 2020, according to the research data analysed and published by Stock Apps. A Gartner report states that the global enterprise application software industry is set to drop by 2,2% in 2020 to...

October shows a clearer picture of take-home pay numbers

South Africa’s salaries improved by 3% year-on-year in real terms in October 2020, according to the latest BankservAfrica Take-home Pay Index (BTPI). With most of the volatile period for salaries paid over the Covid-19 period nearing an end, a clearer picture of...

Disruptive times call for IT innovation

Kathy Gibson is at Dell Technologies Forum – It is hard to believe that the at beginning of 2020, few had heard of coronavirus – now every aspect of our lives have been turned upside down. “There have been heartbreaking stories, but also...

How digital leaders have made the transition

Kathy Gibson is at Dell Technologies Forum – The world has changed dramatically in the last six months but, while some businesses have struggled to adapt, others haven’t done as well. Doug Woolley, MD of Dell Technologies South Africa, explains that...

The move to everything as a service

Kathy Gibson is at Dell Technologies Forum – The ability to quickly adapt to changing circumstance, and scale up or down when required, is what differentiates successful businesses in times of crisis. Aongus Hegary, president: international markets at Dell...