Lower inflation forecasts good news for consumers

With a unanimous decision, members of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) voted on 17 January to keep interest rates unchanged, in line with analyst expectations. This follows an interest rate hike of 25 basis points (bps) in...

IBM, Vodafone join forces on digitalisation

IBM and Vodafone Business are creating a new venture designed to help companies across Europe and beyond deliver innovation faster and succeed in a digital world. The new strategic commercial agreement will provide clients with the open, flexible technologies they...

How well does Facebook know you?

Most Americans polled in a Pew Research study didn’t realise that Facebook keeps track of their interests and categorises them for advertising. The Pew Research Centre asked a representative sample of US social media user to reflect on the data collected about...

Don’t be disappointed with digital transformation

A massive 87% of senior business leaders say digitalisation is a company priority, while 79% of corporate strategists say it is reinventing their business — creating new revenue streams in new ways. But so far, digital change has been slow and disappointing....

SUSE parnters with Intel and SAP

SUSE has announced support for Intel Optane DC persistent memory with SAP HANA. Running on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications, SAP HANA users can now take advantage of high-capacity Intel Optane DC persistent memory in the data centre. Users can...

HR leaders focus on retaining talent

In 2019, HR leaders’ top three key initiatives will be building critical skills and competencies, strengthening the current and future leadership bench and improving employee experience, according to Gartner. Gartner surveyed 843 HR leaders globally — at...