Value of diversity, inclusion on the rise

Awareness of the critical importance of diversity and inclusion (D&I) is moving higher in people’s values and expectations of the workplace in a range of cultures and countries worldwide. Lenovo recently conducted a global survey of 5 000 people in five...

IBM, Microsoft tops for lifecycle management

IBM and Microsoft have come out tops in the Competitive Landscape Assessment for Enterprise Application and Platforms Lifecycle Management (APLM) report by data and analytics company GlobalData. APLM supports enterprises as they undergo various processes of digital...

Signs of Chinese smartphone market consolidation

Meitu, a company best known for its selfie app, and smartphone maker Xiaomi, has announced 19 a strategic partnership to jointly launch Meitu-branded phones and other smart devices in a move that IDC believes will have a far-reaching impact on the brand development of...

S&P retains SA’s ratings status

Standard and Poor (S&P) has affirmed South Africa’s long term foreign and local currency debt ratings at ‘BB’ and ‘BB+’ respectively, and maintain the stable outlook. According to S&P, the rating affirmation is underpinned by the...

Cloud is about services, empowering citizens

Kathy Gibson is at the SITA private cloud launch in Rosebank – The newly-launched private government cloud platform will enable government to use data more effectively to provide better citizen services. But the big game ahead is data, and we need to ensure that the...

SITA’s cloud key to government modernisation

Kathy Gibson is at the SITA private cloud launch in Rosebank – SITA has launched its private cloud, which will be the platform for modernising government ICT and more effectively delivering services. Digitalisation is key to modernising government and catering to the...