SA businesses are slowly transforming

Just 8% of South African businesses are Digital Leaders, according to the Dell Technologies Digital Transformation Index (the DT Index) – but 40% of local heads of business believe they’ll disrupt rather than be disrupted. The DT Index, which was completed...

SA consumers are bargain-hunters online

South Africans are more than twice as likely to wait for a sale price to make a purchase than the global average. This is one of the findings from a PayPal research study on holiday shopping consumer behaviour trends, done in conjunction with Kantar Millward Brown and...

Why online retailers can’t prevent Black Friday blackouts

Black Friday will take place globally this Friday (23 November) and is widely considered the busiest shopping day of the year. As retailers beef up on security to control massive in-store crowds, online retailers are enhancing their systems to prevent infamous website...

Smarter edge devices with Intel NCS 2

Intel has introduced the Intel Neural Compute Stick 2 (Intel NCS 2), designed to build smarter AI algorithms and for prototyping computer vision at the network edge. Based on the Intel Movidius Myriad X vision processing unit (VPU) and supported by the Intel...

Where finance automation is likely to fail

Robotic process automation (RPA) will be commonplace in finance departments by 2020 – but implementations are likely to encounter failures at three key stages, according to Gartner. “Unlike many new technologies, RPA has the potential to deliver...

Altron’s Netstar helps Putco improve safety

South Africa’s oldest and largest bus company, the Public Utility Transport Corporation (Putco), has recorded impressive performance metrics in passenger safety, fuel management and improved driver behaviour over the past 18 months, following the implementation...