What working parents really want

Parents will increasingly demand flexible working options from employers to enable them to spend more time with their family, new research from workspace provider Regus suggests. The survey found that 85% of working parents would forfeit other benefits to take up...

Gearing students for employability

More young people have university degrees than ever before and between 1995 and 2016, the percentage of people with tertiary qualifications grew by 20%, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. As a result, competition for skilled...

Customers to benefit from banking disruption

Customers will be the main beneficiaries of disruption and increased competition in retail banking due to a potential improvement in value and customer service, says Raj Makanjee, CEO of FNB Retail. “Competition is vital to improving customer centricity in the...

What keeps CIOs awake at night?

Kathy Gibson is at Gartner Symposium in Cape Town – Top performing CIOs are about two years ahead of the laggards when it comes to having, and executing, a digital plan. Only about 8% of CIOs, however, are top performers, with the bottom CIOs accounting for about 10%,...

How Engen is shifting to digitalisation

Kathy Gibson is at Gartner Symposium in Cape Town – Digital change is influencing organisations and it is evident that the next few years are going to be incredibly exciting. This is the word from Peter du Plooy, CIO of Engen, who says his organisation is re-aligning...

The journey to cloud-first IT

Kathy Gibson is at Gartner Symposium in Cape Town – By 2025, more than 85% of South African companies will have a cloud-first strategy. This is according to Milind Govekar, research vice-president of Gartner. “Cloud-first is not just about what cloud can do for...