Blockchain hype to spin down in 2018

The hype surrounding blockchain technology will recede sharply in 2018 as the cost and complexity of implementing blockchain solutions becomes apparent. This is according to data and analytics company GlobalData, which believes many of the early blockchain projects...

Personalisation key to banks’ future success

As retail banks grapple with rapidly advancing technology, higher customer expectations, and tighter regulation, they must redouble efforts to personalise their product and service offerings if they hope to position themselves optimally for the future. This is...

AI set to drive new economic growth

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is driving a paradigm shift in how nations prepare for the digital economy and could almost double the value of the global digital economy to $23-trillion by 2025, from $12,9-trillion in 2017 when it accounted for 17,1% of global GDP....

Data breaches put digitalisation at risk

Safeguarding data continues to present new challenges for businesses, with the most expensive cybersecurity incidents over the last 12 months related to data protection, according to new research from Kaspersky Lab. In an effort to enable digital transformation...

NHI policies to hit young people, families

An unintended, but serious consequence of government’s drive to introduce NHI is that young adults and families will be hit the hardest. This is the word from the Free Market Foundation (FMF), which has issued the following statement: Known as the...

The journey to intelligent data management

Kathy Gibson at VeeamOn Forum in Johannesburg – Data has never been more important than it is today: in fact, Veeam believes that data is hyper-critical. Compounding the issue is the rapid growth of data, the hyper-sprawl of data, say Jason Buffington, senior...