May 24, 2018
Distribution stalwart Jim Holland will be taking over the leadership of Lenovo’s data centre business unit. Holland, currently the executive for HPE and Micro Focus at Axiz, will take up his new position on 1 July. Thibault Dousson, GM of Lenovo South Africa,...
May 24, 2018
Kathy Gibson reports from Sandton – Data is becoming more important in the business world, to the extent that it is critical to helping organisations be successful. “We see there is a need for organisations to be data driven,” says Alan Cowley, CEO of Strategic...
May 23, 2018
The use of biometrics is set to go mainstream in South Africa, as Home Affairs local banks roll out major identification projects. But not all biometrics technologies are equal, and some may ‘come back to bite’ the enterprises rolling them out. This is the warning...
May 23, 2018
While retailers have been aggressively investing in mobile, new data suggests that the percentage of online sales made via mobile phone has declined. Forrester research finds that online sales via mobile declined from 43% in 2016 to 36% in 2017. However, at the same...
May 23, 2018
Africa’s development agenda must focus on the socio-cultural and commercial interests of Africans and the upliftment of Africa’s trade and economic ecosystem. This is the word from Muhammadu Sanusi II, Emir of Kano and a former governor of Nigeria’s...
May 23, 2018
As consumer confidence rebounds, the climate for criminals to perpetrate identity theft improves. According to the The FNB/Bureau of Economic Research the Consumer Confidence Index for the first quarter of 2018 rose to a record high of +26 index points, the highest...
