Tech eases digitalisation pain points

Kathy Gibson at SUSEcon, Prague — Digital transformation is a reality for companies around the world. However, some critical pain points threaten to derail the journey. A critical pain point that IT has to deal with is the explosion of data. “On its own...

Salaries and pensions continue to grow

South African salaries and pensions have increased above the rate of inflation for the sixth consecutive month, with salaries improving by an average of 1,1%, after inflation, compared with August last year, while pensions grew by 0,9% in real terms. Mike Schüssler,...
Multimodal OS to bridge the gap

Multimodal OS to bridge the gap

Kathy Gibson at SUSEcon, Prague — SUSE is readying a multimodal operating system that will help CIOs bridge the growing gap between Mode 1 and Mode 2 IT operations. Business realities are driving cloud, software-defined everything and digital transformation....

SA maintains wealth ranking

The eighth Allianz Global Wealth Report 2017 has ranked South Africa 36th wealthiest out of 50 countries, maintaining its ranking from last year. The report puts the assets and liabilities of households in more than 50 countries under the microscope, including South...

New business perspective needed in SA

Battling to weather the storm in the current economic environment, many South African companies are in deep distress, says the Turnaround Management Association. Recessionary conditions and the downgrade to junk status is being felt across all industries, the industry...

Cybersecurity alliance expanded

Accenture, Microsoft and Avanade are collaborating through a multi-year, multi-million-dollar agreement to develop, integrate and bring to market enhanced cyberdefence solutions to help clients better detect, investigate and respond to cyberthreats. The collaboration...