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...

New smartphones, packages from FNB

First National Bank (FNB) has unveiled the next generation of its FNB-branded smartphones, the ConeXis A2 and the flagship ConeXis X2, which will be available from 2 October. In addition, the bank announced its new data and voice packages, including the highly...

SUSE and the African success story

Kathy Gibson at SUSEcon, Prague – In just six years, SUSE has gone from just about nowhere to being an enterprise platform leader in South Africa – and the future is bright as companies under pressure to transform look to the open source platform. Matthew Lee, sale...
Telcos transform for digital age

Telcos transform for digital age

Market consolidation is becoming more prevalent in the South African telecommunications market as operators look to build the capabilities required to position themselves as end-to-end ICT and digital service providers. Typical examples of this, says Frost &...