Sep 23, 2017
SAP has promised to provide an update on the investigation into allegations of wrongdoing in its South African business during the last week of October 2017. The company initiated an investigation spearheaded by international law firm Baker McKenzie on12 July. At the...
Sep 22, 2017
Amid shifting consumer preferences, rapid advances in technology and ongoing disruption to business models, the new strategic imperative for entertainment and media (E&M) companies is to turn customers into fans — by innovating to create the most compelling,...
Sep 22, 2017
Intel is making a series of investments, totalling about $1-billion, into an artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem that it hopes will fuel product innovation and AI adoption. CEO Brian Krzanich says the company is making strategic investments spanning technology,...
Sep 22, 2017
Blockchain is the enabling technology for what’s believed to be the world’s first crypto-metal exchange. MetalZoom.Energy is inviting South African miners to join it in disrupting the industry status quo. “Our crypto-metal exchange will provide a...
Sep 22, 2017
BCX has launched what it claims is a first-of-its-kind online business enablement platform — SpliceWorks — to connect South African techpreneurs with potential business partners. The company says SpliceWorks “is a place that turns big ideas into...
Sep 22, 2017
Google has acquired skills and intellectual property from smartphone manufacturer HTC to boost its hardware agenda. Rick Osterloh, Google’s senior vice-president of hardware, writes in a blog post that the move will fuel the hardware business’s product...
