Cost of motoring continues to rise

New data from WesBank shows that the overall cost of motoring is still on the rise, despite recent cuts to interest rates and fuel prices, as well as a slowdown in vehicle price inflation. The monthly mobility basket – which comprises instalments, fuel,...

Continuous testing still misses the mark

While 75% of organisations highlight continuous testing as critical or important, only a minority have made exceptional progress acquiring the necessary knowledge and key enablers to drive digital transformation. This is according to a CA study, “Continuous...

When CEOs fail, look at the root cause

Companies spend months , and a lot of money, sourcing top leaders for their executive teams – but often these newly appointed leaders fail to perform to expectation, which further impacts on the morale and bottom line of an organisation. In many cases, the fault...

Decentralisation mooted for African cryptocurrency

While some sceptics may have misgivings about the technology, cryptocurrency and blockchain has disrupted financial services and will probably be around for a lot longer. This is the view of Heinrich Springhorn, business analyst at MobileData, who says: “There...

Defence exports set for first-ever decline

A weakening defence export order backlog points to a contraction in the market by 2018, according to the annual Global Defence Trade Report from IHS Markit. The report examines trends in the global defence market across 65 countries and is based upon 40 000 programmes...

15% growth for fleet management systems

The number of active fleet management systems deployed in commercial vehicle fleets in North America was 6,7-million in Q4-201, according to a new report from the leading M2M/IoT market research provider Berg Insight. Growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of...