Jun 7, 2017
Industrie 4.0/IIoT is a revolution, not an evolution, and any organisation failing to embrace it will quickly become obsolete. This is the dire warning sounded by speakers st the opening of the Connected Industries conference held this week. The Fourth Industrial...
Jun 7, 2017
At the height of #FeesMustFall, disgruntled students challenged leaders of the University of Johannesburg on what it is that universities are doing to decolonise knowledge. When they started discussing it, it became obvious that there was no consensus on what students...
Jun 7, 2017
Ride-sharing has triggered a revolution in the transport industry, with new and intelligent systems set to shake up all aspects of transportation for people and goods. Uber recently hosted a Urban Mobility Summit where over 30 changemakers in transport, tourism,...
Jun 6, 2017
Kathy Gibson at Saphila 2017 in Sun City – 50 years after it was founded, Pick ‘n Pay remains faithful to its core values of consumer sovereignty, business efficiency and doing good. Revamping its loyalty programme is part and parcel of driving these values. The...
Jun 6, 2017
Kathy Gibson at Saphila 2017 in Sun City – De Beers subscribes to the concept that information and insight must be delivered in a user-friendly and compelling way in order to drive evidence-based decision-making. Dominic Podmore, programme manager at De Beers,...
Jun 6, 2017
Kathy Gibson at Saphila 2017 in Sun City – By 2025, we will live in a networked intelligent world – but this will only happen if existing IT systems are fundamentally changed. Raphael Perez, vice-president: SAP Leonardo EMEA, believes new technologies will...
