How Goldfields is standardising global HR

Kathy Gibson at Saphila 2017 in Sun City – When Goldfields realised it needed to standardise human resource (HR) systems across the group, it looked to SAP’s SuccessFactors. Angela Nell, vice-president: performance and learning and development at...

Synnex snaps up Westcon for $830m

Datatec has finally confirmed that it is to sell its North American and Latin American Westcon-Comstor business to US distribution and logistics giant Synnex for $800-million. Synnex will also acquire 10% of the remaining Westcon International organisation for...

Wearables market swells healthily in Q1

The worldwide wearables market maintained its upward trajectory during the first quarter of 2017 (1Q17) with Xiaomi and Apple leading all companies and multiple products experiencing double- and triple-digit growth. According to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Wearable...

Future impact of the over-60s

A new report released today by AARP, examines the preparedness levels of 12 nations for the profound challenges their societies and economies face as the number of people age-60-and-up in their populations more than doubles over the next generation. Brazil, Canada,...

Openserve to offer 100Mbps on DSL

Telkom’s Openserve unit is introducing G.fast broadband technology to its network enabling it to offer speeds of up to 100Mbps to more traditional DSL users. The company says the technology utilises the copper tail or drop wire within the customer premises (as...

How digitalisation will change the world

Kathy Gibson at Saphila 2017 in Sun City – The world will be a very different place in 10 years’ time, largely thanks to rapid advances in technology. But it’s hard to predict what the world will look like in 10 years’ time – so...