SA users love a second-hand deal

South Africa’s second-hand economy is thriving, with 95% of respondents claiming that have used or will opt for second hand goods and vehicles in 2017. A survey by Gumtree reveals marked differences between genders and age groups when it comes to second hand...

Chip cards taking over in the payments space

More than 2,15-billion payment chip cards were shipped globally in 2016, an increase of 4% on 2015 figures. This is according to the Smart Payment Association (SPA), the trade body of the smart payments industry, which has revealed top level findings from its 2016...

Lenovo moves forward on new strategy

Lenovo has made good progress in implementing and executing its new “three-wave strategy,” designed to meet the critical business challenges of today, while positioning itself for continued long-term profitable growth. As part of Lenovo’s...

Guard your digital ID or risk getting fired

Safeguarding our digital identities will become a crucial task in our near futures as the digital and cyber worlds increasingly merge. Passwords and two-factor security rule the online world for most of us but in the near future biometrics will play a leading role,...
SA lags in Digital IQ

SA lags in Digital IQ

Organisations around the world have not done enough to keep up with the digital era – and leadership is falling short, with many chief executives not yet fully engaged in the initiatives of digital transformation. African companies match their global peers in...

SA left behind on the SDN adoption curve

Software-defined networking (SDN) is taking the world by storm as organisations seek greater control, performance and management across the data centre and the network; and recognise the benefits SDN can offer in terms of cost savings on capital and operating costs,...