The reality of smart cities

Urbanisation is a reality – by 2050, eight out of 10 South Africans will be living in cities. Smart cities could help to manage this move, but budget and resource constraints are also a reality. “So technology needs to step up,” says Mark Walker, associate...

The key to entrepreneurial success?

Mark Davison at Dell EMC World in Las Vegas – In an era of budding entrepreneurs, one of the IT industry’s greatest – Dell Technologies chairman and CEO Michael Dell – has some sage advice for those eager to follow in his footsteps. At a Press Q&A at Dell...

Digital disruption is happening everywhere

Kathy Gibson at IDC’s CIO Summit in Johannesburg – A major transition is underway, and the disruption is bigger than ever before – on the social, political, economic and technology fronts. The political and economic changes are driving how companies need transform,...

The PC is dead! Long live the PC!

Mark Davison at Dell EMC World in Las Vegas – Back in the 1980s, Michael Dell founded his company on the humble PC and, he says, despite the huge transformation of the company today, it remains an integral and core part of the business. “Clearly, what Dell...

The real impact of transformation

Kathy Gibson at IDC’s CIO Summit in Johannesburg – Cloud take-up is likely to save companies $100-billion over the next few years. Meanwhile, employee productivity will double, recommendation-oriented device interactions will triple and customer experience will...

Dell in major revamp of storage portfolio

Mark Davison at Dell EMC World in Las Vegas – It’s only eight months since the formal merger between Dell and EMC, but the combined company has already overhauled its traditional storage portfolio to meet the demands of customers aspiring to digital transformation....