Network refresh cycles start to pick up

Enterprises across the globe are refreshing their network equipment earlier in its lifecycle in a move to embrace workplace mobility, Internet of Things (IoT), and software-defined networking (SDN) strategies. In addition, their equipment refresh is more strategic,...
How to do digital transformation

How to do digital transformation

Kathy Gibson reports from SAP TechEd in Barcelona – Digital transformation shouldn’t be considered as a technology issue. In fact, it’s not even so much a business issue as it is a leadership challenge. Dr Carsten Linz, head of the Centre for Digital...

IBM aims to embed Watson in devices

IBM has announced the experimental release of Project Intu, a new, system-agnostic platform designed to enable embodied cognition. The new platform allows developers to embed Watson functions into various end-user device form factors, offering a next generation...

SA IT services regain luster

The SA IT Services market is expected to grow at 10.3% in 2016 following a bumper 2015 where it reached a value of R56.9-billion, reflecting a year-on-year growth of 16%. This is according to BMI-TechKnowledge’s latest SA IT Services market sizing and forecast...

Companies must adapt for the Digital Age

New digital technologies have disrupted how businesses deliver services to consumers and clients. While this offers opportunities for new services, products, revenue models, and increased efficiencies, companies must look closely at their business models if they hope...

How CIOs can attract talent

Traditionally, acquiring talent has been viewed as a simple transaction and the nature of that transaction was always orientated more toward employers than employees. But to attract the talent CIOs need for digital business, enterprises must shift how they think about...