OpenText spends $1,62bn on Dell EMC unit

The rash of mergers and acquisitions in the IT industry continues with the news today that OpenText has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Dell EMC’s enterprise content division (ECD), including Documentum, for $1,62-billion. ECD offers a suite of...

Cloud will drive Industry 4.0, IoT

The technologies defining the Fourth Industrial Revolution, or Industry 4.0, are being powered by cloud infrastructures. The Oracle “Cloud: Opening up the Road to Industry 4.0” report has found that from robotics to artificial intelligence, businesses view...

Informal economy gets cashless payments

South African mobile payments startup iKhokha and Mastercard have announced a partnership that aims to boost payment card acceptance at micro, small and medium enterprises in informal settlements, while educating consumers and business owners on the benefits of using...

HP Inc standardises on Microsoft

Microsoft has entered a six-year agreement with HP Inc to deploy Microsoft Dynamics to thousands of employees across the organisation to enhance collaboration across marketing, sales and service operations. “We have chosen Microsoft Dynamics as our CRM solution...

Perception gap in the supply chain

Managing people and organisations through change continues to be one of the most critical aspects of leadership in supply chain organisations today, according to Gartner. But a recent Gartner survey found that supply chain executives and employees have differing...

Data science set to transform business

There is a big and growing demand for top leaders with a solid background in data science and analytics, as companies seek to translate the mass of data available to them into useful information that will improve customer experience and ultimately the bottom line....