SMEs key to meeting SA’s jobs target

To meet the National Development Plan (NDP) target of creating 11-million jobs by 2030, South Africa needs more than 49 000 SMEs growing at a rate of 20% per annum. In comparison, the country would need no less than 8,2-million small and micro-enterprises to create...

Mobility bridges the digital divide

Building up to its 10th anniversary, Professor Barry Dwolatzky, director of the Wits University’s Joburg Centre for Software Engineering (JCSE), says that the last 10 years has seen mobility effectively sweep away the digital divide, ensuring that previously...

Hyperconverged systems set for 2015 growth

International Data Corporation (IDC) estimates that, including hardware and software solutions, the hyperconverged systems market grew 162,3% in 2014 to a market value of $373-million. While impressive, this triple-digit growth does not completely reflect the turning...

Cyber risk is on the business radar

For the first time since 2007, damage to brand and reputation has emerged as the top-ranked risk in Aon’s 2015 Global Risk Management Survey, while cyber risk has entered the top 10 for the first time this year. The connection between these two risks has been felt around the world in 2014, as a rash of data breaches demonstrated the fragile nature of consumer trust in leading corporations.

Global tablet shipments slip again

Worldwide tablet shipments recorded a year-over-year decline for the second consecutive quarter in the first quarter of 2015 (1Q15). Overall shipments for tablets and 2-in-1 devices fell to 47,1-million in 1Q15, a -5,9% decline from the same quarter a year ago,...

Digital workplace needs a business manifesto

A business manifesto should be an essential tool in communicating the intentions and motives of the digital workplace, according to Gartner. Organisations can struggle with communicating and implementing broad policy changes like those generated by digital workplace...