SAA updates 90-day action plan

Jan 19, 2015

South African Airways (SAA) has ushered in the new year with renewed resolve and focus to stabilise the business. The 90 Day Action Plan, a road map designed to return SAA to full implementation of its Long-Term Turnaround Strategy, is on target in terms of rollout and active engagement across all levels of the company.

Banking will become increasingly mobile

Jan 19, 2015

This year will see an increased demand for digital banking products as customers choose to interact with their banks through mainly digital channels. This is according to Tjaart van der Walt, MD of GSM mobile technology company, TruTeq Wireless. TruTeq Wireless is the...

Financial institutions hesitate on cloud

Jan 19, 2015

Only a small percentage of financial institutions in Western Europe have adopted or are planning to adopt cloud-based solutions and technologies. A study from IDC Financial Insights, which discusses how financial institutions can overcome security and privacy concerns...

Insurers to spend more than $1bn on ICT

Jan 19, 2015

Global insurers will increase IT spending to almost $101-billion in 2015, a year-on-year increase of 4,4% compared to 2014, with rigorous investments in technologies to boost efficiencies and innovation. This was unveiled in the recently published report by IDC...
Resilience key for African supply

Resilience key for African supply

Jan 16, 2015

Successful companies in 2015 will be those that can adapt to the fast changing global environment, such as unstable currency markets, the fast growing global population and rising number of Internet users, and make them work in their favour. This is according to...

E-toll panel calls for further review

Jan 16, 2015

An advisory panel report on the socio-economic impact of the e-tolls in Gauteng has recommended that elements of the current e-toll system must be reviewed to address issues such as affordability. “The main recommendation of the panel is that elements of the current...