Family businesses remain resilient despite the adverse economic environment they find themselves in post-recession. At a time when other businesses are struggling to create revenue, around 78% of South African family businesses reported growth in the last 12 months, and 21% are aiming to grow quickly and aggressively over the next five years.
In partnership with the City of Cape Town, telecommunications service provider Orange is planning the imminent launch of its new Orange WiFi service, offering WiFi to those living in part of the areas of Khayelitsha and Mitchell’s Plain. The partnership was announced at an official address by the Mayor of the City of Cape Town, Patricia de Lille, on Thursday.
Although most organisations (97%) use or plan to use cloud, and nearly half have implemented a mobility strategy, big data adoption is trailing as approximately 60% of organisations surveyed do not know how to leverage it. This is one of the findings from Dell’s first Global Technology Adoption Index (GTAI), which uncovered how organisations are truly using security, cloud, mobility and big data to drive success.