Employment, growth key for SA

Employment, growth key for SA

Oct 28, 2014

While the South African economy has come a long way since the recession in 2008, it is still growing at meagre rates. The Department of Labour’s Annual Labour Market Bulletin (ALMB) 2013-2014 Report says the economic growth remains one of the critical channels to...

App economy creates opportunity for Africa

Oct 28, 2014

The application economy has arrived and with it comes immense business opportunity for Africa. This is according to Gary Lawrence, MD of CA Southern Africa, who says: “We all live in an application economy. Retail, news, entertainment, banking, education, government,...
Microsoft expands cloud solutions

Microsoft expands cloud solutions

Oct 28, 2014

Microsoft has unveiled new cloud services, mobility solutions, APIs, tools and an expanded ecosystem of partner solutions, all designed to help IT professionals and developers compete and thrive in today’s mobile-first, cloud-first world. “We are using the power of our cloud platform – Azure, Office 365 and Microsoft Dynamics – to deliver technology solutions that empower IT professionals, developers and end-users to do more,” says Jason Zander, corporate vice-president of Microsoft Azure.

Metrofile expands with Dubai acquisition

Oct 28, 2014

JSE-listed Metrofile has acquired UAE-based eFile Masters, one of the fastest growing imaging and information management companies in the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) countries. This allows Metrofile to further implement its strategy of acquiring bolt-on...

Microjobbing gets stuck into recycling

Oct 28, 2014

Microjobbing platform M4JAM (Money for Jam), which launched in August 2104, has debuted a recycling project in collaboration with Green Office. M4JAM is a new digitally-enabled microjobbing platform hosted on WeChat, which allows companies to allocate microjobs to...