How to succeed with innovation

Kathy Gibson at Saphila 2014 – Anyone can create innovative ideas and make them happen. This is the word from Frans Johansson, author of The Click Moment, who says that life taught him that when he was able to combine concepts from different areas, he was able to...

Why do SAP projects fail?

Kathy Gibson at Saphila 2014 – The majority of SAP projects that fail are not as a result of the technology, but because they are usually coupled with huge transformation projects. This is the word from Sasol CIO Alec Joannou, who points out that coupling with...

Epson appoints Tarsus as Tier 1 distributor

Epson has announced the appointment of Tarsus as a Tier 1 broad-based distributor of Epson printers, scanners, multi-function devices and projectors. “Tarsus will certainly strengthen our channel development plans in South Africa,” says Kelvin Reynolds, GM for Epson...
SA grapples with data monetisation

SA grapples with data monetisation

As South African enterprises grapple with the changes presented by the big four disruptive technologies, one of the most pressing issues emerging locally is how to monetise business data, and how to keep it secure. Hannes van Vuuren, director: Software Group at IBM...

Big data the oil that enables innovation

Kathy Gibson at Saphila 2014 – Disruption can be swift and dynamic in any industry – some of the big players of yesterday don’t even exist anymore as new players usurped their markets. The companies that are successful and have disrupted their industries are not...

Sassa finalises R275m Net1 payment

Net 1 UEPS Technologies has received approximately R275-million (or $25,7-million) from the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa), related to the recovery of additional implementation costs incurred during the beneficiary re-registration process in the fiscal...