Jan 17, 2014
Organisations that use predictive business performance metrics will increase their profitability by 20% by 2017, according to Gartner. Gartner says organisations should use predictive metrics to alert workers that a business moment (a transient opportunity exploited...
Jan 17, 2014
The smartphone is transforming the shopping experience. In newly released mobile research, International Data Corporation (IDC) found that 69% of respondents agree with the statement: “My smartphone is a critical tool that allows me to have a better shopping...
Jan 16, 2014
In a South African first, the Telesure Group has launched a new financial services business. Dashpay is a card payment solution, certified by MasterCard and Visa, that delivers affordable and bank-agnostic payment solutions to the SME retail sector. Anton de Souza,...
Jan 16, 2014
Digitalisation, the third era of enterprise IT, is beginning – but most CIOs do not feel prepared to cope with it. A global survey of CIOs by Gartner’s Executive Programmes showed that many CIOs feel overwhelmed by the prospect of building digital...
Jan 16, 2014
While wearables may still be in nascent stages, the enterprise movement will unfold over the next decade – and by 2020, we can expect to see a shift toward business centrality. This is according to a new report from Forrester examining the evolution of the...
Jan 16, 2014
International Data Corporation (IDC) predicts that changing customer preferences, the growing usage of applications, rising smart device penetration, and the increasing prominence of over the top (OTT) services will continue to transform services and business models...