SAP takes HANA to the cloud

SAP takes HANA to the cloud

SAP has launched a cloud version of its HANA enterprise in-memory processing system. Speaking at an international pre-release announcement yesterday evening, Dr Vishal Sikka, SAP executive board member: technology and innovation, explains that the announcement is the...
Africa looks good to investors

Africa looks good to investors

Africa’s share of global foreign direct investment (FDI) has grown over the past five years, highlighting the growing interest from foreign investors. This is according to Ernst & Young’s third Africa Attractiveness Survey, which combines an analysis of...

Fraud and corruption rife in companies

Financial manipulation and corruption are widespread within companies – and a high percentage of employers and managers know about it.  Findings from Ernst & Young’s 2013 Europe, Middle East, India and Africa (EMEIA) Fraud Survey, Navigating Today’s Complex...

DiData bids for Kenyan telco

Dimension Data has made an open market offer to purchase 100% of the issued share capital of NSE-listed AccessKenya, for KES14.00 per share. Based on the 218-million shares in issue, this is equivalent to KES3,052-billion. The offer is a premium of 42% above the...

Tech Mahindra SA opens as JV

Global IT services organisation Tech Mahindra has entered the South African market through a joint venture (JV) with local company Falcorp Technologies. The company, which specialises in the telecommunications market, already has a footprint across Africa, with about...

Ovum puts Gijima platform on watch list

Global analyst and consulting firm Ovum has recognised Gijima’s mobileIT platform as a technology to watch for its potential impact on the market, becoming the first African solution to receive such an accolade. “The mobileIT platform seeks to weave together the...