Accenture invests in cloud platform

Accenture has launched the Accenture Cloud Platform, providing services and solutions designed to help organisations integrate and manage the hybrid cloud environments that span across multiple vendor platforms and are critical to providing ultimate flexibility and...

Absa launches banking app

Absa Bank has launched its banking app as the next leg of its strategic digital journey.  The app builds on a strong foundation of infrastructure developments while leveraging shared global resources. The technological capability built up over the last two years lays...

20% rate cuts on Switch VoIP

VoIP operator Switch Telecom has announced another in a series of double digit rates reductions – this time a cut of 20%.  “Switch Telecom was launched with a commitment to real annual rates reductions that were more often than not significant, double digit...

Petrol price could rise on poor FDI

The price of fuel and diesel in South Africa has risen in the past three months, even though the international traded price of crude oil has dropped.  Although the weakening rand is usually blamed for this, answers are being sought for why the rand continues to...
2013 a turning point for CIOs

2013 a turning point for CIOs

2013 will be a turning point year as CEOs and senior executives, by a ratio of more than four to one, plan to increase IT investment in 2013, rather than cut it, according to a recent survey by Gartner.  The 2013 Gartner CEO and Senior Executive Survey found that, as...

DTT network roll-out on track

Sentech is on track to fulfil its mandate of rolling out the new digital terrestrial television (DTT) to 88% of the population by March 2014. It currently covers 80% of South African citizens. Sentech CEO Setumo Mohapi yesterday told a media briefing that, as of 28...