Oct 17, 2013
Enterprise systems design and development has been turned on its head thanks to the rise in mobile applications. Instead of being just another external client, mobile apps are pushing companies to rethink the way they design and roll out their internal applications,...
Oct 15, 2013
Big data is on almost everybody’s mind at the moment, with IT departments wrestling with ever increasing volumes of both structured and unstructured data. But despite big data’s place as a mainstream IT phenomenon, the bulk of big data projects still fail, as...
Oct 14, 2013
In spite of the fact that consumers now drive technology choices, most South African organisations are still designing software from their own perspective and ignoring the context in which their users will interact with their software. So says ThoughtWorks user...
Oct 8, 2013
CA Southern Africa has revealed the results of a global study commissioned by CA Technologies. The study, TechInsights Report: What Smart Businesses Know About DevOps, reveals that IT leaders in the United States have seen concrete business benefits as a result of...
Oct 4, 2013
Projects tend to come and go, whereas the very best project managers can leave a lasting legacy – if they follow a proven recipe, a guideline of what constitutes quality from those in the know. Tony McManus, MD from project management specialist McManus Consulting,...
Oct 4, 2013
An enterprise project management office (EPMO) is a small team tasked with ensuring that the project portfolio is delivering its anticipated benefits according to plan, and is constantly aligned to current strategy, says Mike Shorten, senior consultant, Barnstone...