Alexander Forbes, Accenture drive transformation

Integrated financial and risk services provider Alexander Forbes has embarked on a digital transformation journey, and has selected Accenture as one of its preferred partners. Having identified digitisation as a key enabler of the company’s strategic...

IoT: The Internet of (every)thing?

Gone are the days when I had to get up out of my bed to turn the lights on, writes Rebecca Franks, Android engineering lead at DVT and Google developer expert. Now every morning my lights slowly turn on automatically without lifting a finger. My Google Home’s...

How to maintain systems while growing

As an organisation moves through the five stages of the business lifecycle, rapid growth must be coupled with sound processes and access to information to reach maturity. With the correct systems in place, the business can function at the same efficiency regardless of...

Overcoming roadblocks on the journey to digitalisation

Technology predictions foretell a future world where virtual reality (VR), artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and automation are the norm — in both our personal and business lives. These technologies, among others, are set to completely change the way we...

Machines shape the ‘golden ratio’ of data-driven business

This is the third in a series of three blog posts in which Niral Patel, MD of Oracle South Africa has been discussing the role people, data and machines must play in forming the data-driven businesses of tomorrow. You can read part one, on the role of people, here...

Engagement vital to digital transformation

Organisations are urged to embrace digital transformation to remain competitive. Jonathan Jardim, software developer at SilverBridge Holdings, believes that while technology forms an important part of this process, the human element should not be forgotten. “We...