Personalization triples the likelihood of customer regret
Personalised marketing, while valuable for some, generates negative experiences for 53% of customers, who were 3,2-times more likely to regret a purchase and 44% less likely to purchase again in the future, according to a survey by Gartner. A Gartner survey of 1 464...
WLAN market bounces back
According to a recently published report from Dell’Oro Group, enterprise class Wireless LAN (WLAN) revenue increased by 11% on year-over-year basis. The adoption of the latest technology, WiFi 7, continued its ascent, reaching 12% of units shipped worldwide. “This is...
Employee pay set to grow faster than inflation
Employee compensation is one of the top areas where chief financial officers are planning to increase budgets, according to a survey by Gartner. In December 2023, Gartner polled 296 CFOs and senior finance leaders to understand how budgets and spending will change in...
Telkom sells off masts and towers
Telkom has entered into an agreement to sell its masts and towers business housed in its wholly-owned subsidiary, Swiftnet, to Towerco Bidco, a new entity to be set up by a black economic empowerment (BEE) consortium. The sale has an enterprise value of R6,75-billion,...
SA operators keep Africa connected despite cable breaks
With only three of the 10 undersea cables that connect South Africa to the world still in operation, it is quite remarkable that the region remains as well connected as it is. This is the view of Edward Lawrence of the Workonline Group, who says: "The cable breaks on...
Social innovation key to addressing inequity
A report by the Schwab Foundation's Global Alliance for Social Entrepreneurship outlines a series of social innovation solutions for integrating racial and ethnic equity into business practices and unlocking economic growth worldwide. The report, Innovating for...
Mzansi citizens urged to give an hour for Earth
WWF South Africa wants all South Africans to come together for this year's Earth Hour celebration - and, no, it doesn't involve turning off the lights. Over the years, Earth Hour has shone the spotlight on issues of climate change, nature loss and the interrelated...
Innovation and collaboration needed to avert a water crisis
South Africa is facing the prospect of a critical water crisis that threatens the nation's social, economic, and environmental well-being. By Poovandran Pillay, executive at Nedbank CSI The challenges are multifaceted, stemming from a combination of factors such as...
We need to see droughts and floods as two sides of the same coin
Climate change policymakers should be addressing droughts and floods as two sides of the same coin, rather than separate phenomena. By Karen King, climate resilience director, and Pepijn van Ravesteyn, climate resilience specialist at Royal HaskoningDHV As changes to...
WaterWeek highlights urgency for water resiliency interventions
South Africa's National Water Week (20-26 March), and World Water Day (22 March), coincide this year with uproar in Johannesburg as large swathes of the city have been facing recurrent water outages or low supply - not for days, but for months. The challenges that...
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Young Ghanaian innovator shows Africa’s future lies in its youth
A self-taught coder has developed a model for diagnosing breast cancer; and looks to solve some of the continent's biggest challenges and inspires youth across the continent as Africa Code Week Youth Ambassador for 2019. "It takes a village to raise a child": as the...
Digitalisation for insurers
Insurance has long been associated with cumbersome, paper-based, manually driven processes. That is no longer good enough. The modern insurer needs to be digitally-savvy to address the needs of increasingly discerning customers, says Kelly Preston, digital manager at...
Tips and Tricks: taking notes the OneNote way
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Fujitsu makes tablets tougher with the Stylistic Q509
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Legacy modernisation crucial to business survival
When considering application modernisation and management, corporates face the challenge of striking the right balance between cost, quality and time to market. By Yamini Gajapathy, head: modern application services South Africa at Wipro The fundamental aim of...
New white paper on solving edge computing challenges
"In an increasingly digitised and data-driven world, the challenge of providing high levels of computer power, connectivity and availability to where it is needed most, requires a hybrid architecture of centralised and edge datacentres. This is according to George...
New Canon Zoemini cameras arrive in SA
Drive Control Corporation (DCC) has announced the release of the Canon Zoemini S and Canon Zoemini C all-in-one instant camera printers to the ICT channel. The Canon Zoemini S and Canon Zoemini C can now shoot and print mini photos on 2x3-inch (5 x 7.6cm) Zink...
Critical strategies for staying ahead of emerging cyberthreats
Over the past couple of decades, changes in the threat landscape have driven changes in how we design, implement, and manage security. By Doros Hadjizenonos, regional director: SADC at Fortinet Organisations have spent the last two decades updating their security gear...
ICT employers, professionals invited to have their say in 2019 Skills Survey
Wits University's Joburg Centre for Software Engineering (JCSE) in partnership with the Institute of Information Technology Professionals South Africa (IITPSA), are calling on ICT employers and practitioners to participate in a survey of skills trends in the South...
Seacom expands CloudWorx offerings
Seacom is expanding its CloudWorx cloud connectivity solutions. CloudWorx is a versatile, private connectivity service for businesses that connects corporate customers directly to the leading cloud-service providers like Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services and Google...
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