Younger shoppers embrace social media spending
Gen Z is fueling a social shopping explosion, with 39% now having purchased and 76% having discovered products on social media platforms, according to Salesforce’s latest Connected Shoppers Report. The future of retail hinges on capturing the market for Gen Z, a...
The tech driving finance investments
Finance leaders are focused on AI-enabled technology solutions and intelligent process automation to align their finance technology investments with broader business goals to enhance speed, agility, and competitive advantage, according to Gartner. “CFOs are...
SA teacher makes global prize shortlist
Mariette Wheeler, a science teacher at Protea Heights Academy in Cape Town, South Africa, has been named a top 10 finalist for the Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize 2023 organised in collaboration with UNESCO and in strategic partnership with Dubai Cares, a...
Business plays an increasing role in SA’s stability
Kathy Gibson reports - If it weren’t that South African businesses are so resilient, the country would be in a much more dire state than it is. Busisiwe Mavuso, CEO of Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA), notes that business confidence remains stubbornly...
Despite headwinds, SA CEOs remain resilient
Kathy Gibson reports - Every year it seems that business confronts more uncertainty - and this doesn't look like this will be going away any time soon, or deter them. This is the word from Ignatius Sehoole, CEO of KPMG, presenting the 2023 CEO Outlook this morning....
Critical enterprise apps set to move out of public cloud
Through 2027, 50% of critical enterprise applications will reside outside of centralised public cloud locations, says Gartner. As cloud computing markets and data centre infrastructure evolve, and interest in migrating workloads grows, many enterprises struggle to...
Geopolitical unrest fuels cybercriminal attacks
Cybercriminals have taken full advantage of the ongoing global geopolitical unrest to ramp up their activities during the first half of 2023, according to NetScout's latest Threat Intelligence Report. Threat actors launched approximately 7,9-million distributed...
Businesses must move from ‘resilience’ to ‘regenerative’ models
Analysis from global consultancy Kearney has found that more than half (56%) of executives say their current business transformations aren't working. Despite businesses moving from a focus on resilience during the pandemic to a new perspective of "regenerative", only...
Cloud concentration now a significant risk for organisations
The risk associated with dependence on a particular cloud provider for multiple business capabilities is in the Top 5 emerging risks for organisations for the second consecutive quarter, according to a survey by Gartner. Gartner has surveyed 294 risk executives about...
Healthy outlook for European enterprise networking market
The European enterprise networking infrastructure market will grow 18,9% YoY in 2023, reaching a total value of $14,3-billion, according to International Data Corporation's (IDC) latest Worldwide Ethernet Switching, WLAN, and Router Trackers. Demand for enterprise...
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Lexmark launches new mid-range printers
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Africa Code Week empowers trainers in Ghana
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Securing the mobile enterprise
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Five steps you cannot skip if you’re thinking ‘cloud’
Microsoft Azure is already on our shores, and it's a matter of - brief - time before services are being offered from their local platform, accelerating the shift to public cloud for business. By Sonja Weber, lead delivery solution manager at T-Systems South Africa...
Be prepared for the December slowdown
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Building blocks for a bright digital future
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The future of FICA and digitised customer onboarding
Digitisation is transforming business and impacting consumers through every stage of their daily lives. While rapidly becoming a way of life, onboarding consumers digitally is still in its infancy, but is becoming a major focus for every financial institution across...
Pam Golding expands tech offering
The Pam Golding Property group has acquired the online digital estate agency Eazi.com. Dr Andrew Golding, chief executive of the Pam Golding Property group, comments: "Naturally, we keep a close watch on global real estate industry trends and it seems that...
Availability … the next frontier
The amount of data in our world has been exploding, and business reliance on the ability to analyse and use this data has become a key basis of competition, underpinning new waves of productivity growth, innovation, and customer loyalty. By Kate Mollett, regional...
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