Strategic supply chain value goes beyond cost savings
To permanently establish supply chain's strategic role within the organisation, chief supply chain officers (CSCOs) must identify new opportunities to deliver value, beyond cost savings, according to Gartner. Gartner has revealed four high impact areas to focus on to...
Technology boosts the education market
The global education technology market is expected to reach $348,41-billion by 2030 - growing at a CAGR of 13,4% from 2024 to 2030 - according to a new report by Grand View Research. The process of learning is evolving gradually in line with advances in technology....
PMI sees slight improvement
The seasonally adjusted Absa Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rose from 48.2 index points in September to 50 in October. This is slightly better than the average recorded during the previous quarter (49.6). However, the Transnet strike and faltering global demand...
Anton Herbst exits long career in IT distribution
Industry veteran Anton Herbst, currently CEO of Tarsus On Demand (TOD) and Tarsus Technology Group (TTG) has resigned his positions at the group with effect from 31 January 2023. Gary Pickford, currently chief commercial officer of Tarsus Distribution, will take on...
Most employees regard AI as a co-worker
Despite the popular belief that organisations derive value from artificial intelligence (AI) at the expense of the individuals they employ, and that AI-powered automation can lead to the displacement of workers, 60% of employees view AI as a co-worker and not a job...
Tablet, Chromebook shipments still in decline
Worldwide tablet shipments were down 8,8% year over year in the third quarter of 2022 (3Q22), totaling 38,6-million units, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker. This was the...
Public cloud spend set to hit $600bn next year
Worldwide end-user spending on public cloud services is forecast to grow 20,7% to total $591,8-billion in 2023, up from $490,3-billion in 2022, according to the latest forecast from Gartner. This is higher than the 18,8% growth forecast for 2022. “Current inflationary...
5G set to transform CCaaS
A new study from Juniper Research has found that the total number of calls handled by CCaaS (contact centres-as-a-service) platforms will near 48-billion by 2027; rising from 20-billion in 2022. This growth of 135% will be driven by leveraging 5G networks to implement...
Bitcoin investors have no plans to sell despite ‘crypto winter’
More than two thirds of Bitcoin investors have no plans to sell their holdings in the next five years, reveals a new global poll. A survey of cryptocurrency clients of deVere Group, finds that 68% of those questioned said they would “hodl” for at least five years....
1,3m lone workers now using connected safety solutions
According to a new research report from the analyst firm Berg Insight, the market value for lone worker protection solutions and services in Europe and North America reached an estimated €100-million and €65-million respectively in 2021. In Europe and North America,...
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Incredible Connection opens new brand stores
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Vertiv identifies 2017 data centre infrastructure trends
Vertiv, formerly Emerson Network Power, today released six data centre infrastructure trends to watch in 2017. "In 2016, global macro trends significantly impacted the industry, with new cloud innovations and social responsibility taking the spotlight," says Giordano...
Data breaches are a part of doing business
Data has become the lifeblood of modern life as everything from room temperatures and health records to banking details and WhatsApp messages are collected and stored. The rapid digital transformation of businesses and services has created an unprecedented amount of...
The cloud is broadening its horizons
Cloud technology is no longer the new kid on the block, writes Jed Hewson, co-founder and joint CEO of 1Stream. It has slowly and steadily infiltrated almost all aspects of our lives, from personal device storage to large-scale enterprise management systems, bringing...
Data ransoms are crippling businesses
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How we’re going to win the war on cyber crime
The time has come for the global cyber security community to combine forces and take the fight to cyber criminals. It's no secret that hackers have been sharing information for a long time, says Doros Hadjizenonos, country manager f Check Point South Africa. Greater...
Kaspersky reinforces VMware NSX protection
Kaspersky Lab has released a new version of its virtualisation security solution, Kaspersky Security for Virtualization Agentless. Designed to provide protection within software-defined data centers built on VMware vSphere and VMware NSX, the solution now delivers...
IT predictions for 2017, according to Riverbed
Allan Paton, regional vice -president for UK, Ireland and sub-Saharan Africa at Riverbed, offers the company's trends and predictions for the year ahead. Enterprises move toward a strategic architecture for digital transformation: IDC predicts that, by 2017, 60% of...
Developers can build and host most Alexa skills for free
Amazon has announced a new program that will make it free for tens of thousands of Alexa developers to build and host most Alexa skills using Amazon Web Services (AWS), writes Werner Vogels, chief technology officer at Amazon Web Services. Many Alexa skill developers...
Overtime fraud rife, and ready for a remedy
South Africa has a higher than average rate of overtime fraud owing to limited prevention and detection systems, and a workforce which has become dependent on the financial advantage it offers them, writes Arlene Leggat, a director at the South African Payroll...
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