Only 30% of CFO-CIO relationships are characterised by strong collegiality and business centricity, according to a recent survey by Gartner. These two key attributes define a strong digital partnership without which organizations struggle to find funding for digital...

The North American video telematics market is three times the size of the European, which is so far largely dominated by activities in the UK, according to a new Berg Insight market study covering the video telematics market. Berg Insight estimates that the installed...

Kathy Gibson at VMworld in Barcelona -- As digital disruption permeates business, the very nature of work is changing. Pat Gelsinger, CEO of VMware, points out that industries as diverse as agriculture and manufacturing have changed radically. "In the past, education...

Kathy Gibson at VMworld in Barcelona -- Cloud is the foundation of all digital transformation, and the hybrid cloud is rapidly becoming the new buzzword. VMware, which was the first to virtualise the server, is working on virtualising the whole data centre as well,...

Kathy Gibson at VMworld in Barcelona – Dell EMC today announced a strategic agreement with IBM to give Dell EMC customers access to VMware solutions on the IBM cloud. As part of the new relationship, IBM has added Dell EMC infrastructure products into the IBM Cloud,...

While businesses are faced with increased ransomware, business email compromise (BEC) scams and Internet of Things (IoT) attacks, they now also have to contend with new threats such as cyberpropaganda. This is one of the findings in Trend Micro's 2017 Midyear Security...

Sixty eight percent of South Africa's small business owners see economic volatility as their biggest challenge, according to new research from Xero. The research, conducted in partnership with World Wide Worx (WWW), is based on a survey of 411 small business owners...

Online business-to-business (B2B) retailing is on the brink of disruption and to remain competitive, increase visibility among other stakeholders, and build strong software and infrastructure services, retailers will need to prioritise mobile and omnichannel...

From tomorrow (13 September), Cell C customers roaming in some 58 countries will pay a standard R10 per minute for making and receiving calls, R10 per Mb for data and R2.99 per SMS on certain networks in these countries. "Cell C is continuously working with foreign...

The latest Lancet Healthcare Access and Quality Index recently confirmed that South Africa's healthcare ranks poorly, at 119 out of 195 countries in the world. With the misappropriation of funds, unaffordable medical aid rates and the generally abhorrent state of...