Warewolf is released in open beta
Warewolf, a visual, flow-based programming platform, is now available for open beta testing. The new platform is set to empower developers by speeding up business application development time by 400%. Developers anywhere who are keen to experience the positive impact...
Success in 2014 hinges on partnerships
The degree to which project management information systems will empower businesses to better cope with game changers like collaboration, mobility and the Internet of Everything (IoE) will depend on the ability of those systems to accommodate these technologies. The...
Mpact deploys PPO to streamline processes
Mpact, one of the leading paper and plastic packaging businesses in southern Africa, has implemented Project Portfolio Office, an online project portfolio management (PPM) and collaboration application, in a bid to address issues of visibility, standardisation and the...
Next generation project management
One of the major hurdles companies face in being able to extract the maximum value from their project management infrastructure and strategies is perception – or, in fact, misperception of project management in practice. It is time to debunk inaccurate theories and...
Software developers wanted for SA
South Africa is renowned for having a large pool of talented, innovative software developers with first world know-how. So much so, that the country is ranked among the top thirty software development outsourcing destinations in the world, according to information...
IndigoCube, Polteq announce partnership
IndigoCube has entered into a partnership with Polteq to offer its innovative training programmes in software testing to the local market. Polteq is a leading software testing company based in the Netherlands and Belgium. “The quality of a company’s software is now a...
Software testing trends to watch in 2014
While trend-spotting is an inexact science, a bit of analysis does help determine what’s likely to be coming in the year ahead, and which trends from 2013 will become more mainstream, be forgotten or remain fringe, says Aldo Rall, principal consultant at IndigoCube....
Progress placed in Magic Quadrant for aPaaS
Progress has announced it has been positioned by Gartner in the Visionaries quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for enterprise application platform as a service (aPaaS). The Gartner report, authored and published by Yefim Natis, Massimo Pezzini, Mark Driver, David Mitchell...
PM and sustainable workplace optimisation
Workplace optimisation and the intelligent design of working environments have multiple benefits for organisations, from improved productivity to reduced costs and many other factors in between, says Yasas Jayakody, project operations manager, Johnson Controls Global...
Effective PM requires diplomacy, discipline
When it comes to the implementation of hardware and software in business, it is important to secure harmonious interaction between supplier and purchaser to ensure successful project rollout. “Effective system integration requires that both parties involved, the...
The business value of SOA and cloud
The promise of both cloud and service-oriented architecture (SOA) is about delivering services to the business, within and beyond the enterprise, with increased agility, speed and cost effectiveness, which can lead to greater innovation, improved collaboration,...
Gartner places Riverbed in Magic Quadrant
Riverbed Technology, the leader in application performance infrastructure, announced its position as a Leader in Gartner’s 2013 Magic Quadrant for Application Performance Monitoring. This marks the third consecutive time that Riverbed has been named to the Leaders...