What the changing nature of risk means for your business
It has often been said that change is the only constant, and nothing has made that more apparent than Covid-19. By Edward Gibbens, executive head of commercial and personal lines at Santam Between the pandemic and the loss of billions caused by the 2021 political...
Understanding field service management solutions in the connected world
Service management in today's digitally-led business environment requires an integrated strategy encompassing scheduled maintenance, parts allocation, and the actual delivery of the service itself. Helping drive this is the organisation's ability to leverage service...
Business software can empower the CFO of tomorrow
South African enterprises are in the midst of a significant transformation, accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic and the ongoing digitalisation of services and processes. By Bulela Mgobozi, finance business lead at Syspro EMEA Given the key role digitisation has had...
Software escrow provides SaaS assurance
South African technology solutions companies should take heart from the fact that software escrow’s ability to provide business continuity assurance is one of the key drivers of the growth in SaaS hosted applications in the US. This is the view of Escrow Europe MD...
NEC XON, Boston IT Solutions create digital transformation as a service platform
NEC XON has used vScaler from Boston IT Solutions South Africa to create a rapidly scalable, flexible and agile digital transformation, as-a-service business platform. The platform, which gathers real-time data for processing by advanced artificial intelligence (AI)...
How containerisation can benefit your business
Containerisation has become a massive trend not only in software development, but for any enterprise looking to scale its operations. In fact, according to Benjamin Coetzer, director at Routed, containerisation will redefine the cloud. “Enterprises are embracing...
Microsoft debuts technology to empower frontline workers
Microsoft has introduced new joint offerings with industry partners as well as capabilities specifically designed to support frontline workers in Teams and Viva, Microsoft's employee experience platform introduced in early 2021. Microsoft is deepening its strategic...
Societal trends set to impact ISVs in 2022
If you thought things have been busy for technology developers and engineers throughout the pandemic, just wait for this year. By James Pemberton, director, global ISV, alliance and developer Strategy at Zebra Technologies Many of the challenges experienced across...
Is ERP out of reach of the SME?
If you think ERP software is too expensive for a SME, think again. That's the word from Heinrich de Leeuw, MD of Seidor South Africa, who points out that ERP technology enables SME owners and directors to have a real time dashboard of important data in the business....
Why SMB food and beverage manufacturers need industry-relevant ERP
ERP adoption has accelerated since the 1990s, and with this came the opportunity to focus on particular industries. This development recognised that to drive high performance in the face of increasing complexity and uncertainty, businesses need tools and...
Why ERP projects fail
ERP systems require a certain level of planning and co-ordination to build and maintain. Unfortunately, many ERP projects ultimately fail as they are driven by short-term goals that have little relevance to the long-term success of an organisation. By Mark Wilson,...
SAP Quality Awards celebrate customer successes
After a year characterised by a digitisation of services and business models due to the pandemic, the SAP Quality Awards for Customer Success returned to celebrate African enterprises’ efforts at adopting digital technologies and attaining intelligent enterprise...