Challenges of convergence, HCI
Converged infrastructure and hyper-convergence is gaining traction among business IT departments wishing to enable digital transformation while under the constant pressure of increasingly tightening budgets. However, transitioning to converged infrastructure can be...
Priorities for SME survival in the next 6 months
With 70-80% of SMEs failing within the first five years, and only 1% growing to employ more than 10 people, South African SMEs are struggling to realise their own growth potential and become active drivers of job creation. And with slow economic growth, on-going...
Orange Business Services wins with Cisco Spark
Orange Business Services has registered more than 200 000 user subscriptions for Cisco Spark and hundreds of the popular Spark Boards for more than 20 multinational enterprise customers, and the momentum is accelerating. Cisco Spark by Orange satisfies a growing user...
HCL cited as outsourcing leader
HCL Technologies is among the select companies that Forrester invited to participate in its Q4, 2017 Forrester Wave evaluation of Next-Generation Infrastructure Outsourcing. In this evaluation, HCL was cited as a Leader in Next-Generation Infrastructure Outsourcing,...
Alternative wireless connections
In certain instances it is not possible to connect network components utilised in industry with a fibre connection. Therefore alternative wireless connections must be made available. "When wireless connections are needed for the inter-networking of devices ie. the...
Convert digital disruption to competitive advantage
Technological development is outpacing the evolution of business processes. In the past, manufacturing and operations were linear processes and companies focused on the customer at the end of the sales cycle only. They lacked the ability to centre the entire...
Banking boards must hone their digital IQ skills
Banks and other financial institutions need to bolster the digital IQ around their boardroom tables if they want to deliver true digital solutions to customers, says Simon Blissett, Cisco's head of financial services and innovation, EMEAR. A decade ago, digital IQ was...
Smart installations for a tight IT budget
When it comes to the purchase of data network, communications and other IT infrastructure, it's often tempting to buy cheap, quick-fix solutions to meet the immediate needs with as little pressure on the company coffers as possible. But that buck saved now could come...
Unearthing the IoT in agriculture
IoT M2M connectivity specialist Eseye has partnered with Burkard, designers and builders of air samplers for agricultural research since 1953, to harness the power of the IoT. Burkard has developed a piece of real-time pathogen monitoring equipment to predict and...
Business doomed without IT at the strategy table
With the emergence of Industry 4.0 and the consumerisation of IT, it is becoming increasingly important for IT and business to sit together at the strategy table. Before advancements in digital technology drove business enablement and competitiveness, businesses could...
Wanted: more entrepreneurs to secure economic growth
It has been a difficult year for South Africa. In September the World Bank downgraded South Africa's 2017 growth forecast to 0,6%, down from 1,1% at the beginning of the year. To get ahead the South African economy is in urgent need of more entrepreneurs to boost...
Improving internal processes through digitalisation
In this, the second of our series on digitalisation, we examine how smaller businesses can use this to improve their internal processes. By Jannie Pretorius, professional services manager at Elingo And while this can be quite an intimidating path for these businesses...