Indian IT services companies rise in brand value rankings
IT services companies from India have outpaced their competitors from the US in brand value growth over the past two years of digital transformation in the global economy, accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic. The average growth of Indian brands that have appeared in...
Enterprise server sales decline, but storage and networking are up
Revenue sales of enterprise servers through distribution slumped by -4,4% year-on-year (YoY) in 2021, but storage and networking performed well during the year despite a poor Q4 all-round, according to Context. Unpredictable market conditions at the end of 2021 have...
Sales budgets tipped for 2022 increase
A Gartner survey of CSOs in 2H 2021 identified the top three investment areas to be sales enablement, digital marketing and sales operations programs. "CSOs are adjusting their expanding budgets in 2022 to become better prepared for what could be foundational shifts...
Telkom comments on SIU investigation
Telkom has issued a statement regarding the Government Gazette 11385, published yesterday (Tuesday 25 January 2022) giving the Special Investigative Unit (SIU) authority to investigate several matters including contracting and possible maladministration regarding the...
UCT ranks among top 60 most international universities
The University of Cape Town (UCT) has been ranked 55th by Times Higher Education (THE) in their latest list of the most international universities in the world 2022. This position is tied with Carnegie Mellon and Princeton in the US. These institutions collaborate on...
Connect to Productivity
With the increased number of hours people are spending working from home, maintaining a healthy work environment has become a priority. By Yeshni Reddy, Displays & Client Peripherals Sales Specialist, Dell Technologies South Africa Since the onset of the pandemic,...
Seamless communication is key to CX
Today, most companies know that a great customer experience (CX) is their best hope of standing out from their competitors. By Brent Haumann, MD of Striata Many are also aware of the fact that communication is key to building those experiences. After all, so much of...
How to set your AI projects up for success
When business leaders come to picking the right AI project for their company, this often boils down to having the right ingredients and knowing how to combine them. By Robin Fisher, senior area vice-president at Salesforce Emerging Markets Almost every functional AI...
Customer experience leads trends for 2022
Anyone who wasn't on board for the great tech boom in 2020 and 2021 would almost certainly have found themselves regretting their choices, as digital transformation continues to gain momentum in 2022. But "experience is everything" in the year ahead. By Nic...
Expect a cybercrime feeding frenzy in 2022
South African CISOs are making cyber resilience a top priority again this year, and with good reason: 2022 looks set to be a feeding frenzy for cyber criminals. All indications are that this year could set new records in terms of the volume and ferocity of...
A2A will transform payments for a digital world
In South Africa, account-to-account (A2A) payments are starting to bring about a revolution when it comes to the concept of how payments are managed. By Andre Hugo, CEO and co-founder of Spot Money SA However, this method of moving money directly from one account to...
Gumtree launches verified accounts with XDS solutions
Gumtree.co.za, has partnered with credit information bureau XDS solutions (part of the EOH Information Services Group) to launch Profile Verification on its platform. This will allow both buyers and sellers to verify their SA ID number with XDS. Facial recognition...