Jan 23, 2014
In 2013, 15% of mobile media users made some form of mobile payment to complete a purchase. The largest group of these users (7% of the total sample) did so via a mobile wallet, especially those based on near field communications (NFC) technology. This is one of the...
Oct 10, 2013
There is a level of apprehension when it comes to the adoption of cloud services in Africa and publicised data leak issues like the US’ National Security Agency (NSA) Prism programme have not helped. However, the situation calls for perspective say experts and cloud...
Sep 26, 2013
The level of interest by African organisations in business continuity management (BCM) has risen in recent years. The report of a KPMG BCM Survey performed in 18 African countries in 2013, entitled Business Continuity Management in Africa: Building Resilience in a...
Sep 12, 2013
At Sage Pastel we’re paying a lot of attention to accounting over the internet and also to mobility, both of which are a direct benefit of cloud computing, says Steven Cohen, MD, Sage Pastel Accounting. We recognise that this is the most fundamental shift in how...
Aug 1, 2013
Adoption of cloud services in South Africa is growing predominantly within the small to medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector, according to Ovum research. Although uptake is slower than in the more developed parts of the world such as North America and Europe, Ovum...