Strategic challenges for 2015

Jan 23, 2015

Looking ahead this New Year the key question remains the same: what are the strategic challenges that IT leaders will face in 2015? The CIO is the number one executive to drive business innovation and new services across the business. One of the major challenges the...

New CIO for Airports Company SA

Oct 30, 2014

Airports Company South Africa has appointed Sello Mmakau as its new CIO. The CIO position is a newly created role for Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) following the company’s leadership realignment earlier this year. ACSA’s CEO Bongani Maseko says: “Mmakau’s...

The changing role of the CIO

Oct 29, 2014

Considering that IT touches almost every aspect of business operations, the CIO and their leadership team are in the unique position to identify innovation opportunities across the enterprise and develop rapid and aggressive ‘digitalisation” strategies,...
New role for the CIO

New role for the CIO

Sep 11, 2014

As the digital business becomes a reality, the CIO is having to re-invent his role in the business in order to remain relevant. This was the word from the Gartner Symposium held in Cape Town this week.

Big data drives CIO, CMO convergence

Jul 14, 2014

Data within organisations has grown dramatically – in volume, in velocity and in variety. It is data that can be used to increase profits, says Gary Allemann, MD of Master Data Management. In fact, big data, Big Impact, a 2012 World Economic Forum report, declares...