Cloud levels the playing field for SMEs

While technology has long been regarded as the great leveller of the business playing field by enabling small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to compete more effectively with corporate giants, there is a widespread belief that much of the most advanced business...
SA cloud set to reach $2,8bn

SA cloud set to reach $2,8bn

The value of the combined IS outsourcing, managed services and hosted services market in South Africa is expected to increase 10,9% year-on-year in 2014 to total $2,8-billion, according to the latest insights from global IT market intelligence firm International Data...

Large retail outlets embrace the cloud

The retail sector, like many governed by the ebb and flow of consumer attitudes and fluctuating spending habits, is a challenging environment in which to operate a profitable and efficient business, says Christelle Hicklin, Customer Experience director at Mimecast...

Teradata customer manager takes to the cloud

Teradata has announced that Customer Interaction Manager 7, the latest version of its industry-leading campaign management solution for data-driven marketing is available via the cloud globally. “Teradata Customer Interaction Manager has established itself as one of...

Cloud spending to triple by 2017

An increasing move on the part of enterprise businesses to move their IT services, applications and infrastructure to a cloud-based architecture will cause market revenue in this segment to surge by a factor of three from 2011 to 2017, according to HIS Technology....