Marketing gameplans must include digital

With the 2014 FIFA World Cup around the corner, and if 2010 is anything to go by; brands, publishers, broadcasters, advertisers and the fans themselves, will be lining up to take advantage of the world’s biggest sporting spectacle.  But, fans and brands don’t want...

Digital trade agenda grows economy

In the world economy of the past, nations with the best ships and ports were able to establish global trade leadership and the growth that came along with it. Today, global trade has gone digital, and in the digital economy, software-enabled products and services like...
Absa aims to go fully digital

Absa aims to go fully digital

Absa plans to become a fully digital financial services provider, updating existing systems and developing new technologies that it hopes will transform the way South Africans bank, and set it apart from its competitors. Absa has committed to actively investing in IT...

CIOs playing catch-up in the digital world

As we enter the new world of digitalisation, CIOs are having to quickly change the way they work – but most of them feel they are unprepared for the new way of doing business. According to the Gartner 2014 CIO Agenda, a massive 51% of CIOs around the world don’t...

Digitalisation will force insurer agility

Leading international research group, Gartner, has identified digitalisation as one of the primary strategic objectives for insurers over the next two years. CIOs face significant pressures to quickly deliver measurable business outcomes from their IT investments,...