Dell partners to drive solutions

Kathy Gibson reports from Dell Innovation Day in Copenhagen – Dell has expanded its partnership with Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), aimed at helping clinical researchers and doctors to expand the reach and impact of the world’s first Food and...

Mall robberies will drive online shopping

With a spate of armed shopping mall robberies taking place around the country over the past six-months – especially in Gauteng and the Western Cape – more South Africans are set to explore online shopping options in the run-up to this year’s festive...

Broadband to drive ‘astounding’ change

Kathy Gibson reports from the Ericsson Business Innovation Forum in Stockholm – ICT, and broadband penetration in particular, will have a massive social impact over the next five years – and governments that don’t adapt quickly will get left behind. This is the...

Increased IT spend to drive digital economy

Worldwide IT spending is projected to surpass $3,9-trillion in 2015, a 3,9% increase from 2014, and much of this spending will be driven by the digital industrial economy, according to Gartner. The impact that the digital business economy is having on the IT industry...

Rockefeller grant drives BPO development

The Rockefeller Foundation has provided the South African BPO and contact centre industry association, BPeSA, with a grant of R3,7-million for a skills development initiative set to provide training to thousands of disadvantaged youth across the country. Known as...