Feb 26, 2014
Corporate crime is the scourge of business in South Africa and it’s getting worse. PricewaterhouseCoopers released its annual Global Economic Crime Survey to the media this week, says Jenny Reid MD of iFacts. It exposed the shocking prevalence of economic crime,...
Sep 17, 2013
Research demonstrates that when women are economically empowered, communities and nations benefit – but there are questions around how to best achieve women empowerment. The United Nations Foundation and the ExxonMobil Foundation announced today a new evidence-based...
Aug 20, 2013
It is the responsibility of the CIO to demonstrate real, monetary value to the business. This is the word from David Merrill, chief economist at Hitachi Data Systems (HDS), speaking at today’s Hitachi Innovation Forum in Johannesburg about IT economics. “We’ve got...
Aug 20, 2013
At the end of the day, companies are in business to be competitive and profitable – and they need to maximise the advantages that their IT systems give them. This is according to David Merrill, chief economist at Hitachi Data Systems, who told delegates at today’s...