Technology drives SARS efficiency

In 2013, South African Revenue Services (SARS) collected taxes amounting to R814-billion, an increase of 9,6% on total revenue received in 2012. “More efficient collection systems and the deployment of online technologies such as SARS eFiling have simplified the...

Maximising efficiency in cloud data centres

Schneider Electric, a specialist in energy management, has accumulated a wealth of knowledge, research and expertise in providing high-density, scalable and efficient data centre physical infrastructure for virtualised environments, which are the foundation of cloud...

Retailers on the horns of a dilemma

Retailers across Europe are at a crossroads, facing the dilemma of increasing operational efficiency while also improving customer experience – and being aware that achieving both is not possible. An exclusive survey of European retail management commissioned by...

Maitland boosts operational efficiency

Maitland, the largest third party administrator in South Africa, has selected SunGard’s Investran. Investran will help to automate the investment accounting process and investor reporting operations. The automation of key processes will help increase Maitland’s...

Efficiency vital as healthcare spends drops

As a direct consequence of the economic and financial crisis, governments in Western Europe have been looking to curb healthcare expenditure, which represents one of the most substantial items in their budgets.  Consequently, hospitals and healthcare services have...