Jun 9, 2014
Kathy Gibson at Saphila 2014 – The majority of SAP projects that fail are not as a result of the technology, but because they are usually coupled with huge transformation projects. This is the word from Sasol CIO Alec Joannou, who points out that coupling with...
Mar 28, 2014
Many organisations embark on service management improvement programmes, particularly with regard to IT service management (ITSM), only for the projects to fail to deliver the anticipated benefits, says Edward Carbutt, executive director at Marval South Africa. This...
Jan 22, 2014
Gartner has this week predicted that by 2016, a fifth of enterprise bring your own device (BYOD) projects will have failed as businesses are enforcing mobile device management (MDM) policies that are too restrictive. The analyst firm claims that many employees are...
Nov 21, 2013
Research has revealed a worrying skills gap, legacy security systems, poor tools and infrastructure and a lack of understanding as to securing a virtual environment effectively, as inhibitors to IT security of virtualised infrastructures today. This is according to...
Nov 4, 2013
While the number of online adults who have experienced cybercrime has decreased, the average cost per victim has risen by 50%. This is according to findings from the 2013 Norton Report released today by Symantec. “Today’s cybercriminals are using more sophisticated...
