SA push to professionalise ICT
ICT is immensely important to all businesses around the world – and yet the people who work in ICT do not have professional status. Ulandi Exner, director and vice-president of the Institute of IT Professionals SA, points out that the ICT industry has evolved significantly, to the point where it is worth R109-billion this year – and is still growing. Kathy Gibson reports from the IDC CIO Summit in Sandton.
Global thin client market declines
The global thin and terminal client market deteriorated during the fourth quarter of 2014 (4Q14), declining -12,4% year-over-year, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Client Device Tracker. This followed a strong first...Digital transformation is happening fast
The only thing more certain than the fact that organisations are going to change is that it’s going to happen a lot faster than we anticipate. Is your IT organisation transforming fast enough to keep pace with new innovations, asks Vernon Turner, senior vice-president: enterprise infrastructure, consumer, network, telecom and sustainability research at IDC. Kathy Gibson reports from the IDC CIO Summit in Sandton.