Wearables key to m-health initiatives

Jul 22, 2015

Wearable devices are expected to represent the next wave of m-health solutions and will potentially act as the gateway to the connected health world. The number of sensors and wearable devices that will be shipped globally will increase drastically over the next three to four years, reaching a market value of almost $40-billion by 2018. Frost & Sullivan will present some of the key requirements in the establishment of a connected healthcare ecosystem at the 5th annual Growth Innovation Leadership (GIL) 2015: Africa Congress in Cape Town on 20 August.

An integrated view of marketing initiatives

Oct 14, 2014

Today’s companies touch their customers through multiple challenges, and through various areas of the organisation. However, up till now there hasn’t been a single system that can provide a comprehensive view of these channels and interactions. Gerald Naidoo, CEO of...

GE invests R700m in SA skills, SMEs

Jun 27, 2014

GE South Africa is to invest R700-million in two initiatives, which will enable the growth of critical skills and the development of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in South Africa. Of the total amount, R500-million will be allocated to the creation of a research...

IBM grows next-gen skills in Africa

Feb 7, 2014

IBM has announced new IT knowledge-building initiatives that will enable the existing and future workforce to develop new analytics, cloud and data skills crucial to the continent’s economic growth and social development. Today’s technology based services in...

Deriving value from ITIL initiatives

Jan 8, 2014

Many organisations embark upon ITIL training with the hope of improving IT service management (ITSM), only for the significant investment in time and money to fail to deliver the expected benefits, says Edward Carbutt, executive director at Marval South Africa. The...