Chinese firms get innovative, file patents

Innovation instead of imitation has become the policy of Chinese companies, with even young Chinese organisations rushing to file patents for their ideas and products. Economists from Technische Universität München (TUM) and the Munich Innovation Group have analysed...

International innovation award for YahClick

Vox Telecom’s broadband satellite service, YahClick, has been named the winner of the YahSat Innovation Award at their annual Service Partners ceremony in Abu Dhabi. The award is granted to the service partners who perform exceptionally well in terms of product and...

Innovation needed to bridge ERP skills gap

South African organisations are struggling to close the chasm between the skills of most of the people who make up their workforces and the competencies these employees need to use complex enterprise business applications to their full potential. Companies now need to...

The hard drives of the future

There can be no doubt that hard drives are essential in today’s digital world, and demand for even more storage capacity is driving technological innovation that provide more space, more speed and greater efficiency, says Kalvin Subbadu, sales manager – Components, WD...

Software AG launches innovation contest

Software AG’s University Relations department has announced its first Innovation World 2014 Idea Contest for universities worldwide. The company has invited faculty members and students from universities everywhere to develop a concept describing the idea and a...