Women set to spend more on IT
Female CIOs expect to increase their budgets by 2,4% in 2015, whereas male CIOs report average increases of just 0,8%, according to a survey by Gartner. The worldwide survey included responses from 2 810 CIOs, representing more than $397-billion in CIO IT budgets in...Digital transformation to change insurance
The advent of the digital world is revolutionising technology, in turn creating disruptive trends such as social, mobile, analytics and cloud (SMAC), says Saraswati Pramudi, principal consultant at Wipro BAS Architecture Practice. A new category of consumer is...Gr 9 pupil in Applications Olympiad finals
A Grade 9 learner from the Free State surprised the Applications Olympiad organisers by making it to the finals with 13 matriculants. The Applications Olympiad is aimed at learners who take the subject CAT (Computer Application Technology) – which is offered in Grades 10, 11 and 12 only. Albert Dreyer cannot yet take IT or CAT at school, but he is involved in an enrichment project at the University of the Free State. The project entered him in the Applications Olympiad.