E-commerce lags in SA, says ISP

All indicators reflect that e-commerce in SA is still in its infancy compared to the rest of the world. This is according to Dieter Febel, MD of the ISP SA Gateway, who adds: “Frankly, compared to the rest of the world, we are not even close. Research shows that there...

Public sector lags on POPI

More than one year after the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI) was enacted, the public sector has yet to take steps towards ensuring compliance. According to public sector advisors at Grant Thornton, the public sector is falling dangerously behind the private sector in preparing for POPI. Despite an official commencement date for the legislation which is still to be finalised and announced, new research by Grant Thornton indicates that unlike the public sector, the private sector has taken substantial steps towards becoming compliant.

Engineering, manufacturing supply chains lag

The report, The Resiliency Challenge: Constructing the Agile Supply Chain for Heavy Industry, says companies have been slow to respond to changing patterns of demand, cost pressures and the rise of consumer expectations in industrial manufacturing industries, says Jan...

Despite savings, cloud ERP still lags

Mid-market businesses in Europe have reported savings of more than 25% when they deploy cloud over on-premise solutions, with one in five reporting reductions of 50%. However, ERP is lagging behind many other cloud services. Nearly nine in 10 (87%) of mid-market...
BYOD security lags in SA

BYOD security lags in SA

South African employees are using their own devices at work – but in many cases their employers haven’t yet implemented security measures. With the Cisco Visual Networking Index Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast estimating that there will be 98-million...