The changing role of the CIO

Oct 29, 2014

Considering that IT touches almost every aspect of business operations, the CIO and their leadership team are in the unique position to identify innovation opportunities across the enterprise and develop rapid and aggressive ‘digitalisation” strategies,...
New role for the CIO

New role for the CIO

Sep 11, 2014

As the digital business becomes a reality, the CIO is having to re-invent his role in the business in order to remain relevant. This was the word from the Gartner Symposium held in Cape Town this week.

Urban planners don’t see a role for IT

Sep 10, 2014

Only 20% of urban designers believe that IT is having a significant positive impact on the well-being and happiness of people living in cities around the world. That is the headline of research into the impact of IT on cities and towns by global architecture, urbanism...

HDS fills EMEA sales role

Aug 7, 2014

Hitachi Data Systems Corporation (HDS) South Africa has promoted Shaun Barendsen to the role of Solution and Product Group Director, Emerging Europe, Middle East and Africa (EEMEA). Barendsen will be responsible for driving the HDS Solution Strategy and the alignment...

The growing role of ICT in Kenyan economy

Jul 22, 2014

ICT has assumed an increasingly strategic role in the Kenyan economy in recent years. Between 2000 and 2012, the country’s wider transport and communications sector, of which ICT is a part, grew at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7,7%, outperforming all...