New role for branches as banking shifts

In the past, the branch was the fulcrum of the bank’s relationship with its customers, but now with the rise of mobile and online banking, bank branches need to play a complementary role in an omni-channel strategy. The branch needs to support other channels...

Technology shifts spell opportunity

Companies can no longer ignore the significant shifts playing out in the technology space – and how they will impact the growth of their businesses. This is according to Hannes van Vuuren, SWG executive for IBM South Africa speaking at IBM Business Connect...

The networking game-changers

At a time when IT budgets remain relatively flat, IT organisations are faced with a number of major shifts in networking that cannot be ignored. Finding ways to keep pace with this shifting landscape and the rapid drumbeat of innovation is a challenge certainly, but...

Massive shifts for IT security

The future of IT will dramatically shift by 2030 as cloud computing, augmented reality, quantum computing, artificial intelligence and nanotechnology evolve into the next generation of information technology. This is according to Magnus Kalkuhl, director of Kaspersky...