Industry must adapt to trends

The growth of consumerisation scenarios within business is forcing decision makers to adapt to emerging IT consumerisation trends – particularly BYOD (bring your own device). This is the view of executive management of Ukuvuma Solutions, an established South African...

Mobility to shape industry in 2013

The continued pursuit of mobility will fuel the uptake of cloud solutions and requests for software on a subscription basis in 2013.  This is according to Keith Fenner, senior VP of sales for Africa at Sage ERP Africa.  “The sales of our solutions in the cloud have...

SunGard identifies outsourcing trends

“The current economic and regulatory environment, as well as the maturation of outsourcing providers, is leading corporations to consider using outsourcing and other managed services more broadly,” says Brian Anderson, an executive of SunGard Systems South...

Data set to dominate 2013

Mobile operators have identified data growth as a key driver in 2013, with the focus falling on smartphones that are used to access social media platforms.  In an interview with News24, Richard Boorman, Vodacom Group executive and head of corporate communications,...

Top predictions for CISOs

Chief information security officers (CISOs) face a number of specific challenges in 2013. IDC has released its top 10 prediction for CISOs, as follows: * CISOs agree with C-suite about BYOD security policies; * CISOs focus social networking activities on customer...