Outsourcing drives innovation, value

Chief information officers (CIOs) are under enormous pressure to align IT with business strategy in the face of rapidly evolving and changing technology developments, says Saurabh Kumar, MD at In2IT Technologies South Africa. Technology has a significant impact on...

Value of organisation information

Data volumes are, quite obviously, growing exponentially. But as increasing amounts of information about customers, markets, and products/services engulfs the organisation, we need to look at data in a new way, says Kim Andersen, account CTO at T-Systems South Africa....

The IoE creates generative business value

Advanced sensor technology connected to the so-called Internet of Everything (IoE) is forging unusual business relationships between companies, and generating entirely new forms of value. Mihail Botez, IoT Strategic Product sales specialist at Cisco and Vishal...

SimpliVity surpasses $1bn in value

Hyperconverged infrastructure company SimpliVity has raised $175-million in series D funding at a valuation of more than $1-billion – a record achievement, coming just 23 months after general availability of its flagship product OmniCube. Waypoint Capital, the...

Tech sector boasts the most valuable brands

Technology companies once again dominate the list of the world’s most valuable brands. Apple is the most valuable brand in the latest listing by Brand Finance. Although not quite on a par with Ferrari or Lego in terms of brand strength, Apple still has a very powerful...