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5 telecoms trends to watch in 2011
Expect 2011 to be an exciting year for the telecommunications industry as a host of new products from the world’s handset and computer manufacturers hit the South Africa market and as competition among the country’s service providers and operators heats…
Analytics – a key enabler in the age of unstructured information
Data is exploding at an unprecedented rate. Businesses are feeling the pressure of trying to cope with the increasing volume, velocity and variety of information entering the organisation on a daily basis. And those that are managing to not only cope with this…
Cloud computing – SA in danger of being left behind
Cloud computing is a rapidly growing software service trend globally, however South Africa is in danger of being left behind. According to Marthinus Strydom, CIO and Marketing Director, McCarthy Motor Group, “Government needs to take serious action against the companies…
ERP‘s value for listing
Listing on the stock exchange may be a daunting prospect but it is destined to offer a wealth of benefits and opportunity for the business, not least of which is the elevated status and financial standing created. There is definitely…
Service, innovation, people mesh in the world of triple play
From a networking perspective the year ahead looks dynamic, exciting but very busy. No doubt there will be many talking points and a great deal of activity as players within the channel compete for business and try to keep costs…
Top technology trends for 2011
The economy is slowly regaining consciousness, and organisations are getting to grips with a sluggish post recession environment. Although many still fear a double dip recession, others see increased market opportunities. The unfamiliar economic environment is matched by a range…
Outsourcing, open-source and monitoring – an outlook for 2011
The year 2010 has been one of slow recovery and rebuilding following the economic meltdown, a year in which investment into infrastructure and upgrades was slow and many companies focused on weathering the storm and tightening budgets to reduce excess…
Improving internal efficiency in banking
Across the globe banking was left reeling as a result of the sub-prime meltdown and the following financial crisis that gripped the world, and the recovery process has been long and arduous. In South Africa, however, the banking sector survived…
Innovative technology can reach the previously unbanked
The South African banking market is somewhat of a paradox, being vastly ahead in some aspects and lagging behind in others. From a technology point of view, especially in terms of electronic banking, the local environment is highly sophisticated –…
10 changes that will affect the world of work
The world of today is dramatically different from 20 years ago and with the lines between work and non-work already badly frayed, Gartner, Inc. predicts that the nature of work will witness 10 key changes through 2020. Organisations will need…
