by Kathy Gibson | Feb 6, 2018 | Featured Story, Trends and Analysis
August is traditionally the time when we celebrate women in South Africa. We toast successful women, give young women a boost, focus on women’s health, and make a special effort to extend a helping hand to women in need. In the ICT industry, the month is usually...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 6, 2018 | Trends and Analysis
Charles Dickens tells us, in the opening lines of “A Tale of Two Cities” that “it was the best of times, it was the worst of times …”. He was comparing England and France in the years before the French Revolution, but could have been talking about the South African IT...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 6, 2018 | Trends and Analysis
It’s reality – South African markets are tough right now. By Tim Humphreys-Davies, CEO of Pinnacle However, Pinnacle’s attitude is one of resilience. We are striving to better our overall management focus with regards to stock, internal human resources and forecasting...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 6, 2018 | Trends and Analysis
When it comes to technology sales, everything is slower at the moment and it’s as much about the current political uncertainty as our weak currency. However, there is also a huge opportunity to reposition for an uptick that we hope will occur if the currency...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 6, 2018 | Trends and Analysis
Businesses must embrace and integrate disruptive technologies strategies or risk being left behind more agile organisations. That’s the word from Valter Adão, chief digital and innovation officer for Deloitte Africa, speaking ahead of the SingularityU South Africa...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 6, 2018 | Trends and Analysis
Worldwide IT spending is expected to increase by 4,5% in 2017 in constant currency terms, a significant improvement on last year’s growth of 2,5%, with stronger upgrade cycles for infrastructure and mobile devices leading the improvement in the second half of the...
