by Kathy Gibson | Feb 10, 2021 | Trends and Analysis
The essential nature of connectivity, the measures taken in the face of the pandemic, and the unprecedented opportunities for the ICT sector in recovery from global crisis were the key areas highlighted by global ministers, regulators and industry leaders during...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 10, 2021 | Trends and Analysis
The PC, tablet, smartphone and small domestic appliance sectors are the bright spots in a South African technical consumer goods market that saw revenues drop 7% for the period January to August 2020. That’s according to point-of-sale tracking data from GfK South...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 10, 2021 | Features
For an organisation like Absa, threats come from every direction, every day. Group chief security officer Sandro Bucchianeri is responsible for ensuring the bank doesn’t succumb to any of the myriad attacks. Kathy Gibson spoke to him about his passion for security....
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 10, 2021 | Features
Companies across the globe are under pressure to create new working models and are increasingly looking to robotic process automation (RPA) to help them gain business value quickly and cost-effectively. Australian-based IT project delivery specialist Avec was looking...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 10, 2021 | Thought Leadership
For many industries, predicting the future during a pandemic would be difficult – if not impossible. By Oliver Guy, senior director: industry solutions at Software AG Retail is different. Why? Because Covid-19 has acted as an accelerant for digital transformation...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 10, 2021 | Thought Leadership
The age of the mall is waning. That’s the phrase that sends property fund managers into a cold sweat. But it’s not just the lower foot traffic as a result of Covid that is to blame for the pressure on brick-and-mortar stores. Businesses which have refused to...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 10, 2021 | Thought Leadership
Soria Hay, head of corporate finance at investment banking firm Bravura, highlights the intention of the B-BBEE Commission to intensify its activities in bringing about true transformation to corporate South Africa, and considers the heightened efforts to clamp down...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 10, 2021 | Features
Verizon’s analysis of more than 32 000 security incidents and 3 950 breaches has revealed that the financial sector ranks fourth among all sectors in security incidents (1 509 incidents), and seventh in data breaches (448 breaches). In addition, these financial...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 10, 2021 | Thought Leadership
Honda’s planned Formula One exit at the end of 2021 comes as no surprise. It has entered and exited F1 four times since the 1960s. By Graham Duxbury Honda’s objective has always been to present its engineers with a challenge. When this goal is realised, its presence...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 10, 2021 | Thought Leadership
2020 is certainly going to go down in history as the year when the world took a giant leap into the future. Back in early 2013, I wrote a few articles about the changing nature of work and the likely impacts of technology advancement on offices and management, on...
