by Kathy Gibson | Oct 22, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
Fronting, where a black person or entity is given a stake but does not get the powers associated with it, remains the biggest challenge to the power of the B-BBEE Act to deliver on economic transformation, the B-BBEE Commission has warned. Speaking at the launch of...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 22, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
Procrastination affects 45% of adults at some point in their lives and a quarter of adults describe themselves as procrastinators. One study estimated that procrastinating employees wasted a quarter of their working days, at a loss of $10,000 (R165,000) per year per...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 22, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
More than 70% of companies do not have adequate remote working policies – even though it’s a multi-billion dollar issue. Just a few months ago, the debate was whether you could work from home on some days. Now the debate is whether you should work from the office on...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 22, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
Historically, a lack of mutual understanding has been the biggest barrier to collaboration between the human resources (HR) and information technology (IT) functions. By Brendan Mc Avery However, amid a mushrooming employee engagement crisis that the recent Covid-19...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 22, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
An Interpol report has found the billion dollar mobile money industry in Africa is being exploited by organised crime groups – a trend only set to increase as the service is rolled out across the continent. The “Mobile money and organised crime in Africa” report...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 22, 2020 | news
As ubiquitous as artificial intelligence (AI) has become in modern life — from boosting our understanding of the cosmos to surfacing entertaining videos on your phone — AI hasn’t yet found its way into orbit. That is until 2 September, when an experimental satellite...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 22, 2020 | Featured Story, Features
Gartner has outlined the top strategic technology trends that organisations need to explore in 2021. “The need for operational resiliency across enterprise functions has never been greater,” says Brian Burke, research vice-president at Gartner. “CIOs are striving to...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 22, 2020 | news
Microsoft aims to make Azure the platform and ecosystem of choice for the mission needs of the space community with its new Azure Space offering. According to Tom Keane, corporate vice-president: Azure Global at Microsoft, the space community is growing rapidly and...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 22, 2020 | news
Rectron has extended its portfolio with the addition of WANdisco, a LiveData company. Through this strategic partnership, Rectron will deliver WANdisco’s suite of products to enable cloud migration and continuous data availability, while providing data consistency for...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 22, 2020 | news
Corr-Serve, a niche pan-African distributor, has made its first foray into Mozambique. In a new partnership with Triana, Corr-Serve’s portfolio of Security, Performance and Governance solutions will now have local representation. Based in Maputo, Triana has been...
