by Kathy Gibson | Oct 16, 2020 | Thought Leadership
The world is changing — but how it changes is largely up to all of us. By Chris Buchanan, Client Solutions Director Dell Technologies South Africa Here’s what we know for sure: the global population is set to grow to a total 8.5 billion by 2030. By that time, 3...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 16, 2020 | Thought Leadership
World Hunger Day sees many Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives take flight. Teams of employees pack boxes full of non-perishable goods for hungry communities and share their good work on social media. This is an open letter to business from the Institute...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 16, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
The current pandemic has helped organisations confirm the criticality of further digitising their business value chains, fuelled by the need to operate remotely and to provide greater access to the workforce to better enable the performance of their tasks. By Mark...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 16, 2020 | Features
In recent months, many organisations have invested in fake cloud solutions only to find out that the benefits they thought they were going to realise by embarking on a cloud-first strategy have not materialised. This is because washed cloud, otherwise known as ‘fake...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 16, 2020 | Features
Bitcoin’s price is set to “surge before the end of 2020” with investors keen not to “sleepwalk” through a 2017-style mini-boom. This prediction from Nigel Green, CEO and founder of the deVere Group, which has $12bn under advisement, comes as bitcoin – already one of...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 16, 2020 | Features
Until recently, traditional insurance models have remained remarkably resilient in the onslaught of digital transformation and tech innovation that has disrupted entire industry sectors and upended competitive landscapes. By Cornel Schoeman, chief operating officer of...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 16, 2020 | Features
With the range of digital communication channels now available, the question of whether or not e-mail will become obsolete is relevant – but ICT and digital professionals believe that email will always continue to serve as a fast, simple, efficient and accurate means...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 16, 2020 | Features
LG Electronics (LG) announced that six-time Formula One World Champion Lewis Hamilton has been signed to be the global ambassador for its LG SIGNATURE brand. Hamilton will initially star in a new campaign to communicate the brand’s philosophy, “Art Inspires...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 16, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
While a great deal of focus has been placed on the negative economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, there can be unexpected positive long-term benefits – if corporate South Africa is prepared to change its mindset. This is the word from Richard Firth, CEO of MIP...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 16, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
Entrepreneurs need more than the measures outlines in President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan. While the plan offers little new information to save our economy from complete destruction, according to Osidon CEO and small business...
