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...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 22, 2020 | Thought Leadership
Kathy Gibson reports – No economy can thrive without extensive and reliable energy – and digitalisation can help to ensure that it delivers. The energy industry is currently transitioning, at the same time as digital disruption is becoming mainstream. “We are...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 22, 2020 | Events/Report-backs
Kathy Gibson reports from the virtual IDC CIO Summit – The world has largely weathered the Covid-19 storm and is ready to start feeling its way to the new normal. That’s the word from Crawford Del Prete, president of IDC, who believes that organisations are now...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 22, 2020 | Events/Report-backs
Dell Technologies committed to modernising IT, and offering customers more of their IT assets as a service. Kathy Gibson reports from the online Dell Technologies Forum Dell aims to bring the multi-cloud closer Dell Technologies aims to improve flexibility and...
