by Kathy Gibson | Apr 19, 2020 | Features
Growing competition and rising customer expectations are pushing banking and fintech markets towards introducing interdisciplinary functionalities and focusing on fast and efficient internal operations, leading them to become more digitized in the overall process....
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 17, 2020 | Thought Leadership
Adopting a suitable and robust online learning strategy is key to maintaining academic continuity for institutions of higher learning. By Robert Speed, vice-president for Middle East and Africa at Blackboard The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic is having a profound and...
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 17, 2020 | Thought Leadership
Christopher Bergey, vice-president: embedded solutions at Western Digital, spoke at IoT World on “IoT Context vs. Content: Strategies for Extracting Insights from a Data-Centric World”. Here are some highlights from his presentation on how to get the most out of IoT...
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 17, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
Things will never be the same again. The way we used to live, work and interact with one another pre-Covid-19 is over – but there are exciting times ahead, as the new way of doing things is pushing us to be innovative and will act as a catalyst for new technologies....
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 17, 2020 | Features
Last month Parliament took a decision to suspend the programme of its two Houses. This decision was taken a few days before the start of the constituency programme of Parliament. It was as a precautionary measure relating to Covid-19, to drastically limit numbers of...
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 17, 2020 | Featured Story, Features
IHS Markit looks past the horrific second-quarter drop in real GDP, and a deeper recession in 2020 than in 2008–09, to assess the shape and strength of the recovery. A V-shaped recovery in the manufacturing sectors seems plausible, once the large increase in...
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 17, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
South African financial organisations are exploring the potential use cases for blockchain in their operations, but are exercising caution in its adoption. This is the word from John Singh, a senior systems analyst and head of the Institute of Information Technology...
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 17, 2020 | Features
By Kathy Gibson – Everyone has heard of the enterprise resource processing (ERP) software giants, and – love them or hate them – probably has a pretty fixed idea about their capability and position in the market. They may not necessarily have heard about...
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 17, 2020 | Product Showcase
Acer has unveiled the CB342CKC and CB282K monitors, two new high-specification range of 4K monitors for prosumers. The In-Plane Switching ZeroFrame monitors display images and colours with 4K and HDR 10 capability. ZeroFrame design virtually removes the display...
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 17, 2020 | Product Showcase
With its new Western Digital iNAND MC EU521, an embedded Universal Flash Storage (UFS) device, Western Digital equips mobile developers to enhance the 5G smartphone user experience. The Western Digital iNAND MC EU521 embedded flash device allows mobile developers to...