by Kathy Gibson | Jan 10, 2020 | news
Software investor Insight Partners has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Veeam Software for $5-billion. Under the ownership of Insight Partners, Veeam will become a US company, with a US-based leadership team, while continuing its global expansion from...
by Kathy Gibson | Jan 10, 2020 | news
Hewlett Packard Enterprise, as part of its Work That Fits Your Life program, has rolled out a number of new employee programmes to enrich personal wellbeing and work/life balance. HPE employees in South Africa are now benefiting from the introduction of 26...
by Kathy Gibson | Jan 10, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
For years, cost savings has topped the list of benefits offered by cloud computing. This is one of the factors that has resulted in the massive increase in the use of cloud services across the world, with analysts showing exponential growth among the biggest vendors...
by Kathy Gibson | Jan 10, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
A decade ago, you couldn’t order a taxi from an app, pay for goods with the tap of a card or rent a place to stay whilst on the move. By Ronald Ravel, director: B2B South Africa at dynabook The 2010s have been a tremendous decade for technology, with both...
by Kathy Gibson | Jan 10, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
It is no secret that the manufacturing sector is critically important for both developed and emerging economies. By Kevin Dherman, chief innovation officer at Syspro corporate From producing necessities like food for a nation to creating much-needed jobs, the sector...
by Kathy Gibson | Jan 10, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
Data is only becoming increasingly important for business success, while also getting more challenging to manage. For large, established organisations with massive legacy databases and siloed systems, this could be a very dangerous combination. Next year will be a...
by Kathy Gibson | Jan 10, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
Current print technology can evoke every one of our senses, taking content into almost limitless new realms. The content we consume through the media we are exposed to, enters our consciousness via our senses, write Manny da Silva, industrial print manager, and Edmund...
by Kathy Gibson | Jan 10, 2020 | Thought Leadership
Globally, spending on smart cities is expected to top $34-billion by the end of 2020. And, even though the likes of Zurich, Oslo, Bergen, and Amsterdam are leading the charge when it comes to pushing the global smart city agenda, more African countries will start...
by Kathy Gibson | Jan 10, 2020 | Thought Leadership
What does it take to complete a marathon? By Doug Woolley, GM of Dell Technologies South Africa You definitely have to get up and compete on the day. But that’s not what decides the outcome. It resulted from getting up every morning to train. It required...
by Kathy Gibson | Jan 10, 2020 | Thought Leadership
Thanks to automated software, we have a wealth of realtime business data right at our fingertips. By Gerhard Hartman, vice-president: medium business at Sage Africa & Middle East The result is that it’s all too easy for a medium business or scale-up to become too...
