by Kathy Gibson | Feb 21, 2020 | Thought Leadership
A crucial contributor to business success is accurate forecasting. Businesses have a better chance of making it through the tough first years if they can forecast things like cash flow and expenses, while also putting contingency plans in place for things they can’t...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 21, 2020 | Features
Cart abandonment is the number one pain point for every ecommerce site of any kind, with the average documented cart abandonment rate at 69.57%. “It’s every online store owner’s mission to get below that average baseline and increase sales,” says Derek Cikes,...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 21, 2020 | Features
According to Andre Schwan, deal solutions manager at T-Systems South Africa, many companies embark on their cloud journey, only to regret their early decisions and approaches further down the line. “This is largely because the problem statement and the expectations...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 21, 2020 | Features
President Cyril Ramaphosa gave a sober assessment of the challenges that South Africa faces in his State of the Nation Address (SONA) recently. But he also set some realistic goals to move forward with, particularly around issues like the energy crisis. The president...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 21, 2020 | Features
Toshiba in Japan has announced it has created an algorithm that can crunch data faster than the world’s fastest supercomputer – apparently using everyday desktop PC technologies. “This news highlights the pivotal role algorithms play in machine learning and...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 21, 2020 | Features
Virgin founder and ground-breaking entrepreneur, Richard Branson, didn’t finish high school. Bill Gates dropped out of university to found Microsoft. JK Rowling was living on government benefits when she wrote her first Harry Potter novel. She also had 12 rejections...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 21, 2020 | news
Rectron has concluded a dealer contract with DJI Enterprise, that will see the distributor offer the full DJI Enterprise range. Ruan Botha, DJI product manager at Rectron, says: “Through Rectron, the South African market will now have full access to the DJI Enterprise...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 21, 2020 | news
For the last 10 years, Kaspersky has been developing its business to provide value-added services to operators (xSP). This has entailed working with different partners all around the world, including major global and regional operators. Over the past six years, the...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 21, 2020 | news
UK grocery chain Tesco generates $150-million in supply chain efficiencies via analytics. Oil and gas giant BP saves $7-billion a year with Internet of Things (IoT) sensors. Hershey saves $500 000 per batch of candy with machine learning and IoT. These examples of...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 21, 2020 | news
As organisations focus on digital transformation, the role of enterprise software providers is shifting to advisory and consultative relationships focused on business outcomes. SAS is reshaping its customer-facing structure in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region...
