by Kathy Gibson | Feb 6, 2018 | Trends and Analysis
It’s reality – South African markets are tough right now. By Tim Humphreys-Davies, CEO of Pinnacle However, Pinnacle’s attitude is one of resilience. We are striving to better our overall management focus with regards to stock, internal human resources and forecasting...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 6, 2018 | Trends and Analysis
When it comes to technology sales, everything is slower at the moment and it’s as much about the current political uncertainty as our weak currency. However, there is also a huge opportunity to reposition for an uptick that we hope will occur if the currency...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 6, 2018 | Trends and Analysis
Businesses must embrace and integrate disruptive technologies strategies or risk being left behind more agile organisations. That’s the word from Valter Adão, chief digital and innovation officer for Deloitte Africa, speaking ahead of the SingularityU South Africa...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 6, 2018 | Trends and Analysis
Worldwide IT spending is expected to increase by 4,5% in 2017 in constant currency terms, a significant improvement on last year’s growth of 2,5%, with stronger upgrade cycles for infrastructure and mobile devices leading the improvement in the second half of the...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 6, 2018 | Trends and Analysis
Worldwide PC shipments totalled 61,1-million units in the second quarter of 2017, a 4,3% decline from the second quarter of 2016, according to preliminary results by Gartner. The PC industry is in the midst of a five-year slump, and this is the 11th straight quarter...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 6, 2018 | Trends and Analysis
Gaining competitive advantage and improving business process are among the top goals of companies’ digital transformation strategies. This is according to 40% of 800 organisations in 15 countries on five continents that were interviewed for Dimension Data’s “Digital...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 6, 2018 | Features
The future is bright for point of sale (PoS) technology, as retailers try to differentiate themselves in an increasingly competitive market arena. By Kathy Gibson Although the number of actual stores might be slowing down, new and existing stores are turning to...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 6, 2018 | Features
With the rapid evolution of mobile retail technology, customer expectations have taken on new meaning, forcing retailers to reassess their approach to customers’ experience of their ‘brick and mortar’ and online stores. Hugh Davies, business development manager at...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 6, 2018 | Features
Welford’s Bistro and Bakes was established as a family-based catering business from a beautiful house in Higgovale, Cape Town on 1 January 2015. By April the same year, the demand for their fresh food catering services had expanded and the company purchased a...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 6, 2018 | Features
In the movie Big Hero 6, the inflatable Baymax robot is a healthcare companion who can diagnose and suggest treatment based on the 10 000 medical procedures he has learnt, all within a two-second body scan. So, how far off are we from using such technology for...
