Trends and Analysis - Channelwise

Cloud still too pricey in SA

Jan 10, 2020

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...

Reflecting on the past decade of tech

Jan 10, 2020

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...

What to expect in the manufacturing industry in 2020

Jan 10, 2020

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...

The role of data in the new decade

Jan 10, 2020

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...

Print: a sensory gateway

Jan 10, 2020

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...

Business and economic opportunities in circular economy

Jan 10, 2020

The circular economy is a modern framework that is restorative by design, it has multiple society-wide benefits and it aims to redefine business growth. This model not only reduces environmental and electronic waste, but it builds economic capital by keeping products...

World’s most popular games thrive in Azure

Dec 14, 2019

Azure and Azure Storage can handle multiple data types, like the hugely popular Rainbow Six Siege from Ubisoft. Thanks to Azure, Ubisoft has the elastic scalability to deliver play to 3-million players a day engaged in hundreds of thousands of concurrent games....

How Africans do business set to change in 2020

Dec 14, 2019

With the World Bank forecasting economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa at 3.6% for 2019-20, some of the world’s most fast-growing economies are in Africa. By Pieter Bensch, executive vice-president at Sage Africa & Middle East Rapid urbanisaiton, business friendly...

SA’s five-year goal for IoT

Dec 14, 2019

In five years, the world will have more than 40-billion devices. Locally, IoT specialist, Eseye, says that South African CIOs are recognising IoT (Internet of Things) and M2M (Machine to Machine) technologies as strategic imperatives, but the journey is still in its...

Christmas is a merry time for counterfeiters too …

Dec 14, 2019

Modern shoppers have retained a primal trait – hunting and the hunting season gathers pace every year on Black Friday easing towards Christmas. In an indoorsy environment of the safe suburbs, shoppers follow the scent of a sale and hunt for deals and discounts. Some...

How Azure helps Reckitt Benckiser unlock the power of data

Dec 14, 2019

Reckitt Benckiser (RB) makes a wide range of popular consumer health, hygiene, and home products. To empower its staff to make data-based decisions, RB replaced its existing business intelligence (BI) solution with Microsoft Power BI and Azure. RB is a global consumer...

Azure Blob Storage for unstructured data

Dec 11, 2019

Azure Blob Storage is massively scalable object storage designed specifically for unstructured data. With scalable, cost-effective cloud storage, you pay only for what you use, and save money compared with on-premises storage options. In addition, organisations can...

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