The Fourth Industrial Revolution will cause all businesses to change. And it’ll also see some businesses ceasing to exist. One of the biggest fears that modern leaders have when it comes to the Fourth Industrial Revolution is that we are facing volatile, uncertain and ambiguous times. We have a pretty good idea of where we’reRead more
According to Accenture: “cloud is the foundational element for this digital change”. And along with this change comes the opportunity to transform business models, to improve products and services, to boost customer experience and to take advantage of greater agility. Often hampered by legacy infrastructure that simply cannot compete with faster and more innovative digitalRead more
The global enterprise mobility market is projected to reach a worth of $510.39 billion by 2022. This is nearly six times greater than $86.36 billion that was being spent on this new approach to work back in 2014. So, what’s driving the trend? Mobility. Today, the workplace is no longer a single, set location. PeopleRead more
We’ve written about how the banking industry is changing several times before. With innovators like TymeBank, SA’s first digital bank, using cloud-based technologies to redefine banking models – and to disrupt more traditional banking models in the process – the entire industry is being pressured to step up their digital game. These changes are oftenRead more
Research firms like Statista forecast that over 30 billion devices will be connected to the Internet by 2020 and that this number will rise to 75 billion come 2025. No longer just a tech industry buzzword, the Internet of Things (IoT) has become a core technology influencing everything that consumers and businesses use on a daily basis.Read more
We all have weaknesses. Chances are that these attributes or activities are your weakness because you don’t like them very much. And if your peers or your colleagues spend too much time focussing on your weaknesses it’s likely that you’re going to go home from work each day feeling pretty bad about yourself. As anRead more
Heraclitus, a Greek philosopher and pioneer of wisdom, may have uttered the words: “The only thing that is constant is change”, over 2 500 years ago but the statement is especially true today. In a world defined by digital innovation and digital disruption, it feels like everything is changing, all the time. Which is exactlyRead more
Over half of IT leaders are increasing their IT budgets; even in organisations where leadership are pushing for greater efficiency and cost savings when it comes to new technology projects. This is according to a Harvey Nash/KPMG’s 2019 survey. In conversations with more than 3 600 CIOs and technology leaders around the world, Harvey NashRead more
According to recent reports TymeBank has reached an impressive 670 000 customers in a matter of months. They’ve done so thanks to their strategic use of technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and big data. Speaking at ITWeb Artificial Intelligence 2019 event in August, Dietmar Bohmer, chief data scientist at SA’s first digital bank, TymeBank, noted how cloud-based technologiesRead more
Millennials will make up 75% of the global workforce by 2025. A new generation of worker has arrived and they want bring-your-own-device (BYOD). Typically, younger generations are more mobile, they demand greater freedom and flexibility and they understand the value of work-life balance. In addition to this, they want to use the same tools andRead more
