Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are the answer to the question: how are start-ups able to build products so much faster these days? Typically, the financial sector is sceptical about new technology. But various market changes – from growing customer expectations and digital disruption to the rise of new competitors – are putting more and more pressureRead more
Want to be a better leader? The first person you need to lead is yourself. Taking the time to look inward and really reflect on where you could make improvements isn’t easy. In fact, I wrote about a similar topic just last month when I spoke about our fear of feedback. You can read it,Read more
The next evolution in high performance business We’ve been talking about High Performance business for quite some time. In 2016, we outlined the four steps every business should take to create a high performance telecoms environment. In 2017, our second high performance white paper, High Performance 2.0, we introduced the new world of business andRead more
The world has changed. And the reality is that digital has changed it. To contextualise the rate of change, consider that the human race took over 8 000 years to move from the agricultural revolution to the first industrial revolution. And it has taken a mere 50 years for us to move from the thirdRead more
Back in May 2017, Microsoft first announced that it planned to build two Azure cloud data centres in South Africa. One in Johannesburg and one in Cape Town, these facilities were expected to open their doors at some point during 2018. But December 31 came and went. MS missed their self-imposed deadline and the localRead more
We all understand how much more modern businesses can achieve if they give their employees the option to work remotely and they embrace the mobile workforce trend. And yet, this freedom comes with various risks. An iPass survey found that more than half of US CIOs that their mobile workers had been hacked in theRead more
Given the current hype around digital twins you may be surprised to hear that the concept has actually been around since 2002. So why all the fuss? Well thanks to the Internet of Things (IoT), digital twins are becoming a reality because the concept is now far more cost-effective. In fact, by 2021, half ofRead more
By now most of us have witnessed how digital tools and solutions are changing the face of the healthcare industry. Perhaps you booked your last check-up using an online platform, or your doctor captures information about your medical condition using a tablet. At some medical facilities, like the high-tech Life Healthcare in Johannesburg, almost everythingRead more
If you’re considering cloud as a way to cut costs, you’re missing the point. While cost savings are one of the key benefits of cloud, and are a huge win for every business, what cloud really allows businesses to achieve is cost efficiencies. While cost savings are all about reducing your spend, cost efficiencies focusRead more
One of the things that I do to give back to the business community, and to my fellow entrepreneurs, is training. I recently gave a presentation at a training day in Gauteng. I really put a lot of time and effort into my presentation. I felt rather good after the session was over. That isRead more
