Clothing-as-a-Service (CaaS) is being explored by several major brands to disrupt how retail businesses can attract interest from, and tap into the budgets of, modern consumers. As an example, we will see clothing rentals moving beyond just renting out tuxedos or evening gowns for special occasions. A brand like Banana Republic is testing the watersRead 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
Big Tech is term that has been coined to describe the top players in the global tech space. From Google and Amazon to Facebook and Apple in America to Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent in China, these companies have an enormous amount of influence, they’re incredibly tech savvy and they have a massive customer base. They alsoRead more
The benefits of robotic process automation (RPA) are huge; across businesses of all sizes and a wide range of industries. By relieving human workers from having to perform repetitive tasks, these tools free up your workforce to focus on more important tasks. In fact, the implementation of RPA can give a typical organisation as muchRead more
The world seems a little obsessed with superheroes at the moment. Take the incredible success of the film Avengers: Endgame, which was released in April this year. The movie featured everyone’s favourite superheroes – from Iron Man and Thor to Black Widow and Spiderman – working together to overcome the bad guy and save theRead more
The “robotic” aspect of robotic process automation (RPA) can prove misleading. This is because RPA is a software-based solution. It doesn’t actually take a physical form and has nothing to do with robots. The aim of RPA is to automate manual, rote tasks typically assigned to human employees sitting behind computers. But it shouldn’t beRead more
A 2019 survey of close to 400 local IT decision makers revealed that 77% of South African businesses are using cloud services within their IT environments. And with several big brands planning to open local data centres in the near future – Microsoft were first out the gates opening theirs in March – interest inRead more
Described as an “opportunity”, banking as a service (BaaS) is just one aspect of the transformation of the global banking sector. The aim of banking as a service is to seamlessly integrate as many different service providers as needed into one comprehensive process so that financial service can be completed in an effective and timelyRead more
Devices are slowly taking over our homes and offices. Enabled by the Internet of Things (IoT), many of these digital tools offer us experiences that are efficient, personalised, automated and based on our preferences and usage habits. The way we see it, the main benefits of IoT can be broken down into two sections –Read more
