Millennials are coming and your business needs to get ready. After researching the characteristics, behaviours, inclinations and desires of millennials, as well as how they relate to work and their careers, Jennifer Deal wrote a book titled: What Millennials Want from Work. Jennifer found that attracting a millennial workforce, and keeping them happy, means managingRead more
Last week we explained that there are several ways a bank can tackle digital transformation. According to a white paper from PwC, the first strategy entails only updating your customer facing tech – be it sprucing up your website or launching a nifty app. This proves a viable tactic for banks with limited time, andRead more
Last week, we outlined some of the benefits and challenges businesses face when migrating to an SD-WAN network. When moving to SD-WAN, CIOs and IT managers have to handle challenges like increased complexity and a new variety of security concerns, but they get to enjoy reduced costs, simpler network configurations and improved performance. From aRead more
In September last year, WhatsApp announced that it would be making a play for the enterprise market. Keen to monetise their offering, they discussed plans to offer small-to-medium sized businesses a reliable platform to communicate with their customers. The idea behind the expansion of the Facebook-owned messaging app is to allow customers to do thingsRead more
By 2020, the software defined networking in a wide area network (SD-WAN) industry, which was worth about $225 million in 2015, will develop into a $6 billion industry, according to the IDC. This dramatic explosion of the SD-WAN market is due to a rise in bandwidth needs, coupled with calls to reduce IT spend. ThisRead more
When we asked our CEO, Daniel Nel, and CTO, Andre Witte, what gadgets they’d set their sights on for the festive season, both were hoping for drone-related gifts. It is perhaps rather fitting then that the pair see Cloud as one of the top IT trends to affect local businesses in 2018. To find outRead more
Technology has fundamentally changed all aspects of life – from business and healthcare to communication and commerce. To illustrate how digital disruption and tech innovation have revolutionised the world of retail, consider the following statistic: in 1993, the typical South Africa consumer shop at an average of 2.1 different stores. Ten years later, that figureRead more
Our CEO and CTO are both hoping to find drone-related gifts under the Christmas tree come December 25. It is perhaps rather fitting then that the pair will have their eyes to the sky, as they believe Cloud Computing will be a top IT trend to watch in 2018. We sat down with Daniel NelRead more
As the digital leaders of an organisation, the CIO needs to build solid relationships with other business leaders, go the extra mile to foster digital learning, know what they’re talking about and be open to teaching others. There’s no denying that the role of the CIO has changed, and continues to change as business andRead more
