SAP TechEd: IoT and the big data explosion

SAP TechEd: IoT and the big data explosion

Analysts tell us that literally billions of devices will be connected to the Internet of Things (IoT) within the next few years. But they largely fail to talk about how companies will process and analyse the billions of data streams that will be produced. Kathy Gibson...
Digital Future: Why it’s time to leave the cave

Digital Future: Why it’s time to leave the cave

This glimpse of the future was crafted by Stuart Cassie Over 2400 years ago, Plato told a story of a group of people chained up in a cave facing a blank wall. His famed ‘Allegory of the Cave’ depicted a world where a group of prisoners was entertained only by shadows...
Capturing hearts, minds of Millennials

Capturing hearts, minds of Millennials

Customers, partners and employees choose to engage with companies that are relevant and speak the same language as them – but what makes you relevant to the generation that has everything?According to Dr Eugene Wessels, General Manager of Data Analytics and...
CIOs, CMOs focus on customer experience

CIOs, CMOs focus on customer experience

By Rich Hillebrecht, Chief Information Officer, Riverbed Technology The engine of the global economy is increasingly transitioning towards digital services. Businesses are shifting focus from mass-manufactured, mass-marketed products to an immersive market of custom...
$12-bn case for open innovation in South Africa

$12-bn case for open innovation in South Africa

By William Mzimba, Chief Executive South and Sub-Saharan Africa at Accenture In South Africa, there are some tough economic challenges ahead. Unemployment remains high and rating agencies believe that a downgrade of the country’s credit ratings to junk status is still...