Tag: automation

While the general opinion by industry observers is that organisations will virtualise the majority of applications and workloads and move to the public cloud – with the public cloud representing up to 80% of companies' infrastructure footprints – most businesses have pivoted to a hybrid approach in response to the need for more balance.

Attracting, developing, and engaging a diverse pipeline of young talent is vital to the future of any organisation. This involves building a team with a wide spectrum of skills and professional backgrounds who can come up with more creative solutions to the everyday challenges faced in the workplace.

The next generation of mobile networks, combined with technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI), cloud, and edge, will be exponentially different. Advanced networks such as 5G have the potential to unlock unprecedented opportunities for business transformation and growth.

By 2030, Bloomberg expects artificial intelligence (AI) will account for as much as $15.7 trillion of the world economy. Of that figure, an estimated $6.6 trillion will come from businesses’ ability to be more efficient via automation and freeing their workforces to work on other tasks.

The role of the Managed Service Provider (MSP) is to take responsibility for looking after the organisation's infrastructure and tooling services, whether it be in cloud or on-premises. This frees up time from the organisation's resources to accelerate business value and time to market.

Consumer expectations of online commerce experiences, historically, have primarily been established by B2C interactions. In this ever-integrating arena, B2B players must increasingly look sideways at some well-entrenched B2C behaviours to gain a competitive edge.

Van sales make up the vast majority of the route to market in East Africa, and the market itself is complex and revolves around cash purchasing. There is lack of visibility throughout the chain, which makes orders and sales difficult to track, and it is challenging to accurately forecast demand.

No-code and low-code software development platforms are gaining popularity in recent times - especially among SMBs and SMEs - for their dynamic ability to quickly meet customisation and automation needs within limited budgets.

If computers are good at one thing - and they are good at many - it's automating tasks we used to have to do manually. This seems obvious now but it's only since the 1980s that this capability has been in the hands of the average person.

Fuel forecourt retailers or convenience shops are highly vulnerable to disruption. Although their operations have always provided a convenience-driven competitive advantage, they now have a lot more to grapple with. South African consumers are more tech-savvy and time-strapped, demanding greater relevance and convenience from service providers, all within a tighter economy and rising fuel costs.