As the world innovates, the demands on real-time information, total integration, and instant (informed) decision-making power are constantly and exponentially increasing. The reality is that today’s decision makers need integrated information at their fingertips. According...
Data-driven planning and budgeting By Janro Grey, FPM Solution Delivery Manager, iOCO Data and Analytics You might have heard the saying that if you fail to plan, then you plan to fail. An organisation’s ability...
Are you ready for the drone economy? By Dean Conde, UTM Lead, iOCO Digital Of all the technologies to have emerged in recent decades, one has impacted a surprising number of industries: Drones. While still in...
Global reports indicate that healthcare data breaches reached a record high in 2021. Indeed, healthcare now sees more cyberattacks than any other industry. Fully one-third of all cyberattacks are aimed at healthcare institutions. Why? Because...
In a world today, organisations can’t afford delays in the delivery of their solutions, nor in accessing the technologies that enable them to service their customers. Unfortunately, many have to choose between quality and speed...
So many options ahead of you… During many of our cloud advisory engagements, we’ve seen customers start their cloud journeys but get stuck in a quagmire of how to progress next. Many organisations have moved...
iOCO’s Adriaan Rossouw reveals how analytics helps CFOs tackle assumptions and move on business moments. Over the past three years, business and financial leaders have learned that the concept of business as usual doesn’t exist...
The Digital Frontier and why businesses need to pay attention to web 3.0
Alex Pryor - Head of Digital Innovation at EOH June 2022 Technology is changing at a rapid pace, and those who do not educate themselves on the changes are liable to be overtaken by them....
At a time of unprecedented black swan events, a good data protection strategy remains absolutely priceless for all companies. By Byron Horn-Botha, Business unit head, Arcserve Southern Africa. Early in 2022, the British Chambers of...
Immutable e-mail archives hold a ‘gold mine’ of information relating to white collar crime and corruption, enabling organisations to discipline, prosecute and root out the culprits. This is according to experts addressing a webinar hosted...
Allows customers to simplify their IT environments and secure data with all-in-one scale-out backup and recovery appliances. Issued by Blain Communications for Arcserve Southern Africa Arcserve Southern Africa has revealed that Arcserve, the world's most...
In the past, effective control, communication, and coordination were enough for warehouse management to find great success. While these are still critical, today, warehouse management systems (WMS) must deliver agility and usability to yield real...
Low-cost data storage, combined with elastic computation and data analytics services, shift big data deployments from on-premises to the cloud. By Charl Behrens, Principal technical consultant (security), iOCO Application Management. Gartner defines data security as...
By Sunjay Ramessur, Cybersecurity Specialist at iOCO Advisory While most of us are familiar with cybersecurity processes related to information technology (IT), the same cannot be said of those relating to operational technology (OT). This...
In today’s fast moving, quick changing, increasingly competitive business environment, good enough is no longer good enough. Manufacturers must achieve enterprise-wide visibility, total collaborate, agility and flexibility to respond to a changing market and grow....
Data-centric security must be embedded across hybrid IT, so that risk to sensitive data is reduced and safe migration to cloud environments is accelerated. By Charl Behrens, Principal technical consultant (security), iOCO Application Management. A...
My previous article made the case for data integration within the context of business’s need to compete in a fast-changing global marketplace. Now I want to look more specifically at why data governance is so...
By Paul BouchierSales Director at iOCO, within iOCO Software Distribution, an Infor Gold PartnerIn modern warehouse management, the need to support omni-channel commerce (B2B/B2C) from a single site cannot be overstated. Warehouses today face greater...
Today, new business models, products, locations, and regulatory concerns are driving change across the manufacturing industry. Old technology simply can’t support businesses in the new environment.Flexibility to Support Growth As businesses change through the years,...
Technology can help turn sales and debtors books into powerful tools to grow profits and build customer loyalty. By Jon Mantel, Account manager, iOCO Qlik, Western Cape. In my previous article, I argued that with...
According to McKinsey Africa is the World’s Next Big Growth Market, despite misperceptions that the continent lags in the technology area. In fact, the continent has become an eager adopter and innovator in all things...
Businesses globally have been moving to the software-as-a-service (SaaS) model even for core applications, over several years. Over the past two years, the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted the emergence of a hybrid working model that...
Congratulations to ASSET Technology Group, one of our sister companies headquartered in Egypt, who were awarded the OpenText Outstanding Partner Award of the Year for the Middle East. Congratulations Tamer and Essam. Well done and...
It's not an exaggeration to say data is the lifeblood of every business today − it is an immense, if not the most valuable, asset in all companies. Data resilience can be defined as the...
Who can you trust? The straight answer to that question is – nobody. Unfortunately, in today's digital world, the reality of the situation is that the old security maxim of 'trust but verify' is no...
CA Southern Africa, the sole sub-Saharan representative of Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO), has announced the global technology leader’s expansion of opportunities for organisations to acquire greater value from the company’s advanced AI, security and hybrid cloud solutions...
What CFO doesn't want to unlock the hidden gems/insights buried in their general ledgers? By Jon Mantel, Account manager, iOCO Qlik, Western Cape. Getting data-driven, business-critical information into the hands of CFOs and their fellow...
March 24, 2021, Brazil. In this photo illustration a VMware logo
iOCO Cloud offers cloud services to customers through its hosted cloud services built on VMware technologies. Services that today allow customers to build a multi-and hybrid cloud environment, and with the help of the interoperability...
CA Southern Africa has revealed that following Broadcom’s acquisition of AppNeta – finalised in February this year – it will also deliver AppNeta’s network performance and end-user experience monitoring solution to the SA market, in...
iOCO Cloud, a division of iOCO, the ICT services arm of the EOH Group, is leveraging its VMware Cloud Provider Partner (VCPP) status to enable customers to centralise the deployment of both multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud...
Most organisations today are aware of the ransomware threat. Unfortunately, the gap between awareness and broad, company-wide action to mitigate the impacts of ransomware is still far too significant. Cyber criminals around the world have...
We live in a world consumed by data that informs and controls us every day. In this world, the regulatory landscape has become a veritable minefield of constraints that are ignored at your peril. The...
Arcserve Southern Africa has revealed that Arcserve, the world's leading ransomware protection and data resilience provider, has announced the availability of Arcserve Backup 19, an enhanced version of its widely adopted tape air gapping solution....
Cloud Adoption Framework
With a cloud-agnostic solution, iOCO has taken what all the providers offer and defined a unique approach. With years of cloud expertise in everything from private, to hosted, to hyperscale cloud through various partnerships, iOCO has developed a framework that includes all important aspects for a company to engage on their cloud journey.
Cloud Adoption FrameworkThere are several different variations to the Cloud Adoption Framework. It seems like every hyperscale cloud provider has their own iteration of this. If you do a Google search for Cloud Adoption Framework,...
With the latest developments in artificial intelligence (AI) technology integrated with modern cloud platforms, embedding AI into business processes is no longer an expensive or lengthy process. is Automotive industry leaders are displaying a rapid...
As noted in my previous article, automation throughout the analytics pipeline is the backbone of a system capable of real-time, hyper-contextual information and analysis.But beyond enabling faster, smarter acquisition-to-insight, automation holds the promise of even...
To succeed in Human Capital Management (HCM), creating an agile people strategy in an uncertain world is critical. As markets recover, managing increasing workloads while facing the consequences of the pandemic increases risks of burn-out,...
According to Forbes, 90% of the world’s data was created in the last two years alone, with each one of us being said to create1.7 megabytes of data every second. With this data explosion and...
The most annoying thing about IT is that there is no single version of the truth. Usually, the form is defined by the function, but the cloud hype drummed up by the global marketing thrust...
In 2002, Jeff Bezos issued what is now known as the API mandate: ‘The new direction at Amazon is that all capabilities will be designed and exposed as APIs’. This is an early version of...
As businesses globally are reminded about the importance of data backup during World Backup Day, the world's leading ransomware and data resilience provider stresses that recovery can often be the missing part of the successful...
As analysis becomes increasingly crucial for business, data analysts, developers and business users alike are encountering stumbling blocks and disconnects in their quest for real-time, trusted data that delivers insights and action at the speed...
Technology is fast becoming a source of competitive advantage and the convergence of the digital and physical worlds is one of the fundamental aspects underlying the digital transformation of business and the economy... Download Whitepaper
By now, you should be well familiar with this story: digital transformation is propelling businesses into the modern era, cloud adoption is a necessary element of this transformation, so the recent acceleration of digital transformation...
As the vaccination rollout brings some relief to restrictions, it is time to start thinking about how the world of work should move forward. While the pandemic forced the adoption of new ways of working,...
Companies not traditionally dealing with software as a primary focus of their business can benefit tremendously from adding digital product management (DPM) to their value stream management. That may seem an extraordinary statement at a...
iOCO Infrastructure Services received the "Partner of the Year award for Cloud Transition" 2021 at the Annual Citrix Kick-Off event held on the 15 March 2022 at Langham Estate.
As explained in my previous article, immutability is a crucial element of successful ransomware protection as it converts data to a write-once, read many times format, which cannot be altered. This provides enterprises with the...
While we may not yet be at the level of some developed countries around the globe in terms of cloud adoption, cloud computing is becoming the new reality for local businesses, with many consuming significant...
Throughout the year various events occur, such as the recent Valentine’s Day, Black Friday, Halloween, Christmas and so on, all of which prompt a massive increase in online buying as consumers mark the event by...
I think we all approach a new year with a fairly large degree of optimism and trepidation, with a few resolutions thrown into the mix as we attempt to change how we do things. Criminals...
The following article is an edited version of “Digital transformation and the claims process – a history” by Hyland Software, a leading US developer of the enterprise content management (ECM) and process management software suite...
Most organisations today are aware of the ransomware threat. Unfortunately, the gap between awareness and broad, company-wide action to mitigate the impacts of ransomware is still far too significant. Cyber criminals around the world have...
In my previous article, I looked at what digital product management (DPM) actually is and why it is important. The key point is that DPM allows companies to move beyond seeing IT simply as an...
Qlik has awarded iOCO Analytics Solutions the prestigious award ‘Best Performing Qlik Partner South Africa 2021’. Nick Loumakis, Regional Director, Qlik, Middle East & Africa, says: “iOCO has displayed a deep commitment to building world-class...
Digital transformation and dynamic business models are fast becoming the key to success for many businesses. Data is an invaluable asset that underpins modern digital transformation strategies—data-driven insights can help organisations solve business challenges, make...
While nobody can be certain how it will impact business and individuals, the world needs to be getting ready for Web 3.0 – the next evolution of the internet. This is according to experts taking...
Both public service and technological innovation should ultimately result in tangible improvements in people’s lives, whether at the point of daily service delivery or whether larger projects for the greater long-term good are involved. If...
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We all interact with some form of artificial intelligence (AI) multiple times a day without even realising it. The applications of AI are too numerous to detail here but I will explain where it is...
The beginning is always a good place to start, so, what is digital product management and what does it have to do with value stream management? Let's have a word first from research guru Gartner,...
Necessity has indeed sparked invention as organisations have scrambled to adapt to the extraordinary circumstances brought on by the pandemic and the resulting economic downturn. Many have had to fast-track their digital transformation due to...
We live in an age of disruption where digital transformation no longer cuts the mustard, but rather digital innovation is the requirement. Markets are looking at disruptive technologies that have revolutionised how business is conducted...
There is a considerable amount of hype surrounding artificial intelligence (AI), as it seems that virtually every discussion around technology and the move to digital and initiatives to enhance services and quality are peppered with...
Automating governance, risk and compliance iOCO, part of the EOH group, has partnered with Skywind Software Group, a leading Israeli provider of Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) software, to help international and domestic clients in...
In economically uncertain times and beyond, mastering the art of financial prediction is not only good for business, but also crucial for survival. To obtain the highest level of valid and reliable financial prediction the...
Active intelligence is a new paradigm, creating in-the-moment awareness about every aspect of business. It delivers a state of continuous intelligence derived from real-time, up-to-date information designed to trigger immediate actions. Businesses today need a...
COVID-19 has created massive uncertainty and amplified the need for businesses to advance their digital transformation efforts and innovate to survive. According to Deloitte, many organisations began innovating rapidly immediately after the World Health Organisation declared...
The big data, analytics and business intelligence (BI) conversations have changed. They’ve moved on from asking what the business can do with its data, towards how the business can extract real value from this data...
What the new generation of cloud-native applications can do, and what happens to those left behind. In the beginning there were mainframes: big, expensive computers that could only do one thing at a time. The...
Creating competitive advantage through custom, design-led development Traditional drivers of custom software development – building additional revenue streams and cutting costs – consistently motivate our clients. But business sustainability in a constrained economy and a...
The thing that makes us essentially human is the ability to think for ourselves, to reason, and to make decisions. Yet this cognitive ability risks being compromised by the growing use - and abuse -...
The world is converging, and this convergence is increasingly held together by the API environment. APIs – Application Programming Interfaces – are much talked about, but not always well understood. So let’s begin at the...
It used to be that getting value from software in a business was mostly about what technologies were available, and your ability to develop those that weren’t. Creativity – choosing how and why to use...
The future happens all the time The future happens all the time. Technology is fuelling a fourth industrial revolution that is exponentially increasing the rate of change and threatening the relevance of all businesses, regardless...
Ever since the advent of industrialisation we’ve been fearful that machines are about to put us out of work. In South Africa, in the face of increasing, widespread unemployment, it’s a particularly acute concern. Won’t...
COVID-19 has highlighted the urgency for digital transformation. It has forced organisations to rethink their business strategies to confront the future and remain sustainable and competitive. Technology has enabled many businesses to continue in ways...
Businesses today have a lot of options when it comes to software development. Whether they choose to go the custom, bespoke route, or use out-of-the-box products, there is a level of fine-tuning required to make...
The mining industry is accustomed to operating in an unstable environment: constantly battling a volatile global economy, fuctuations in demand, availability of resources, a shortage of skilled labour, government regulations and social responsibility requirements, all...
There has never been a better time to claw back expensive capex on traditional IT infrastructure. Today, the world is driving lean operations to survive. Thankfully, moving to the cloud offers immense cost (and other)...
There’s no doubt that productivity is a key contributor to commercial and financial success. It is a driver of efficiency and has the power to transform resources into goods or services, boost economic activity and...
Covid has drastically and irrevocably changed the way that the world works. Even as South Africa moves forward into semi-normalcy, the looming “fourth wave” reminds businesses of the need to remain agile, embrace remote working...
Effective Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) is the cornerstone of any organisation; especially when it comes to successful operations and supply chain value. Asset management is an area that has faced significant challenges due to the...
In 2008, Apple coined the slogan, “There's an app for that”, inaugurating the app economy − the proliferation of apps designed for easy use on mobile devices. Apps have become vital ways to deliver the...
iOCO is proud to announce a new partnership with ITR Technology, sole SA distributor of ManageEngine software, the global award-winning enterprise IT management software developed to make IT professionals’ jobs easier. 90% of Fortune 100...
Before I outline key considerations in any mainframe modernisation strategy, let’s confirm why companies must consider modernising their mainframe.The straight answer to this question is that many businesses are now implementing mainframe modernisation strategies because...
Digital transformation and adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) have soared around the world since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, making it increasingly important for organisations to focus on the tools, models and ecosystems in...
Is software part of how you are delivering value to your customers? But how is your organisation innovating through software? Software adds value, but it also introduces risk. Let’s take the example of Equifax, described...
Far from being on the way out, mainframes − or the ‘big iron’ as they are affectionately known – are reputed to run 30 billion transactions per day, hold 80% of the world’s business data...
Together, iOCO and FD offer a complete Microsoft toolbox to #solve any business challenge. With a focus on providing the most effective and most secure solution, our user-centric approach guarantees a smooth transition to the...
For years, conversations around the benefits that the cloud brings to business have centred on innovation and agility, with a focus on how organisations could become and remain more competitive. With the massive changes the...
Watch this high level summary of factors that accelerate business, why data and analytics efforts can fail and how AI Powered analytics can enable technology-driven business transformation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Cqz5EYLAhQ
Today, businesses possibly face the most complicated IT environments that have ever been seen across the globe. In the wake of Industry 4.0, traditional methods simply cost too much, are far too laborious, and result...
Immutable storage is a crucial tool in the fight against ransomware, as data can’t be overwritten, changed, tampered with, or deleted − even by someone with admin rights. Let's start by explaining what 'immutable storage'...
CA Southern Africa, the sole sub-Saharan Africa representative of CA Technologies, a Broadcom company, has revealed the results of the KuppingerCole 2021 Leadership Compass for API Management and Security. In this evaluation, Broadcom’s Layer7 API...
The Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) trend is changing the organisation at many levels, from the users who expect the same ease of use at the office as they have at home, to executives who...
The amount of digital data in the world is growing at an exponential rate: doubling every two years, with 44 times more data growth over the next 10 years. This is providing both opportunities and...
Shift left is unquestionably the way to go in app development, but sometimes it's necessary to incorporate a move to the right, encompassing post-production testing. I have explained that while shift left thinking is crucial...
CIOs are currently feeling the effects of a tug-of-war – they’re called on to deliver services, but need to figure out a way of doing so while keeping everyone in the business, from the top...
The term “exponential organisation” came to the fore some years ago when author Salim Ismail outlined new paradigms in organisational design and described businesses that were able to fast-track traditional growth and make 10x the...
In my previous article, I argued that the Zero Trust model was gaining traction because it is so well-suited to the digital and highly-fragmented organisational models that are becoming the norm in business. So far,...
Companies need to add experimental business intelligence to their curated and federated BI planning, as it’s a high-risk, high-reward arena in the data and analytics space. According to Gartner, business intelligence (BI) platforms enable enterprises...
Zero Trust is a key principle in the increasingly boundary-less business world, as opening up the corporate network and IT estate has profound security implications. E-commerce has been growing steadily for years and is expected...
You know that you need to be POPIA compliant, but don’t lose sight of the bigger picture: effective data management has massive benefits beyond checking boxes, including heightened security and governance, and reduced risk. POPIA...
David recently represented the Western Province for golf at the WP Mid-Amateur side in the annual IPT (Inter Provincial Tournament) at the Elements golf reserve in Limpopo which took place in October 2021. After many...
How the workplace has evolved and why workforce mobility has become a critical success factor for the futureproof, modern organisation. There’s one word that defines the future of work, one word that captures the shift...
The annual WP Foursomes was held this past Sunday, 5th September 2021 in conjunction with the Westlake Foursomes fixture. The field was jam packed with 58 pairs, 116 players, ready to take on the beast...
DevOps isn’t just about IT: in fact, by embracing this model, businesses can become faster to market, more agile, and better at meeting customer needs. What is DevOps? Every company is becoming a software company,...
The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically fast-tracked digital transformation globally, launching a wave of exponential transformation. This is according to Anthony Marshall, Senior Research Director, Thought Leadership at the IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV), who...
In my previous blog posts in this series, we looked at the challenges and subsequent benefits of automating the Procure-to-Pay and Order-to-Cash finance processes. In this third and final post in this blog series, we...
In a marketplace characterised by extreme change and uncertainty, business agility is becoming essential to enable companies to respond rapidly, retain momentum and succeed. Business agility means the ability to adapt quickly and easily to...
Today’s manufacturers are required to manage unprecedented demands and expectations, while navigating global shifts due to the ongoing pandemic. Despite – and in many ways because of – this, technology is rapidly evolving and advancing....
Today’s business leaders realise the importance of digital transformation to future-proof their organisations and succeed in an increasingly competitive marketplace. Digital technology can help businesses drive performance, improve customer experience and lead their industries. However,...
50 years after the invention of the microprocessor, we are spoiled for choice. The variety of software solutions to any problem is so vast that making the right choice can be difficult, A good problem...
The Black Book 2020 Survey of top clinical data integration engines again rates Infor Cloverleaf Integration Suite as the overall top-rated solution in four of out of four verticals, leading a field of 20 competitors....
Infor has been named as a Major Player in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide PLM Applications for Apparel, Footwear, and Retail Brands 2020 Vendor Assessment (Doc #US46840720, 2020). Jordan K. Speer, IDC research manager for digital...
Infor is honored to have been recognized as a 2021 Gartner Peer Insights Customer’s Choice for Enterprise Asset Management Software again this year. Gartner explains, “The Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice is a recognition of...
Gartner® recognizes Infor as a Leader in the 2021 Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud ERP for Product-Centric Enterprises According to Gartner: “By 2023, organizations that have successfully renovated their ERP platforms will achieve at least a...
In my first blog post in this series, we looked at some of the challenges surrounding Procure-to-Pay and how automating this finance function can reduce costs, improve governance, compliance, accuracy and supplier relationships, and create...
Fortinet’s Secure Software-Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN) solution has shone recently as enterprises have had to shift from legacy infrastructure to increase their security and flexibility for remote working. This is according to iOCO-Network Solutions...
Is software part of how you are delivering value to your customers? But how is your organisation innovating through software?Software adds value, but it also introduces risk. Let’s take the example of Equifax, described as...
This is part one of our Finance Process Automation blog series, in which we will examine three finance processes that are ripe for automation: Procure-to-Pay; Order-to-Cash; Record-to-Report Procure-to-Pay Procure-to-pay – which links procurement and supplier...
Tradition, luxury, exclusivity and exquisitely made to order — you’d be forgiven for thinking that, in today’s world of fast technology and even faster retail, these qualities are in danger of being forgotten. Amazon, you...
How to turn your Asset Management Strategy into a competitive differentiator In today’s socio-economic climate it is imperative that businesses have strong competitive differentiators. Many business leaders have discovered that a sure-fire way to achieve...
Audit has moved from being “an event” to an ongoing partnership between the business and its assurance providers, says Jo Pöhl, CFO at iOCO (a wholly-owned subsidiary of EOH). “Ideally, we should always be audit-ready,...
Are you getting the best out of your QA department? In the 2021 State of Software Quality study by EMA and Micro Focus, 70% of companies interviewed stated that application development had a significant impact...
Just as the European Union’s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has had a huge impact on EU businesses and the multinational organisations handling their data, the Protection of Personal Information Act (PoPIA) in South...
Globally, industries have been flooded with digital product offerings promising to enhance and speed up organisational success. With so many solutions flooding the market, it is imperative that organisations choose a technological solution that will...
Employing the right Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) solution is imperative for gaining and maintaining competitive advantage… but beware - not all EAM software is created equal. When choosing an EAM solution, businesses should seek software...
Today, a business without a sound digital strategy is dead in the water. The fourth industrial revolution had already picked up pace before the COVID-19 pandemic hurtled the world into a remote working, digitally-driven space....
The future of work is likely to be characterised by a hybrid workforce model, rather than a completely remote or mobile way of working. Companies need to shift focus from worker location to value-based productivity....
Infor Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) provides organisations with a strong competitive advantage, offering superior asset management capabilities. With this innovative tool, organisations are empowered to step out ahead of their competitors in a seamless and...
Perspectives on digital transformation (DX) have changed dramatically over the years. It was once regarded as the Holy Grail of business growth and more of a destination than a journey, but is now unquestionably an...
Black Friday and other high-volume events can be significant revenue drivers, but poorly performing systems can derail the opportunity and negatively impact brand reputation. Ensuring optimal performance will be the theme of a webinar to...
Specialist technology solutions provider iOCO has expanded its international presence in the UK and Europe in order to better service its customers in the region. Africa’s largest IT service provider, iOCO has decades of experience...
We live in an unforgiving, fast-moving world where the pace of technology development is only outstripped by the impatience of users who have come to expect, and get, software that operates not only efficiently but...
Let’s start by defining the topic: what is enterprise service management (ESM)? ESM is the use of IT service management (ITSM) principles and capabilities to improve business performance, service and outcomes. According to the IDC,...
The first thing to understand is that it is crucial to develop an open source security strategy. The implementation of a security framework that will enable a company to realise the benefits of using open...
COVID-19 has been a massively disruptive force—it has caused businesses to close, forced people to work from home, accelerated the rate of technological adoption and pressed organisations to reinvent themselves overnight to remain sustainable and...
Ascendis Health uses global financial visibility and insight to manage its organization. Numbers don’t lie. They can describe the financial health of an enterprise, drive decisions, uncover risks, and reveal operational efficiencies and shortfalls. Through...
Performance engineering is transforming software development and the job descriptions of all those engaged in it, ensuring consistent production performance results. In my first article in this series of two, I took an in-depth look...
Data monetisation can take many forms and does not apply only to selling data to third parties, according to iOCO data experts. Speaking during a webinar on translating data into money, hosted by iOCO in...
Most outsiders see open source as one of the things they find most hard to come to terms within the IT ecosystem: an open collaboration between individuals to create software that is made available to...
Construction Computer Software (CCS) is dedicated to providing specialised software solutions for the construction and engineering industries. Formed in the 1980’s, CCS has evolved alongside the technology used in the industry to provide solutions developed...
Testing has become the bottleneckProducts can’t go to market without being thoroughly tested, but the testing process can often be a bottleneck that prevents an organisation from realising the benefit of taking new features to...
Whichever way you look at it, automation has become a feature of the finance function - a very positive one at that. In 2014 research from McKinsey Global Institute estimated that activities comprising 34% of a financial manager’s...
Relief efforts to help communities impacted by the unrest of the past week could have been supported through pooled data and optimal integration and analytics, especially when it comes to security and the enablement of...
Robotic process automation can transform finance in manufacturing, enhancing customer and vendor experience, improving process efficiencies and productivity, reducing human error and delivering a 24/7 workforce and quick ROI with the right use. This is...
When it comes to operating on an international scale, automated statutory data with reliable financial data is crucial. This can effectively be achieved by utilising Infor SunSystems Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software.“With Infor’s SunSystems organisations...
EOH CEO Stephen van Coller talks to Business Day TV about the company’s relief efforts The business community has been working hand in hand with the government to try to rebuild the country after last...
The Unprecedented ROI Offered by NetSuite SRP Globally, service businesses are being expected to deliver projects timeously with little to no room for error. As technology evolves, businesses are expected to keep up with (and...
In recent years businesses have been met with unforeseen and unprecedented circumstances. To not only survive but also stay ahead of the competition, organisations have had to take a hard look at their processes and...
In my previous article, I discussed the automation, artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics benefits attached to enterprise service management (ESM) implementation. I reiterate that to ensure ESM is effective, it must be integrated, personalised and...
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Developing a digital bankOne of South Africa’s first digital only banks, designed to improve the money management of clients and built around behavioural economics.The challengeWhen the bank was announced, the company put a great deal...
Within the current socio-economic climate, businesses are facing unprecedented challenges and concerns. According to Stats SA’s Business Impact Survey of the COVID-19 Pandemic, 85.4% of South African businesses had a turnover below their normal rates,...
Michael Brink explains how finance professionals can benefit from automating their financial close.Financial close automation is defined as the improvement of financial processes and controls across all aspects of finance. It serves to automate and...
The role of the finance function is undergoing a steady and profound shift. The rise of supportive technology is allowing finance professionals to fulfil an increasingly value-additive function as their traditional responsibilities are supplanted by...
The Covid-19 Pandemic continues to cause a global knock to the economy. Many companies folded under the pressure while others only barely survived. Organisational leaders are now faced with the challenge of rebuilding, rejuvenating, and...
Altitude Angel, the world’s most trusted unified traffic management (UTM) technology provider, and iOCO, South Africa’s largest ICT solutions supplier, have agreed to form an alliance with the strategic aim of providing the building blocks...
If data is an organisation’s lifeblood, then enterprise resource planning is the heart pumping it around and giving visibility across different business units to improve efficiency and customer service. How is this critical software class...
Achieving sound local or global distribution reach is imperative for any distributor hoping to survive and thrive in today’s socio-economic climate. Many organisations are failing as they cling to old and outdated legacy systems. These...
CCS switches on AWS to support digital transformation of the construction industry
Construction Computer Software (CCS) is dedicated to providing specialised software solutions for the construction and engineering industries. Formed in the 1980’s, CCS has evolved alongside the technology used in the industry to provide solutions developed...
Leading organisations are automating their financial close in the cloud and accelerating finance modernisation. The future of the financial close is automated. iOCO_Accelerate your Close_ver2_cvdm_20210623
Chris Visagie, Solutions Executive, iOCO Security Solutions, unpacks Zero Trust Covid-19, and the worldwide lockdown that followed, saw the focus shift overnight to remote work with executives scurrying to adopt a remote work strategy. Now,...
Nobelium, the threat actor behind the 2020 attack on SolarWinds, has reared its ugly head, and compromised at least three Microsoft customers under a new round of attacks using password spraying and brute force. According...
EOH, one of the largest technology services companies in Africa, is delighted to announce that Ziaad Suleman will join the EOH Executive Committee on 1 July 2021 as the Chief Commercial Officer for iOCO –...
Simon Just is a leading ICT expert and the Cluster Executive of Advisory, Solutions and Group Marketing at EOH and iOCO. In this What’s Next episode, Simon shares how the work environment has changed over...
The pandemic has placed CIOs at the forefront of organisational change, with greater influence on organisational strategy and resource allocation as technology takes centre stage. According to IDG’s 2021 State of the CIO Survey, 96%...
When it comes to business financials, almost all modern-day organisations appreciate the deep value of achieving the illusive one-day-close. However, despite the myriad of technological solutions available, many organisations still struggle to consolidate financials effectively...
Digital transformation is a beautiful thing. It offers distribution organisations greater reach and richer innovation for better business practices, growth, and success. However, staying ahead of digital transformation within the digital era is often a...
IT ticketing systems, or issue-tracking systems, are a traditional feature of IT support. But with hybrid work, we’re beginning to build a world in which IT support is drastically altered, saving time and money. As...
The events of 2020 saw a rapid increase in the use and development of technology. Organisations had to rely on advanced and shifting technological solutions more than ever before. Circumstances led to a global pull...
When companies consider the cloud, especially when in the early stages of cloud adoption, they tend to view it with an infrastructure lens. They see like-for-like servers, now hosted in the nebulous “nowhere” instead of...
As discussed, data literacy is a key ingredient to success in the age of data and analytics. That statement is endorsed by a recent study by Deloitte that records only 32% of business leaders being...
iOCO Application Management announced today that Micro Focus’ Application Delivery Management (ADM) solutions ALM Octane, LoadRunner Professional and ALM/Quality Center will now be available as a local cloud offering in Southern Africa. According to Floyd...
Impression Signatures achieves exponential growth during COVID-19, helping customers maintain business momentum remotely with its 100% compliant e-signature tool. South Africa’s COVID-19-related lockdowns forced local businesses into allowing and enabling their employees to work from...
