NEC XON has used vScaler from Boston IT Solutions South Africa to create a rapidly scalable, flexible and agile digital transformation as a service business platform.
The artificial intelligence virtual personalised assistant learns from the user's behaviour, providing recommendations based on likes and dislikes.
The digital-only bank partners with the National HealthCare Group to provide in-app medical insurance solutions to its millions of customers.
The biggest challenge is navigating the culture change required for people to stop thinking in terms of projects and realign their thoughts to products.
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According to the bank, digital initiatives helped to increase the number of digitally-active retail clients in SA by 11% to 2 3 million.
The University of Johannesburg faculty augments its management courses to incorporate digital skills to prepare students for future jobs.
The app has seen exponential growth and doubled its customer base in the last four months, with 50% of that being achieved in the last four weeks, says the bank.
Without sufficient data protection, companies will not be able to enjoy the full benefits of their data and business transformation efforts, says Jacques du Preez, CEO at Intellinexus.
The structural separation of the fintech, fibre units is underway and both businesses will be operating companies in the next 18 months, says the company.
Lawmakers, both globally and in SA, are developing new tools to regulate areas of digital activity, including competition, harmful content, AI and ESG.
To cope with the climate challenges, ZTE adds GreenPilot to its green solution portfolio to help reduce mobile network energy consumption to make green networks.