According to the South Africa CFO 3.0 report, 87% of CFOs now play a role in digital transformation, and 15% of local CFOs are driving the digital agenda.

Finance professionals are catching on to the potential of emerging technologies, especially cloud services that can be easily deployed, adapted and managed.

Bots essentially automate processes, and the steps and complexity of processes will dictate how effectively the bot can deliver on expectations, says Richard Firth, CEO of MIP Holdings.

The gap between what a CFO wants and what they can see technology provides has narrowed substantially.

The amalgamation of robotic process automation, artificial intelligence and machine learning has created a new breed of trailblazing senior financial decision-makers.

Research by Sage and World Wide Worx shows that CFOs are bullish about digital's prospects and welcome automation performing more of their day-to-day accounting tasks.

Open source's value is in how many contribute to the greater good.

Pre-integrated solutions such as engineered systems are becoming the go-to answer, says Axiz.

Artificial intelligence helps make value-based healthcare possible by developing our understanding of data, says Paul Saunders, product manager for data analytics at Altron HealthTech.

AI is prevalent both as a service and as an important background mechanism to support more complex SaaS functions.

Successful workforce transformation always places the human element at its core.

Work from home, or remote working, is likely here to stay.