The world is changing at such a rapid pace that the future is here and it's being driven by data.

The foundation of digital transformation is digitising paper-based documents.

Many companies are appointing chief digital officers and investing in their digital transformation programmes, says Nigel Hysom, business unit manager: EIM, Western Cape at Datacentrix.

Datacentrix offers a number of starting points to help customers take digital transformation from a plan to reality, says Nigel Hysom, business unit manager, enterprise information management, Western Cape at Datacentrix.

IBM has set up over 20 active blockchain networks.

Riverbed Technology's CIO, Richard Hillebrecht, shares his thoughts on the challenges that CIOs face with digital projects.

Cloud computing lowers development costs while providing better data availability and increased scalability and flexibility, says Kerry Hope, business development manager at Magic Software SA.

There are 10 considerations that that will help companies on their digital transformation journey, says Sabby Gill, executive vice-president, International, Epicor Software.

This offers the most powerful tool set available, says director of bSOLVe Simon Hepburn.

It's less about developing and implementing a digital strategy, and more about formulating a business strategy for a digital economy, says Simon Carpenter, chief technology advisor at SAP Africa.

New digital services are addressing some of the continent's most critical challenges.

The business environment is constantly being disrupted by new market entrants using innovative technology, says?Rick Parry, chairman and CEO at AIGS.