Blogs

In today's rapidly evolving business landscape, where digital transformation is not just an advantage but a necessity, enterprises increasingly face complex challenges that demand innovative software solutions. The dynamic shift towards more digitally led operations has highlighted the need for robust products and solutions to enhance decision-making, streamline processes, and foster collaboration across various functions. Amidst this backdrop, Adapt IT Enterprise Performance Management (EPM), a division of Adapt IT Holdings (Pty) Ltd, has created, developed, and deployed essential EPM solutions that have become a strategic enabler of enterprise agility, efficiency and optimisation. Shamit Makan, EPM Divisional Executive for Adapt IT Enterprise Performance Management, elaborates on this in more detail below....Read More

The digital economy can create the jobs we need, the government needs to create a conducive policy environment....Read More

In the world of higher education, the incorporation of technology has become essential. Institutions are faced with relentless competition for top talent not only in the resident country, but across the globe, enabled and supported by rapid pace of technology research and innovation. The ease with which institutions can effectively identify, attract and register students has become a game changer. Integration of administration with hybrid teaching and learning methods has increased access to education and forced institutions to review their infrastructure investment and modes of delivery. With the rise of data-driven methods, the promise of 4IR technologies has accelerated Edtech investment in basic as well as post school education across the African continent, and beyond. Increase in student and employee self-service applications has spurred increases in demand and use of Internet of Things services and devices. Concerns regarding mental wellness of students has expanded the scope of...Read More

Caseware IDEA® empowers organisations with robust data analytics capabilities. In this piece we explore five key areas companies can leverage Caseware IDEA® to enhance governance frameworks.By Christiaan Steyn, Product Manager: Assurance & Analytics, Caseware AfricaIn today's rapidly evolving business landscape, the effective utilisation of data analytics has become paramount for companies seeking to bolster their corporate governance practices. Leveraging tools like Caseware IDEA®, organisations can tap into a multitude of capabilities to streamline processes, mitigate risks, and drive informed decision-making.Here are five key areas that CFOs can leverage Caseware IDEA® to elevate their corporate governance processes:1. Duplicate Payments, Spending Patterns and Claims:Caseware IDEA® empowers businesses to sift through vast volumes of data to identify irregularities, inconsistencies, and patterns.Within financial transactions teams can detect irregularities such as duplicate payments...Read More

It is critical when working in industrial environments to make sure that all work takes place safely. The permit to work ensures that all hazards are identified, risks are analysed and the necessary controls are implemented to protect against an incident. In industrial plants, a great deal of effort is taken to ensure that every permit is adequately planned, prepared, issued and closed off. Where isolations are needed, these are also tightly controlled to ensure there is no chance of any harm from the uncontrolled release of energy. Enhancing the electronic permit to work system An electronic permit to work system like IntelliPERMIT is ideal for controlling work in complex and potentially dangerous environments. But there is always space for improvement. There are several opportunities for enhancing safety when IntelliPERMIT is linked to data from certain external systems, for example, supervisory control and data acquisition systems (SCADA), geographic information systems (GIS) and...Read More

“Change is inevitable and learning to embrace it rather than resist it, is critical to survival and success. We strive to maintain an open mindset and introspect to keep learning and re-evaluating what we do, to make it better, and remain agile and flexible in our decision-making to respond and adjust to an ever-changing world.”...Read More