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IDG Connect’s blog includes topical features from third party experts, our opinions on the global business and IT market, plus your diverse experiences from around the world.
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Kathryn Cave (Africa) - African iPad Business Trends
Posted byKathryn Cave CompanyIDG Connect 01/16/2012
IDG Connect’s 2012 research paper on global iPad business trends threw up some startling results on business iPad use in Africa. In fact, the variances on this continent prove more marked than anywhere else in the world. The most striking of our findings was that Africans appear almost twice as... Read more
Dr. Prasad Ramanathan (India) - Key Considerations for Guiding the Strategy of Enterprise Mobility Adoption – part 2
Posted byDr. Prasad Ramanathan CompanyiGATE Patni 10/02/2011
There are a number of key considerations that need to be taken into account while defining the need for mobile-enablement and prioritizing/ranking which business processes to mobile-enable. a) Identifying the business drivers for adopting mobility - whether its revenue generation, cost reduction, productivity... Read more
Dr Prasad Ramanathan (India) - Key Considerations for Guiding the Strategy of Enterprise Mobility Adoption – part I
Posted byDr. Prasad Ramanathan CompanyiGATE patni 09/22/2011
Three technology revolutions have unfolded since around 1985, the adoption of personal computers, proliferation of the internet, and ownership of mobile phones. Specifically, in geographies like India, the average Indian has started owning a mobile device before even having a land-line. And with the... Read more
Kathryn Cave (Global) - IT Skills Part 4 – The Future
Posted byKathryn Cave CompanyIDG Connect 09/15/2011
To accompany our special report on ‘The Global IT Skills Landscape, Summer 2011' IDG Connect has created a four-part series on IT skills, which has been published over the last four weeks. The final part addresses the future of the IT job market. When I was eleven in the early 90s, I remember trying... Read more
Daniel Viveiros (Global) - The Changing View of Development in the Cloud - Moving Towards a Bright Future: Part 2
Posted byDaniel Viveiros CompanyCi&T 09/15/2011
In the first part of this post, we looked at the rise in popularity of cloud computing among software developers. But questions still remain as to the cloud's security and reliability, and what the future holds. Despite the benefits of cloud development in the speed and cost savings it can offer to... Read more
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What you're Saying
Douglas Cohen (South Africa) - Connecting Rural Areas (Part 1)
I think there has been some real progress in the cities but it's true that there's still much work to be done on the outskirts and rural areas and there...
Gordon05-21-2012
Malhar Barai (Global) - The Content Conundrum : Redefining the Content Strategy
Malhar, thanks for identifying key requirements in redefining the content strategy. I'd like to add an additional challenge to be addressed by the content...
Ram Dixit05-18-2012
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South Africa: Connecting rural areas with technology http://t.co/rJDeMp6y
Blog: Avoid missed calls in your business http://t.co/D4dC7Lch
Global: How to address the 'content conundrum' http://t.co/oaJVqnAO
Global: Exploring hidden costs in the cloud http://t.co/DkO6uUxE
