In his 1999 book, "Business at the Speed of Thought", Bill Gates wrote: "How you gather, manage and use information will determine whether you win or lose." The book may be more than 10 years old, but this statement has never been more relevant to today's complex supply chain environment in South Africa.

HighJump Software has acquired three strategic partners in China: Anchor Information Technology Ltd., Hentor and Hyrus.

Ingram Micro Inc., the wholesale distributor of technology equipment and provider of supporting logistics services, has entered into a multi-year agreement with SquareTrade.

Technology executives are the biggest buyers from a mobile device, with more than two-fifths reporting they use mobile to research transactions greater than $100,000, according to a Forbes Insights and Google survey of 511 executives.