Bloomberg LP has announced the appointment of Samuel J. Palmisano, the former Chairman and CEO of IBM, to serve as an independent adviser regarding the Company’s privacy and data standards.

The trade mark application of superstars Jay-Z and Beyoncé to register the name of their infant daughter, Blue Ivy, as a trade mark has been met with much criticism, both legally and socially.

DocuSign, The Global Standard for eSignature®, welcomed more than 1,000 customers, prospects, partners, and developers at its annual DocuSign MOMENTUM conference. Highlights of the event included keynotes and panels with tech innovators Mary Meeker, general partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers; Angie Hicks, founder and CMO, Angie’s List; Craig Kielburger, Free The Children and Me To We cofounder; and top executives from DocuSign customers Allergan, Cox, Hewlett-Packard, Iron Mountain, Lennar, LinkedIn, LPL Financial, McAfee, salesforce.com, Silicon Valley Bank, State of North Carolina, TD Ameritrade Institutional, Transamerica, Wyndham Worldwide, and others.

Wireless Seismic, Inc. announced today the delivery of 7,500 channels of its RT System 2 real-time and cable-less seismic data acquisition system to Asian Oilfield Services, Ltd. (ASIAN). Based in Gurgaon, India, ASIAN selected RT System 2 for large-scale 3D acquisition projects in the rugged terrains of Kurdistan, beginning June 2013.

Global card customization specialist Serverside Group, today announced the granting of a license of its US card customization patents to DimpleDough, Inc. (DimpleDough, a Ohio based financial services provider) along with its customers Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. (Jack Henry), Eastern Bank and Credit Union 1 (CU1) and the dismissal of those parties from the suit brought against them (and other parties) by Serverside in Delaware.

A strong Black Middle Class (BMC) is arguably one of the most crucial segments to the wellbeing of our country as this group has significant impact on boosting our economy, encouraging job creation and contributing to a broader skills base through education.

When it comes to inspiring great works of art, organic objects are not usually at the top of the list. However, the Vega School of Brand Leadership (Vega), an educational brand of the Independent Institute of Education, and Liberty Properties, challenged Vega second year students to find their inspiration through natural products in the world around them.

Comutanet is sponsoring the Advertising Benevolent Fund (ABF) with R50 000 worth of Rank TV airtime, which it can sell to raise much-needed funding for the organisation.

Today work is across many countries, many provinces and many cultures. We are all wide spread. Globalization has taken over and work is 24/7 across various time zones. Work never stops or shuts down. Somewhere, someone is always at work.

Connecto, the smartphone app that provides a business connection hub for consumers, signed up 50 customers within three weeks of its launch and is continuing to grow faster than expected, says CEO Lee Hartman.

In a global economic downturn, the classifieds market has become increasingly competitive with major international classifieds brands looking to actively grow market share in South Africa. And yet, homegrown Junk Mail remains ahead of the pack, winning an international innovation award at the International Classifieds Media Awards in Germany last week.

Africa is a continent experiencing a positive growth rate of more than 5% annually over the past decade and as such provides attractive opportunities for business to invest. To sustain the economic transformation occurring across the continent, the role of private sector involvement cannot be ignored and is pivotal to this process.

The Provantage team was briefed by Grand-Pa to paint the township Grand-Pa blue in a recent campaign aimed at dominating Spaza shop fronts on the main roads and intersections in Tembisa, Soweto and Diepsloot.

SA Natural Products (Pty) Ltd has selected Primedia Unlimited’s Brandyourcar.com to generate awareness around the natural immune booster, Echinaforce, which is running from 1 May to 31 July 2013, on a fleet of carefully chosen branded cars in Pretoria and Johannesburg.

South African agency Gloo is celebrating its ninth recognition at The Webbys, with its Way Better microsite for Clover. The awards were announced in New York on 30 April.

The unprecedented adoption of tablet PCs means the fully mobile enterprise is now possible. But true enterprise mobility also requires access to full ERP functionality on the road, says HansaWorld.

Success in business depends on asking the right questions. ‘Why?’ is always the right question, say the founders of newly launched market research business WhyFive; and marketing wisdom holds that if one asks ‘Why?’ five times, any question will be fully answered.

With the majority of Angostura Bitters’ sales made in the golfing environment where players often enjoy a Rock Shandy or Steelworks in the pub after their game, it’s not surprising that the company wanted to promote its brand in the place where its target audience spends a lot of time.

Awarding and promoting creativity of the highest standards from the rest of Africa and the Middle East is one of the objectives of Loeries. This year, two highly regarded judges from these important regions join the judging at Loeries® Creative Week™ Cape Town from 16 to 22 September 2013.

Gullan&Gullan recently made the strategic decision to expand its Public Relations offering with its fusion of traditional and web PR by ensuring a strong online presence to complement offline outputs. The integration affords Gullan&Gullan a comprehensive digital, social and PR service offering.