The Dutch sociologist Jan van Dijk termed humankind’s relationship with the latest electronic devices as the “anthropomorphication of technology”, meaning that technology no longer serves as a mere tool used to gratify certain needs, but has become an extension of our...
For a company that started life in a humble garden shed in Johannesburg’s northern suburbs, CENTURION’s steady rise to global recognition – one might even say fame – is nothing short of astounding. The 1990s and early 2000s saw CENTURION establish a number...
Whenever the topic of maintenance is brought up, it brings to mind a certain scene from Shakespeare’s play Macbeth (a play which, according to superstition, must only be referred to as “the Scottish play” within a theatre setting). You know, the one in which Macbeth...
Centurion Systems is your turnkey partner for all your industrial and commercial access control requirements, manufacturing as well as supplying an extensive range of advanced and powerfully robust solutions for use on high-volume sites. Following the company’s...
From as early as the 1990s, scholars have been challenging so-called traditional marketing practises – including the well-known traditional marketing mix, or four Ps – proposing a paradigm shift towards what has become known as relationship marketing. Unlike...
In his ground-breaking book The Network Society (1996), Spanish sociologist and communications scholar Manuel Castells noted that, in a truly connected society underpinned by the widespread deployment of information and communication technologies (ICTs), these...
