Leading South African ICT management and managed services provider Integr8 has earned qualification from Topco Media as one of the country’s Top Empowered Organisations and recognition in Impumelelo: SA’s Top Empowered Companies as a front-runner in its sector.
Topco Media is an established events and publishing house focused on business-to-business communication. Impumelelo is one of Topco Media’s offerings and serves as a definitive guide to transformation through black economic empowerment.
In correspondence sent to Integr8 and penned by Topco Media’s CEO Ralf Fletcher, it was confirmed that the ICT services company met with specific criteria to achieve the qualification.
Criteria included empowerment credentials (B-BBEE scorecard), financial performance (positive growth) and Triple Bottom Line (Social, Economic and Environment).
Integr8 uses its high-tech digital hub, namely the Integr8 Nerve Centre, to provide a comprehensive portfolio of managed ICT services to domestic and international clients.The company’s overall offering covers support services, financial services, managed services and Cloud Computing. It is designed to assist businesses to acquire, implement and leverage off technology to enhance operations, improve decision making and gain competitive advantage.
Managed services include infrastructure management, converged communications, connectivity, ISP services, disaster recovery, security and storage. The company’s expertise also extends to the Cloud computing paradigm and includes video conferencing, VoIP and international calling, managed hosting and IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service).
Recently, executive leadership at Integr8 confirmed the company’s inclusion in the 2014 Western Cape Top300 Companies guide, a collaborative effort involving Topco Media, Wesgro, The Cape Chamber of Commerce, the Graduate School of Business and the Department of Arts and Culture.
Robert Sussman, joint CEO of Integr8, says the inclusion in Impumelelo: SA’s Top Empowered Companies proves that the domestic technology services industry is growing, becoming more competitive and features opportunity for service providers with the expertise, knowledge and determination to meet a need in the market.
“We are delighted with this latest recognition… it motivates us to work even harder to continue leading in this vibrant and energetic sector,” he adds.
