Location makes a difference for SMEs

City slickers really do have it better than country folk – at least where the profitability of their businesses is concerned. That’s one of the surprise findings of SME Survey 2014, which has revealed that businesses in cities, or headquartered in cities, are...

Mustek expects earnings to be up

Mustek has issued a trading statement, alerting shareholders to increased earnings.The company states that, for the year ended 30 June 2014, its headline earnings per share and basic earnings per share are expected to be at least 20% higher than the headline earnings...

Internet Solutions expands African PoPs

Internet Solutions (IS) has today announced the addition of three points of presence (PoPs) to its extensive network across the African continent. The company’s new PoPs in Lesotho, Swaziland and Malawi enhance IS’s network accessibility and capability to better...

SAP contributes to Germany win

Germany has taken their fourth World Cup title thanks to a 1-0 win over Argentina at the Maracanã stadium – partly due to technology. Success can never be fully planned; good and bad fortune plays too big a role for that in football, says Manoj Bhoola, director:...

Paper-based records still dominate in SA

Despite modern technology resulting in many businesses now working with electronic documents, 90% of local businesses are still storing original paper documents. This is according to the 2014 Metrofile Information and Records Management Trends Index conducted among...