Africell Holding acquires Orange Uganda

Africell Holding has signed an agreement with the Orange Group to acquire its majority stake in Orange Uganda.  The transaction upon completion, following regulatory approval, would bring Africell’s portfolio to four operations with a total market potential of over...

High performance driven by learning culture

“A learning culture is what enables Cisco and Apple to out-innovate their competitors … it is what enables ING Direct, Zappos and Starbucks to grow at rates 10 to 100 times their competitors. “And it is what prevented Digital Equipment Company, Tandem, Apollo...

SARS reconciliation deadline looms

South African companies have only a few days left to submit their annual SARS reconciliations if they are to meet the 30 May deadline. If you miss the deadline or submit incomplete or inaccurate data, your business will be subject to stiff financial penalties for each...

UCS’ employment programmes a success

UCS Solutions reveals growing success with its internship and learnership programmes, specifically geared to provide formal employment to individuals who otherwise would not have this opportunity. UCS Solutions is a leading systems and services company focussed on the...

EMC acquires DSSD, extends Flash portfolio

EMC Corporation has announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held DSSD. Menlo Park-based DSSD is the developer of innovative new rack-scale flash storage architecture for I/O-intensive in-memory databases and Big Data workloads like...

Global Micro makes strategic appointments

Global Micro, South Africa’s most experienced hosted infrastructure IT provider, has announced two strategic appointments, as it diversifies its distribution strategy around its core cloud offerings. Izak Laubscher has been appointed chief cloud architect, taking over...