Connection Telecom acquires FatBudgie

PBX and call centre provider Connection Telecom has acquired FatBudgie, a cloud PBX provider for business and a market leader in the small to medium enterprise and home office segment. David Meintjes, Connection Telecom MD, says the transaction increases the number of...

SAP commits to the cloud, Africa

Kathy Gibson at Saphila 2014 – Although SAP’s roots are firmly in ERP, through acquisitions and in-house development the software giant has, over the last four years, expanded its portfolio to enable customer innovation across applications, analytics, database,...

How to succeed with innovation

Kathy Gibson at Saphila 2014 – Anyone can create innovative ideas and make them happen. This is the word from Frans Johansson, author of The Click Moment, who says that life taught him that when he was able to combine concepts from different areas, he was able to...

Why do SAP projects fail?

Kathy Gibson at Saphila 2014 – The majority of SAP projects that fail are not as a result of the technology, but because they are usually coupled with huge transformation projects. This is the word from Sasol CIO Alec Joannou, who points out that coupling with...

Epson appoints Tarsus as Tier 1 distributor

Epson has announced the appointment of Tarsus as a Tier 1 broad-based distributor of Epson printers, scanners, multi-function devices and projectors. “Tarsus will certainly strengthen our channel development plans in South Africa,” says Kelvin Reynolds, GM for Epson...

SA grapples with data monetisation

As South African enterprises grapple with the changes presented by the big four disruptive technologies, one of the most pressing issues emerging locally is how to monetise business data, and how to keep it secure. Hannes van Vuuren, director: Software Group at IBM...