Cisco Capital eases finance burden

Cisco Expo SA 2013, Sun City – Among its main announcements at this year’s Expo, Cisco unveiled a range of financing options from Cisco Capital aimed at easing the burden of the current global economic conditions on its customers. Ross Davies, financial solutions...

Mbeki-style Advisory Council on cards?

Cisco Expo SA 2013, Sun City – Government could soon reformulate an ICT Advisory Council similar to the one that former president Thabo Mbeki created during his tenure. Cisco SA MD Alpheus Mangale says he, and the networking giant, would be keen to assist in any way...

Smartphone sales set to lead in 2013

More smartphones are forecast to be shipped globally than feature phones in 2013 – the first such occurrence in the mobile phone market on an annual basis.  According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors...

BCX launches public cloud service

Business Connexion (BCX) has launched a new public cloud service, specifically targeting SMEs.  Business Connexion SME Cloud Services, which will be delivered via the reseller channel, allows SMEs to make use of standardised resources and applications over the...

UC set to change SA business

Instant messaging, collaboration and video conferencing are the unified communication (UC) features that will have the greatest influence on businesses in South Africa in the next two years, according to a recent survey conducted by Avaya.  The survey conducted by...

Professionals want to have it all

New global research from Accenture, titled Defining Success, has found that more than two-thirds of professionals around the world say they can “have it all”.  In fact, having both a successful career and a full life outside work is so important that many choose a job...