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MTN launches Cliq5 promotion
In a move designed to give its prepaid, MTN AnyTime Top-Up, and My MTNChoice customers additional value when connecting to their top five dialled MTN numbers, MTN South Africa has introduced Cliq5, a promotion available in R6, R8 and R12 denominations. Rates across...
The downside of upside risk
Languages evolve continually - as long as meaning remains clear, I don’t mind how language gets adapted. So when people start making a verb into a noun (to party, to author, to privilege, to google, to blog), I don’t flinch at all, says Paul Marketos, director at...
The Entertainer rolls out Zetes solution
Zetes has recently implemented its latest generation ZetesAthena In-Store Management solution to The Entertainer, one of the UK’s largest toy retailers. The Entertainer selected ZetesAthena to help improve stock auditing across its growing network of UK stores....
How to overcome change management flaws
Kathy Gibson reports from SMEXA 2014 - There is a critical weak point in organisational change management. Change management is a powerful tool to get an organisation from one state to another – but many projects fail. In fact as many as 70% of change initiatives...
Does change management need to change?
Kathy Gibson reports from SMEXA 2014 - Too often companies consider change management for the right reasons but implement it incorrectly. Typically, organisations want to consider change management because an auditor gives them a qualified audit report; because there...
The business of change within IT
Kathy Gibson reports from SMEXA 2014 - IT is seeing massive changes – but the reason is because consumer expectations are changing. NetIQ’s Connie Grobler points out that too often IT is unable to meet consumer needs, so users simply go out and rent services on the...
Service drives efficient delivery
Kathy Gibson reports from SMEXA 2014 - The IT services landscape has changed over the last years, and service is now arguably more important than the simple delivery of services. Stephen Mann of ServiceNow points out that IT shouldn’t be seen as a cost, but as an...
Make sure IT works as an enabler
Kathy Gibson reports from SMEXA 2014 - The buzzword today is about using IT to enable change, but there’s a lot to be done to make sure it works. Richard Cascarino, from IT auditing company Richard Cascarino and Associates, quotes GM’s Jack Welch that IT has been the...
Baumhart tipped as new VMware country manager
It is believed that VMware has filled the position of country manager, with Fred Baumhart – previously chief technology officer of Microsoft SA – tipped to be taking up the post.
Smart cities set to boom
A new report from IHS Technology shows that the number of smart cities worldwide will quadruple within a 12-year period as governments partner with the private sector to address urban challenges. Smart cities are emerging in response to an increasingly urbanised world dealing with scarce resources. They address issues such as congestion, energy waste, efficient resource management and improved quality of life.
Biometrics expected to boom in retail
Biometric technology is increasingly becoming a part of life, but it still remains confined to specific applications where the need for identity authentication is paramount. Technology vendors like Ideco are touting the use of biometrics in retail as the next big...
Data: the bank manager of the future
A few decades ago, bank managers and storekeepers used to know their individual customers’ shopping or banking behaviour, preferences and needs intimately enough to provide them with personalised advice, recommendations and service that encouraged customer loyalty....
Attix5 improves backup and recovery
With cloud playing an increasingly prominent role in business operations, companies are trying their utmost to protect their cloud-based data without compromising on security or quality. Attix5 has the answer. With a range of cloud solutions - ensuring secure back up...
MTN launches Cliq5 promotion
In a move designed to give its prepaid, MTN AnyTime Top-Up, and My MTNChoice customers additional value when connecting to their top five dialled MTN numbers, MTN South Africa has introduced Cliq5, a promotion available in R6, R8 and R12 denominations. Rates across...
The downside of upside risk
Languages evolve continually - as long as meaning remains clear, I don’t mind how language gets adapted. So when people start making a verb into a noun (to party, to author, to privilege, to google, to blog), I don’t flinch at all, says Paul Marketos, director at...
The Entertainer rolls out Zetes solution
Zetes has recently implemented its latest generation ZetesAthena In-Store Management solution to The Entertainer, one of the UK’s largest toy retailers. The Entertainer selected ZetesAthena to help improve stock auditing across its growing network of UK stores....
How to overcome change management flaws
Kathy Gibson reports from SMEXA 2014 - There is a critical weak point in organisational change management. Change management is a powerful tool to get an organisation from one state to another – but many projects fail. In fact as many as 70% of change initiatives...
Does change management need to change?
Kathy Gibson reports from SMEXA 2014 - Too often companies consider change management for the right reasons but implement it incorrectly. Typically, organisations want to consider change management because an auditor gives them a qualified audit report; because there...
The business of change within IT
Kathy Gibson reports from SMEXA 2014 - IT is seeing massive changes – but the reason is because consumer expectations are changing. NetIQ’s Connie Grobler points out that too often IT is unable to meet consumer needs, so users simply go out and rent services on the...
Service drives efficient delivery
Kathy Gibson reports from SMEXA 2014 - The IT services landscape has changed over the last years, and service is now arguably more important than the simple delivery of services. Stephen Mann of ServiceNow points out that IT shouldn’t be seen as a cost, but as an...