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Building, retaining customer relationships
“It takes just a split second when looking up to see at least one, but typically many, people looking down at their smartphones, preoccupied with matters ranging from work to social,” says Ebrahim Dinat, COO at contact centre solutions provider, Ocular Technologies....
Canon wins five BLI awards
Canon Europe, world-leader in imaging solutions, today announces that it has received five 2015 Winter Pick of the Year awards, including an Outstanding Achievement in Energy Efficiency and an award for Outstanding Document Imaging Solution Suite from testing and...
Lead generating e-mail campaigns
Sending out an e-mail as part of your lead generation campaign is not unlike trying to strike up a conversation with someone who you would ultimately like to date. The goal is to be so irresistible with that pick-up line that the prospective suitor – or in this case,...
Intervate, TFG win award for Intranet design
TFG's (The Foschini Group's) recently-developed Intranet solution has been confirmed as one of the world’s top 10 Intranets in the prestigious 2015 Nielsen Norman Intranet Design Annual.Developed in partnership with Intervate – an enterprise information management...
Trends in people development in 2015
Businesses have long struggled with how to effectively train their employees, while showing a solid return on investment (ROI). The challenge training and HR practitioners face is that the traditional approach to learning is dry, passive and disengaging. Today’s...
Does work/life balance still exist?
Much has been written about how to maintain an effective balance between work and personal life. But if one looks back at the past decade, the integration of technology in our lives has already resulted in a more balanced lifestyle. After all, one can hardly compare...
Business continuity questions CEOs must ask
Many CEOs tend to see business continuity management purely within the context of complying with King III and other governance codes. But, says Leigh-Anne van As, business development manager at ContinuitySA, CEOs also need to see how business continuity management...
Stratus partners with Omlis
Stratus Technologies, the leading provider of availability solutions, and secure mobile payments provider, Omlis, has announced a global partnership. Through this partnership Omlis and Stratus will jointly deliver infrastructure and mobile payments security solutions...
Malware targets banking systems, users
A significant new malware threat targeting online banking systems and their customers was detected by Kaspersky Lab’s security analysts towards the end of 2014. Identified as an evolution of the infamous ZeuS Trojan, Trojan-Banker.Win32.Chthonic, or Chthonic for...
Will oil price drive an SA turnaround?
Recent drastic declines in the international oil price and the resultant sharp cuts in the local petrol price could herald a sharp turnaround in South Africa’s more immediate fortunes, says Old Mutual Investment Group. And this sharp fall, if sustained, will have a...
IoT set to impact manufacturing
The Internet of Things (IoT) is on track to dramatically transform manufacturers' products, services and operations in 2015. While the hype persists around IoT, IDC Manufacturing Insight notes there are many signs that show confidence in IoT is with good reason. The...
Software AG releases Q4 results
Software AG has released its financial results (IFRS, preliminary) for the fourth quarter and 2014 fiscal year. The software company's upward trend noted in the third quarter continued through the end of the year. Key performance indicators further improved...
Schneider introduces new StruxureWare
Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, has introduced StruxureWare Data Center Operation v7.4, which provides new capabilities, allowing companies to strike the right balance between high availability and peak efficiency throughout the data...
Building, retaining customer relationships
“It takes just a split second when looking up to see at least one, but typically many, people looking down at their smartphones, preoccupied with matters ranging from work to social,” says Ebrahim Dinat, COO at contact centre solutions provider, Ocular Technologies....
Canon wins five BLI awards
Canon Europe, world-leader in imaging solutions, today announces that it has received five 2015 Winter Pick of the Year awards, including an Outstanding Achievement in Energy Efficiency and an award for Outstanding Document Imaging Solution Suite from testing and...
Lead generating e-mail campaigns
Sending out an e-mail as part of your lead generation campaign is not unlike trying to strike up a conversation with someone who you would ultimately like to date. The goal is to be so irresistible with that pick-up line that the prospective suitor – or in this case,...
Intervate, TFG win award for Intranet design
TFG's (The Foschini Group's) recently-developed Intranet solution has been confirmed as one of the world’s top 10 Intranets in the prestigious 2015 Nielsen Norman Intranet Design Annual.Developed in partnership with Intervate – an enterprise information management...
Trends in people development in 2015
Businesses have long struggled with how to effectively train their employees, while showing a solid return on investment (ROI). The challenge training and HR practitioners face is that the traditional approach to learning is dry, passive and disengaging. Today’s...
Does work/life balance still exist?
Much has been written about how to maintain an effective balance between work and personal life. But if one looks back at the past decade, the integration of technology in our lives has already resulted in a more balanced lifestyle. After all, one can hardly compare...
Business continuity questions CEOs must ask
Many CEOs tend to see business continuity management purely within the context of complying with King III and other governance codes. But, says Leigh-Anne van As, business development manager at ContinuitySA, CEOs also need to see how business continuity management...