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Avis Fleet Services invests in Sage ERP X3
Avis Fleet Services (AFS), a leader in vehicle leasing and fleet management solutions, has invested in Sage ERP X3 as its future financial platform. “This strategic investment is part of our company’s future growth and expansion strategy and the need to provide...
Data centre, CSP innovation boosts business
Data centres are the hub of today’s organisations, housing mission-critical servers, data, applications and services that keep businesses running, says Gert Schoonbee, MD of T-Systems in South Africa. However, with the growth of cloud platforms, organisations are...
Jasco Converged Solutions cements offerings
Jasco has consolidated its Converged Solutions business following the acquisition and integration of ARC Telecoms last year, a converged voice and IP data telecommunications service provider for the small to medium (SME) sector of South Africa. According to Paven...
How solid is the cloud?
Despite mixed feelings in the market about migrating IT to the cloud and uncertainty about the security of that which resides off-site (even that which is governed by a hybrid cloud model), the level of security in the cloud is really a matter of who you decide to...
Africa legislation portal a first for SA
Human Resource and payroll administration experts have corroborated to launch an information portal dedicated to help businesses across the continent with payroll and tax management. Africa Employment Legislation Library is an international initiative that is focused...
Working women face challenges
Even as we celebrate Women’s Day (9 August 2013), women still face a number of challenges and disparities in the workplace. “Though the workforce and perceptions have changed dramatically over the years and many employers prefer female superiors, there are still a few...
Rape Crisis reaches out on Mxit
On Women’s Day (9 August 2013) the Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust will launch its Rape Information Portal on Mxit. It will form part of Mxit’s “MySafety” app, which currently has 164 475 subscribers. Research conducted by Rape Crisis in 2011 showed that a lack of...
SA could cut government admin by 20%
The South African government could cut administrative costs by as much as 15% to 20% if it were to access information securely and process documents more efficiently, based on effective document process optimisation. Those results are based on the efficiency spike...
New Altron TMT structure revealed
New details have been released about the structure of Altron TMT (telecommunications, multimedia and information technology), the new division at Altron, to be headed up by Craig Venter, current CEO of Allied Technologies (Altech). Altron TMT comprises of Altech and...
Massive PC decline for Western Europe
PC shipments in Western Europe totalled 10,9-million units in the second quarter of 2013, a decline of 19,8% compared with the same period in 2012, according to Gartner. "The market exit of the netbook PC, and vendors reducing their inventory to get the new Intel...
The ABCs of A2P SMS messaging
The ever-resilient SMS industry has had a pretty busy start to 2013. Firstly, messaging via mobile applications such as WhatsApp has cannibalised a large portion of person-to-person (P2P) SMS messaging, says Dr Pieter Streicher, MD BulkSMS.com. This left...
Absa uses Condeco, Kathea to optimise ITSM
Modern facility management combined with smart technology and managed services plays an important role in the achievement of key imperatives for Absa bank, the largest retail banking group in South Africa, namely maximising staff productivity, and encouraging...
CRS extends solutions throughout Africa
CRS HR & Payroll Solutions, a national provider of services and solutions to the Human Resources and Payroll markets in Africa, was recently invited to the Institute of People Management of Zimbabwe’s (IPMZ) annual conference 2013 at Victoria Falls. The company’s...
Avis Fleet Services invests in Sage ERP X3
Avis Fleet Services (AFS), a leader in vehicle leasing and fleet management solutions, has invested in Sage ERP X3 as its future financial platform. “This strategic investment is part of our company’s future growth and expansion strategy and the need to provide...
Data centre, CSP innovation boosts business
Data centres are the hub of today’s organisations, housing mission-critical servers, data, applications and services that keep businesses running, says Gert Schoonbee, MD of T-Systems in South Africa. However, with the growth of cloud platforms, organisations are...
Jasco Converged Solutions cements offerings
Jasco has consolidated its Converged Solutions business following the acquisition and integration of ARC Telecoms last year, a converged voice and IP data telecommunications service provider for the small to medium (SME) sector of South Africa. According to Paven...
How solid is the cloud?
Despite mixed feelings in the market about migrating IT to the cloud and uncertainty about the security of that which resides off-site (even that which is governed by a hybrid cloud model), the level of security in the cloud is really a matter of who you decide to...
Africa legislation portal a first for SA
Human Resource and payroll administration experts have corroborated to launch an information portal dedicated to help businesses across the continent with payroll and tax management. Africa Employment Legislation Library is an international initiative that is focused...
Working women face challenges
Even as we celebrate Women’s Day (9 August 2013), women still face a number of challenges and disparities in the workplace. “Though the workforce and perceptions have changed dramatically over the years and many employers prefer female superiors, there are still a few...
Rape Crisis reaches out on Mxit
On Women’s Day (9 August 2013) the Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust will launch its Rape Information Portal on Mxit. It will form part of Mxit’s “MySafety” app, which currently has 164 475 subscribers. Research conducted by Rape Crisis in 2011 showed that a lack of...