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Supply chain management now a degree
As South African businesses continue to expand their footprint into Africa to tap into the continent’s expanding consumer market and growing middle class, so the shortage of managers with suitable high-level skills in export and supply chain management is becoming...
Women have the edge in business
Women have better interpersonal skills as they are more likely to show empathy, deal with conflict management and have a higher sense of self-awareness, according to Hay Group research from it 17 000-person behavioural competency database. Hay Group Global Leadership...
Rectron takes Ricoh into distribution
Ricoh SA and Rectron South Africa have inked an exclusive two-year distribution agreement for Ricoh’s consumer, small office home office (SOHO) and small business printers, multifunction printers, consumables and solutions. The agreement signals Ricoh SA’s first step...
New GM for Nokia SA
Shaun Durandt has been appointed as GM for Nokia South Africa. As of June 2013, Durandt has been tasked to lead the Nokia business within the South African market, ensuring that short and long term objectives are met. With the goal of providing strategic, operational...
BYOD puts company info at risk
Company e-mails, personal SMSes, family photos, confidential company documents, customer contact details – today’s consumer stores huge volumes of information on their mobile devices. And, the line between what’s yours and what’s mine are blurred. “Whether...
Intel aims to re-engineer the data centre
As the massive growth of information technology services places increasing demand on the data centre, Intel has outlined its strategy to re-architect the underlying infrastructure, allowing companies and end users to benefit from an increasingly services-oriented,...
MTN group CFO resigns
MTN’s group chief financial officer (CFO) Nazir Patel has resigned with immediate effect. The reason for his resignation, according to Patel, is that he does not wish his continued employment to prejudice MTN regarding allegations made against him, which are subject...
African SMEs get access to funding
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved the Africa Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) Programme, a four-year, $125-million funding programme combined with a $3,98-million technical assistance package granted by the Fund for African Private Sector Assistance...
SA CIOs can drive business innovation
The pace of change in the world of IT is phenomenal; every three months, new trends and technologies emerge that change the way people live and work. Keeping up with ongoing technological revolutions and further applying them to solve business problems has become a...
Five tips for securing a wireless network
Sophos has suggested best practices that can help administrators go beyond the basics of wireless security to provide advanced security, manageability and accessibility. “It isn’t hard to set up security for the wireless router in your basement by changing the SSID,...
Etisalat announces revenue increase
Etisalat Group, a leading telecoms operator in the Middle East, Africa and Asia, today announced strong results for the second quarter of 2013, with an increase of quarterly consolidated revenues and subscribers across its operating markets. Key highlights for Q2 2013...
Genesys launches Proactive Engagement
Genesys, a leading provider of customer service and contact centre solutions, has announced the launch of Genesys Proactive Engagement, a powerful new offering that increases Web sales and first contact resolution for customer service. With Genesys Proactive...
Moving from on-premise to the cloud
Gartner has said that by the end of 2013, 75% of global call centres will be making use of the hosted call centre model – which leaves 25% of call centres likely relying on premise-based solutions that use their private branch exchange (PBX) to perform basic call...
Supply chain management now a degree
As South African businesses continue to expand their footprint into Africa to tap into the continent’s expanding consumer market and growing middle class, so the shortage of managers with suitable high-level skills in export and supply chain management is becoming...
Women have the edge in business
Women have better interpersonal skills as they are more likely to show empathy, deal with conflict management and have a higher sense of self-awareness, according to Hay Group research from it 17 000-person behavioural competency database. Hay Group Global Leadership...
Rectron takes Ricoh into distribution
Ricoh SA and Rectron South Africa have inked an exclusive two-year distribution agreement for Ricoh’s consumer, small office home office (SOHO) and small business printers, multifunction printers, consumables and solutions. The agreement signals Ricoh SA’s first step...
New GM for Nokia SA
Shaun Durandt has been appointed as GM for Nokia South Africa. As of June 2013, Durandt has been tasked to lead the Nokia business within the South African market, ensuring that short and long term objectives are met. With the goal of providing strategic, operational...
BYOD puts company info at risk
Company e-mails, personal SMSes, family photos, confidential company documents, customer contact details – today’s consumer stores huge volumes of information on their mobile devices. And, the line between what’s yours and what’s mine are blurred. “Whether...
Intel aims to re-engineer the data centre
As the massive growth of information technology services places increasing demand on the data centre, Intel has outlined its strategy to re-architect the underlying infrastructure, allowing companies and end users to benefit from an increasingly services-oriented,...
MTN group CFO resigns
MTN’s group chief financial officer (CFO) Nazir Patel has resigned with immediate effect. The reason for his resignation, according to Patel, is that he does not wish his continued employment to prejudice MTN regarding allegations made against him, which are subject...