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Hitachi enhances partner programme
Hitachi Data Systems Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, recently announced a series of significant enhancements to the award-winning Hitachi TrueNorth Partner Program. The improved programme for 2013 focusses on specialisation, education, incentives...
Risk profiling improves border control
Looking back over the last couple of years, South Africa has attracted the interest of several high-profile events - the most prominent being the 2010 Soccer World Cup and, more recently, the 2013 BRICS Summit and World Economic Forum Africa 2013. These are...
SA’s LLU caught in a continuous loop
Despite claims to the contrary by the country’s Department of Communications (DoC), broadband penetration in South Africa remains extremely low, which is hindering the country’s socio-economic growth. The DoC is being questioned about figures it released as fact in...
Is the $200 PC in reach?
Can PC makers produce ultrathin, touchscreen PCs that are appealing to consumers - and that are priced at just $200? The answer could be yes - if microprocessor vendor Intel is willing to cut the price of its semiconductor components to PC makers, according to a PC...
CFOs drive change in organisations
Chief financial officers (CFOs) have become more influential over the last three years, and now have the potential to drive change across the whole organisation rather than just the financial function. This is one of the findings from research co-sponsored by Oracle...
Cape Town takes on the world in BPO
The Cape Town CBD has emerged as a consistent global contender in terms of offshore and local business process outsourcing (BPO), of which call centres are a big part. BPO involves a company contracting the operations and responsibilities of specific business...
Léger takes reins from Kleynhans
Schneider Electric has announced the appointment of Eric Léger as country president for southern Africa, effective 01 April 2013. Previously country president at Schneider Electric Korea (Schneider Electric Taiwan since 2011), Léger replaces Carl Kleynhans, who held...
Red Square goes online
South African clothing, footwear and textiles (CFT) retailing group, Edcon, will expand its e-business today (27 May), when it opens the e-commerce door to its Red Square brand. Already home to Edgars, Jet, CNA and Boardmans – and following the successful launch of...
And the top supply chain players are …
Gartner has released the findings from its ninth annual Supply Chain Top 25. The goal of the Supply Chain Top 25 research initiative is to raise awareness of the supply chain discipline and how it impacts the business. "At the heart of the Supply Chain Top 25 is the...
Small businesses grow with technology
A common cause of business failure is over-investment in fixed assets: the high costs associated with purchasing, setting up and managing infrastructure, hardware and software can be daunting and detrimental to the cash required to fund the growth of the business....
McAfee, Intel deliver new security model
McAfee has announced McAfee LiveSafe service, the first unlimited cross-device security service to use cutting-edge facial and voice recognition technology to protect users' digital lives. Delivering on the joint vision with Intel to redefine the consumer security...
ESN could improve the bottom line
The popularity of social networking was reiterated again recently when it was reported that last year, Americans spent 74-billion minutes – or approximately 20% of their time – on social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter, much of which happened during company...
Ninzi-Connect to distribute OpenSpan in SA
Ninzi-Connect, a telecommunications and contact centre solutions provider with over 20 years experience in the contact centre market has announced it has been appointed as the sole OpenSpan distributor in South Africa. OpenSpan provides desktop analytics and desktop...
Hitachi enhances partner programme
Hitachi Data Systems Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, recently announced a series of significant enhancements to the award-winning Hitachi TrueNorth Partner Program. The improved programme for 2013 focusses on specialisation, education, incentives...
Risk profiling improves border control
Looking back over the last couple of years, South Africa has attracted the interest of several high-profile events - the most prominent being the 2010 Soccer World Cup and, more recently, the 2013 BRICS Summit and World Economic Forum Africa 2013. These are...
SA’s LLU caught in a continuous loop
Despite claims to the contrary by the country’s Department of Communications (DoC), broadband penetration in South Africa remains extremely low, which is hindering the country’s socio-economic growth. The DoC is being questioned about figures it released as fact in...
Is the $200 PC in reach?
Can PC makers produce ultrathin, touchscreen PCs that are appealing to consumers - and that are priced at just $200? The answer could be yes - if microprocessor vendor Intel is willing to cut the price of its semiconductor components to PC makers, according to a PC...
CFOs drive change in organisations
Chief financial officers (CFOs) have become more influential over the last three years, and now have the potential to drive change across the whole organisation rather than just the financial function. This is one of the findings from research co-sponsored by Oracle...
Cape Town takes on the world in BPO
The Cape Town CBD has emerged as a consistent global contender in terms of offshore and local business process outsourcing (BPO), of which call centres are a big part. BPO involves a company contracting the operations and responsibilities of specific business...
Léger takes reins from Kleynhans
Schneider Electric has announced the appointment of Eric Léger as country president for southern Africa, effective 01 April 2013. Previously country president at Schneider Electric Korea (Schneider Electric Taiwan since 2011), Léger replaces Carl Kleynhans, who held...