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ISIS builds on Huawei partnership
Altech’s Value-Added Partner (VAP) agreement with Huawei has already provided benefits to a number of the group’s customers, and has added value to its offering across all of its enterprise-facing companies. In order to leverage the benefits of this agreement and to...
SA innovators invited to step up
The Step-Up Technology Innovation Competition has launched in South Africa, inviting local innovators to submit their ideas, and possibly win venture capital, technology support, mentorship and market development. The competition is sponsored by Traction, Sasol...
SAP to drive African growth with skills
SAP’s newly-announced Africa-wide skills initiative is crucial to helping the software company achieve its ambitious growth targets on the continent. SAP, which expects African revenue to top $1-billion within the next three years, yesterday launched its Skills for...
New MD for Pinnacle Africa
Tim Humphreys-Davies has been appointed as MD of Pinnacle Africa, effective immediately. Humphreys-Davies will continue to fill the role of regional and marketing MD, but will now also look after traditional Pinnacle Africa business. This includes the Johannesburg...
Better procurement drives results
Companies with high-performing procurement organisations are driving better bottom line results. According to an IBM study announced at the Smarter Commerce Global Summit, these organisations report profit margins of 7,12% as compared to just 5,83% for companies with...
Infrastructure limits African opportunities
Companies doing business on the African continent have identified transport and logistics infrastructure as the most challenging constraint to business operations, followed closely by bribery and corruption. According to Hennie Heymans, MD of DHL Express South...
Operations software shows growth
Worldwide IT operations management (ITOM) software revenue totalled $18-billion in 2012, up 4,8% from $17-billion in 2011, according to final results from Gartner. However, Gartner points out that the "Big Four" ITOM vendors - IBM, CA Technologies, BMC Software and...
Lower semiconductor sales in 2012
Worldwide semiconductor revenues decreased by 2,2% year-over-year to $295-billion in 2012, according to the latest version of the International Data Corporation (IDC) Semiconductor Application Forecaster (SAF). The industry witnessed a slowdown during the second half...
Connected services boosts West African HR
Connected Services enables SME companies to extend their desktop payroll and HR with an online solution that eases the growing burden of HR managers and payroll administrators by offering users the best of both worlds. According to International Data Corporation...
Rules for developing mobile apps
There will be 10-billion mobile devices by 2020, and users will expect to be able to use them to perform much of their work. Those same devices will also be used as command centres for social and professional interactions. Companies have been quick to see the benefits...
Mitigating employee fraud
Research has shown in excess of 80% of serious frauds committed against an organisation are perpetrated by an employee, either alone or in collusion with other employees, says Deirdre Viljoen, forensics manager in the forensics department at Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs....
Pinnacle Africa extends Sony warranty
Pinnacle Africa has announced to its resellers the introduction of an extended warranty on certain Sony South Africa electronics product ranges. Sony South Africa made the announcement at the Sony Conference for Africa held in Cape Town. The extended warranty will be...
Master Drilling optimises infrastructure
Triple4 has created a highly available infrastructure and stable, user-friendly wireless environment for the global provider of specialist drilling solutions for the mining industry. Founded in 1986, Master Drilling provides specialist drilling services to the mining...
ISIS builds on Huawei partnership
Altech’s Value-Added Partner (VAP) agreement with Huawei has already provided benefits to a number of the group’s customers, and has added value to its offering across all of its enterprise-facing companies. In order to leverage the benefits of this agreement and to...
SA innovators invited to step up
The Step-Up Technology Innovation Competition has launched in South Africa, inviting local innovators to submit their ideas, and possibly win venture capital, technology support, mentorship and market development. The competition is sponsored by Traction, Sasol...
SAP to drive African growth with skills
SAP’s newly-announced Africa-wide skills initiative is crucial to helping the software company achieve its ambitious growth targets on the continent. SAP, which expects African revenue to top $1-billion within the next three years, yesterday launched its Skills for...
New MD for Pinnacle Africa
Tim Humphreys-Davies has been appointed as MD of Pinnacle Africa, effective immediately. Humphreys-Davies will continue to fill the role of regional and marketing MD, but will now also look after traditional Pinnacle Africa business. This includes the Johannesburg...
Better procurement drives results
Companies with high-performing procurement organisations are driving better bottom line results. According to an IBM study announced at the Smarter Commerce Global Summit, these organisations report profit margins of 7,12% as compared to just 5,83% for companies with...
Infrastructure limits African opportunities
Companies doing business on the African continent have identified transport and logistics infrastructure as the most challenging constraint to business operations, followed closely by bribery and corruption. According to Hennie Heymans, MD of DHL Express South...
Operations software shows growth
Worldwide IT operations management (ITOM) software revenue totalled $18-billion in 2012, up 4,8% from $17-billion in 2011, according to final results from Gartner. However, Gartner points out that the "Big Four" ITOM vendors - IBM, CA Technologies, BMC Software and...