by Kathy Gibson | Sep 14, 2019 | Features
Consumer e-commerce companies are setting a new pace for B2B IT resellers. Technology resellers operating in the business-to-business market are coming under pressure to offer a customer experience that more closely resembles the seamless, on-demand interactions...
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 14, 2019 | Features
South Africans are well-known for their participation in stokvel saving schemes where members contribute a fixed monthly amount that is paid out to a specific member on a specified date. Nicol Myburgh, Head of the HR Business Unit at CRS Technologies, says employers...
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 14, 2019 | Features
Almost every enterprise today is taking advantage of cloud computing in some form or other. The ‘as a service’ world, where software, platform, infrastructure and more are offered on a pay-as-you-use model, offers business benefits that are simply too significant to...
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 14, 2019 | Features
The public sector needs to afford South African black businesses opportunities that will ensure the sustainability and self-reliance of the country. This is the word from says Jasco’s MD in the Business Development Cluster, Thapelo Petje. Petje says government knows...
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 14, 2019 | Trends and Analysis
Cloud gives resellers an opportunity to tap the massive SME market. Enterprise IT resellers that have traditionally focused on the mid to high end of the market are now viewing software-as-a-service (SaaS) and the cloud as an opportunity to target small and medium...
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 14, 2019 | Trends and Analysis
Making it easier for consumers to pay their municipal bills could transform revenue collections for South Africa’s struggling metros and municipalities, bringing in much-needed funds to improve service delivery in the process. Thomas Pays, the CEO of South African...
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 14, 2019 | Trends and Analysis
Gender equality is one of the 17 goals identified by the United Nations (UN) as critical in creating a sustainable future. By Saurabh Kumar, CEO at In2IT Technologies South Africa The UN aims for its Sustainable Development Goals to be realised by 2030. The reality,...
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 14, 2019 | Thought Leadership
Is this Africa’s Century, as President Cyril Ramaphosa said at the recent WEF on Africa gathering? By Doug Woolley, GM of Dell Technologies South Africa I believe it is – the event made solid headway in charting a course forward for African-centric solutions to...
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 14, 2019 | Thought Leadership
Why do we stop at traffic lights? By Ayanda Kotobe, finance director at RS Components It’s not because we are naturally attuned to seeing red as the order to stop. If that were the case, red dresses and apples wouldn’t be as popular as they are. Red catches our...
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 14, 2019 | Thought Leadership
While technology certainly plays a role, transformation is the key word. By Vusa Nyathi, senior project manager at T-Systems South Africa Transformation changes the way businesses work, both internally and externally. An exclusive focus on the customer experience is...