by Kathy Gibson | Mar 17, 2017 | news
The Constitutional Court has ensured that social security grants will be paid from 1 April, having extended the current contract with Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) for 12 months, while the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) transitions to a new system. The...
by Kathy Gibson | Mar 17, 2017 | news
Access to financing and credit, and making an inroad into markets remain two key challenges for entrepreneurs going into 2017. In an article in Techfinancials.co.za, Dominique Collett, head of AlphaCode, a Rand Merchant Investments club for fintech start-up...
by Kathy Gibson | Mar 17, 2017 | Product Showcase
Lenovo, through its subsidiary, Motorola Mobility, launched Moto G5 and Moto G5 Plus, the fifth generation of the Moto G family. The Moto G, with a metal design, is available in lunar gray or fine gold, with an all-day 2800 mAh battery and a 10W rapid charger. The 1.4...
by Kathy Gibson | Mar 17, 2017 | Product Showcase
Westcon-Comstor Southern Africa is providing reseller partners the opportunity to provide end-user customers advanced security features, at scale, following the announcement from vendor partner Palo Alto Networks that it has expanded its range of next-generation...
by Kathy Gibson | Mar 17, 2017 | Features
The legacy of enterprise management systems used by parastatals and State Owned Enterprises (SOE) is renowned for its exorbitant software development and implementation costs as a result of inadequate IT requirement scoping and current legacy solutions pricing...
by Kathy Gibson | Mar 17, 2017 | Features
Latest-generation enterprise technologies have the potential to improve financial and operational management within public sector entities, and enhance service delivery to citizens, write John Mokiti, business development manager: government and public services for...
by Kathy Gibson | Mar 17, 2017 | Trends and Analysis
Today, consumers are constantly searching to establish connections to the businesses they use. However, they are doing so while simultaneously demanding ease. A well-trained call centre is perfect to build relationships, but the experience can be overshadowed by a...
by Kathy Gibson | Mar 17, 2017 | Trends and Analysis
Artificial intelligence (AI) can no longer be considered the stuff of science fiction, writes Frank Rizzo, technology sector leader at KPMG in South Africa. In fact, it has evolved to such an extent that many companies will soon be using elements of it to streamline...
by Kathy Gibson | Mar 17, 2017 | Thought Leadership
This one is for the doomsayers who continually question the future survival of the channel. As this issue heads to the printer, Pinnacle Group is days away from formally announcing its results for the six months ending 31 December 2016. But in a voluntary statement on...
by Kathy Gibson | Mar 17, 2017 | Thought Leadership
My esteemed editor has made some bold statements and posed some significant questions related to this month’s cover story that takes an in-depth look at the “state of the channel”. One such statement says that “there is little doubt that with the changing landscape in...
