ContinuitySA expands in Western Cape

Business resilience solutions provider ContinuitySA has successfully transferred its existing Bellville work area recovery capability and data centre into much larger premises in the upmarket Willowbridge Place development, adjacent to the Willowbridge Mall in Tyger...

Astute acquires Stride Switch

The Financial Services Exchange, trading as Astute, has acquired the Stride Switch from Stride South Africa RF. Astute is the financial services exchange company owned by the industry to deliver switching and data exchange services to the financial services industry....

IBM expands in the digital agency space

IBM has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Aperto, a digital agency with headquarters in Berlin. Upon completion of this transaction, Aperto will to join the IBM Interactive Experience (IBM iX) team, supporting IBM’s growth in the largest economy in...

CloudSmiths creates Salesforce CRM powerhouse

CloudSmiths, a South African SalesForce specialist and part of the DVT Group, is merging with one of South Africa’s leading Gold Salesforce Consulting Partners, Ideas Inc. The deal makes CloudSmiths the largest SalesForce specialist in South Africa. Derek...

Teleforge bucks the trend despite weak rand

Specialised call centre solutions provider Teleforge Communications has grown its revenue 90% during the last three months, due to the weakening of the rand  – which has been flirting with an exchange rate of R18 to the dollar. According to Andrew van Niekerk,...

Kibby is VMware’s regional director of sub-Saharan Africa

VMware has announced the appointment of Matthew Kibby as regional director of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). In his new role, Kibby will be directly responsible for driving VMware’s vision and strategy as well as spearheading its continued expansion in the SSA...