HSBC and its transformation journey

Kathy Gibson reports from Huawei Connect in Shanghai – HSBC is a 15-year old bank, with aspirations to be a world-leading financial services institution. But it needs to offer new and innovative services through new channels if it wants to survive and thrive....

Telkom hails Labour Court ruling

Telkom today welcomed a Labour Court ruling against the Communication Workers Union (CWU) which described the union as “confrontational”, “obstructionist” and noted that the CWU had withheld key facts from its founding affidavit. The judgement...

Insiders used to target telcos

Cybercriminals are using insiders to gain access to telecommunications networks and subscriber data, recruiting disaffected employees through underground channels or blackmailing staff using compromising information gathered from open sources. This is according to a...

MTN confirms Scarcella appointment

MTN South Africa has confirmed that former Telkom chief marketing officer, Enzo Scarcella, is joining the company as its new Chief Operating Officer, effective 01 December 2016. In a statement released today, MTN says Scarcella started his career at the organisation...

What SA needs to attract FDI

In the past, South Africa attracted significant foreign direct investment (FDI) as global companies saw the country as a gateway to Africa, and a key territory for commodity export. This trend has now come to an end. This is the view of Francois van der Merwe, head of...

Companies still struggle with cloud

While many European companies are embracing the move to the Cloud, nearly half are struggling, wrestling with increases in Cloud integration costs and data silos according to a new study sponsored by Oracle. A key reason: more than 60% of a company’s overall IT...