EOH buys up Aptronics for R194m

EOH Holdings is to acquire 100% of Randburg-based value added reseller (VAR) Aptronics for a total of R194-million. Aptronics’ core business is in the high-end data centre and end-user computing space and its services include networking, virtualisation, servers,...

Video banking reaches a tipping point

More than 80% of banks surveyed recognize that online and mobile banking channels improve customer engagement – and 93% of banks expect customer satisfaction to improve if a high quality video banking service were to be implemented. A newly-released research...

Effective internal audit boosts performance

As risks continue to pile up, companies are looking to their internal audit functions to deliver value by educating stakeholders on emerging risks and leading risk management practices that will improve the business. According to a recent report by PwC of over 1,600...

Insurers need to rethink millennial engagement

Insurers today need a unified platform to provide better and faster customer service at a lower cost if they want to turn sceptical millennials into loyal customers. According to senior executives from analytics company Verint, such a platform will help streamline...

Companies don’t secure virtual systems properly

Almost three quarters (73%) of companies globally are relying on standard endpoint security-class solutions to protect their virtual environments, which could lead to reduced performance and create an excessive load on their systems – with one-third of...

Communication key for successful SMEs

SMEs should treat the personalisation of communications as a huge opportunity rather than focusing on the potential impact of poor communications as a risk to their businesses. This is according Jacques van Wyk, chief operating officer of Ricoh SA, writing that...