MEA manufacturers enthusiastic about IT

With Middle East and Africa (MEA) manufacturers showing considerable enthusiasm for IT, and comfortably outspending their counterparts in Central and Eastern Europe, the sector is well set for a significant boost in productivity and an increase in competitiveness,...

Life is tough for South Africa’s SMEs …

Business confidence in the small business sector remained subdued in the last quarter of 2013 even though overall sentiment was marginally better than in the previous quarter, according to the latest findings of the Nedbank Small Business Index (NSBI) fourth-quarter...

Thin clients under pressure in 2014

Thin client shipments in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) increased by 2,9% year-on-year in 2013 to 1,85-million units, according to the EMEA Quarterly Enterprise Client Device Tracker published by International Data Corporation (IDC). After a gloomy start of...

Otel quadruples broadband fibre

Otel Telecoms has increased its Telkom SAIX Broadband Internet capacity to meet the increasing number of enterprise and SME customers migrating from contended Internet via ADSL or Fibre to a 1:1 uncapped, uncontended and unshaped solution. Carmen Boshoff, last mile...
Guess who’s back in the channel?

Guess who’s back in the channel?

After seven years divided between senior executive positions in Dubai and the UK, a former kingpin of the local channel has returned to South Africa to take on, arguably, one of the biggest challenges of his illustrious career. Guy Whitcroft, widely credited with...

Customer experience key focus for CIOs

With consumers engaging more directly with businesses through mobile and social media, more than 60% of chief information officers (CIOs) will focus more heavily on improving the customer experience and getting closer to customers, according to a new report released...