Convert digital disruption to competitive advantage

Technological development is outpacing the evolution of business processes. In the past, manufacturing and operations were linear processes and companies focused on the customer at the end of the sales cycle only. They lacked the ability to centre the entire...

Commvault partners with Google Cloud

Commvault has announced a new strategic partnership with Google Cloud to help enterprises leverage the range of cloud services available on one of the industry’s fastest growing cloud platforms, Google Cloud Platform. The partnership announcement with Google...

How to revitalise strategic planning

In the current environment of global competition, sub-optimal growth, technology disruption, and political uncertainty, South African companies are finding it challenging to put an effective business strategy in place. But what can be done to address this need for...

Why ESCOs are the future for African telecom tower power

The single biggest challenge to being able to offer stable and reliable mobile phone services in Africa is power. Or, more precisely, the lack of reliable power at telecoms tower sites, writes Carita Tissari da Costa, sales director of Flexenclosure. Hundreds of...

black launches smart set-top box

Entertainment platform black has launched its blackBOX, a smart easy plug-and-play multimedia box that turns any television into a smart TV. black, which officially launched this week, brings customers a diverse suite of content from renting to buying the latest...

Collaboration makes flexi-working feasible

Flexi-working is a new reality thanks in part to disruptive digital technologies. But misconceptions cause some organisations to either do it poorly or avoid it for fear of failure, says Teresa Badenhorst, HR director of Ricoh SA. Flexi-working is an old concept that...