3 habits of successful contact centres

It’s easy to disparage poor performance in contact centres – we all experience an unfavourable experience at times – repeated calls, ill-equipped agents and a lack of efficient resolution. What is a bit more challenging is knowing what goes on behind...

Why do you need a PoPI consultant?

he deadline for South African companies to attain compliance with the regulations laid out in the Protection of Personal Information Act (PoPI), is fast approaching. This according to Terry Ramabulana, Head of Public Sector at Mazars, who adds that the Act will...

SA moving to ‘cloud first’ and ‘cloud only’

Cloud-first, and even cloud-only, is replacing the defensive no-cloud stance that dominated many large providers in recent years. Today, most provider technology innovation is cloud-centric, with the stated intent of retrofitting the technology to on-premises....

Digital ID and what the customer wants

Remi de-Fouchier, vice-president: marketing communications at Gemalto, believes we are reaching the tipping point in discovering what the customer of tomorrow wants. Our lives have become, in many ways, a ‘mobile experience’. We’ve become inseparable...

SA gearing up to meet PoPI regulations

South African enterprises are taking data protection and governance seriously and are actively moving to implement governance best practice. Paul Williams, country manager: southern Africa at Fortinet, says South African enterprises, particularly those in the...