Obsolescence Manager supports lifecycle management

RS Components (RS) has introduced Obsolescence Manager, a new online tool that can help OEMs and product developers to manage the problem of obsolescence, and plan for when the end-of-life (EOL) notices are placed on parts that will soon cease to be produced, repaired...

Fujitsu, SUSE expand open source strategic alliance

SUSE and Fujitsu have announced they are strengthening their strategic alliance to address the need for dynamic, flexible and secure cloud and mission-critical open source solutions in the global market. Both companies are committing development, marketing and sales...

Build a loyal customer community through multimedia

Industrial communications provider, Metacom, is investing in interactive communication solutions for retailers, which allow them to differentiate, engage and communicate with their customers. Customer loyalty today can be easily defined as a moving target. Shopper...

IQ Retail guards against new-age threats

Stories of cyber-attacks hit the news almost daily – data breaches, DDos attacks, email hacks and phishing attacks – reminders of the dangers of the internet. Yet somehow all of these attacks still seem foreign- as though it would never happen to us. The...

Accounting software puts power in entrepreneurs’ hands

Anton van Heerden, executive vice-president: Africa & Middle East at Sage, reflects on how much accounting software has changed over the years. When Sage (or Softline as it was known back then) opened its doors in 1988, the few small businesses that actually had...

Effective data analytics makes you indispensable

Data analytics is becoming more important than ever to assist companies in understanding and growing their businesses. Analytics does this by providing insight into the environments they operate in, what their customers are thinking and experiencing, as well as the...