Solving SA’s IT skills gap

As Cisco Networking Academy instructors gather for the annual Southern Africa Conference for the Cisco Networking Academy in Durban (26 & 27 May 2015), Cisco stresses that governments urgently need to deploy policy and training programmes to help solve the world’s...

Ensuring that agile delivers quality

As the agile revolution continues to sweep South Africa, it’s clear that many companies are finding that quality issues are creeping into their development environment. Some even start to question whether agile has some inherent incompatibility with quality. Nothing...

Technology is not a security silver bullet

Cyber security is no longer an IT problem but rather a priority of the highest levels at the majority of organisations. The reason for this is simple: cyber threats have become a serious issue that costs businesses money, compromises their information and their...

Customer retention and experience

One of the greatest challenges facing businesses of all types and sizes today is the need to maximise engagement with customers and grow revenues while lowering the costs associated with delivering an outstanding customer experience, across each of the businesses communication channels. This is where the use of customer analytics come in to enhance engagement and loyalty.

African companies must retain skills

Businesses across major African economies such as Kenya and Nigeria are coming under increasing pressure to align their strategies for retaining talent, compensating employees and engaging with their workforces with good international practices. That’s according to...

Revolutionising the cloud for ERP users

One Channel and Acumatica take the message on the road showcasing the power of a true Cloud platform which leverages scalability and mobility – enabling integration between financial and sales processes, business intelligence and productivity for revenue gains to...