ISPs must put service centre stage

It is no secret that South Africa in general has a culture of poor customer service across many sectors of the economy and the telecommunications industry is no exception. The last report from the South African Customer Satisfaction Index (SAcsi) for Mobile Data...

The case for early IoT investment

There is a strong case to be made for early investment in the Internet of Things (IoT), a radical new technology driving what has been called a fourth industrial revolution. This is according to Agnat Max Makgoale, CEO of IoT network Vula Telematix, who says:...

Don’t let Easter slow your business down

Too many businesses make the mistake of thinking a business year is a full twelve months. It isn’t. Late March and early April is more often than not a slow time of year for many organisations. People go on holiday, children are on school break, and the end-of-summer...

Design thinking versus lean startup …

Traditionally, a business would build a product and hope to find customers who want to buy it. Aggressive marketing tactics would hook consumers who, faced with few other choices, would respond accordingly. The company would corner the market and move on to building...

Adapt or die

The evolution of technology has meant that small to medium enterprises (SMEs) no longer need to be responsible for IT in the traditional sense. In fact, they have surpassed their larger counterparts as early adopters of the latest cloud-based services, writes Brian...

Say goodbye to third-world communication

SD-WAN is all about the seamless and the smart, writes Brendan Mc Aravey, country manager at Citrix South Africa. South African businesses increasingly depend on connectivity. This is because tech-savvy customers require businesses and service providers that meet...