Cathy Smith is Cisco’s new GM

Jun 3, 2015

Cathy Smith has been appointed as GM for Cisco’s business operations in South Africa. Smith has a 25-year track record of advising leading private and public sector organisations on IT strategies that connect everything, embrace analytics and secure their technology and operations. She is a fellow of the African Leadership Initiative (ALI), an organisation set up to develop the next generation of “values” based African leaders who are capable of guiding and leading their countries as they struggle to align the demands of globalisation with local visions of “a good society”.

Cisco reports solid Q3 results

May 14, 2015

Cisco has reported revenue of $12,1-billion for the third quarter ended 25 April 2015, with net income on a generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) basis of $2,4-billion or $0,47 per share, and non-GAAP net income of $2,8-billion or $0,54 per share....

‘Smart’ connections will affect business

Apr 24, 2015

By 2019, 65% of South African mobile connections will be “smart” connections. This is according to the latest annual update of the Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Forecast 2014 – 2019. The significant growth in mobile connections and traffic is...

WiFi, 4G set to boom in SA

Apr 9, 2015

4G will account for 56,1% of total mobile data traffic in South Africa by 2019, compared to 15,7% at the end of 2014 – a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 110%. The ongoing adoption of more powerful devices and machine-to-machine (M2M) connections may see 3G...

Cisco, DST sign investment MoU

Mar 31, 2015

Cisco has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with South Africa’s Department of Science and Technology (DST) to embark on a strategic investment programme prioritising country transformation, skills development and technology innovation in respect to the Square...