Schneider Electric acknowledges partners

Schneider Electric, a specialist in energy management, announced its IT Business partner awards at the company’s Middle East-Africa Distributor conference held in Istanbul, Turkey. The winners were based on sales results achieved in 2012. Taking home three honours...

IT in the public sector

Governments around the world are under enormous pressure to deliver more services with fewer resources. The current European economic climate in countries such as Greece, Spain and others have forced government to cut their budget by as much as 50% in some cases – a...

SMB tech needs are changing

A new IDC survey-based study reveals a significant shift in IT sourcing channels among European SMBs. While basic hardware needs still take up a large share of the IT budget, new technologies — particularly those that IDC refers to as the 3rd Platform (social media,...

Create a productive workforce through IT

While telecommuting is nothing new to European and American markets, many companies in South Africa have viewed it with a fair degree of scepticism. However, innovations in technologies are seeing more decision-makers changing their attitudes towards employees working...

Business, IT face disconnect in SA

Each year, South African small and medium businesses lose significant amounts of money because most business leaders have little or no understanding of how IT contributes to their companies’ performance. Chris Welham, executive director of Space Age Technologies – an...