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Jasco delivers lower interim earnings despite restructure

By: Natasha Odendaal 16th February 2015 Electronics group Jasco had spent the first half of the current financial year on recovering the lost sales volumes after a month-long strike in the metals and engineering sector shaved R5.8-million from the group’s profit before interest and taxes (PBIT). The JSE-listed group, which had just... →

Altech backs Namec call for slice of STB budget

By: Natasha Odendaal 13th February 2015 The deployment of South Africa’s long overdue digital terrestrial television (DTT) migration programme would pave the way for the revival of the local electronic manufacturing industry; however, industry participants believe the budget for the subsidised set-top boxes (STBs) should be diverted to... →

Western Cape to host outsourcing, offshoring summit

By: Natasha Odendaal 12th February 2015 The Western Cape would play host to the South African Outsourcing and Offshoring Summit 2015, from March 4 to 6, Western Cape Minister of Economic Opportunities Alan Winde announced on Thursday. Global companies, international investors and analysts were expected to descend on the event that... →

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Western Cape Minister of Economic Opportunities Alan Winde

Nashua Mobile subscriber base sale opens opportunity for growth – Reunert

By: Natasha Odendaal 19th November 2014 With the sale of Nashua Mobile's subscriber base now concluded and the unit subsequently closed, parent company Reunert planned to use the cash flows earned from the deal to “explore growth opportunities through investment”. The R1.4-billion profit from the split sale of Nashua Mobile’s... →

Cape Town sharpens its business image as it looks beyond tourism

By: Kim Cloete 10th October 2014 Cape Town is on a drive to strengthen its position as a key business capital in Africa. The Mother City is keen to retain its reputation as a leading tourist destination, but wants to be taken more seriously as a destination for local and international investment “This is not just a beautiful... →

Undisclosed group eyes Blue Label buy-out

By: Natasha Odendaal 1st October 2014 An undisclosed company has made a play for Blue Label Telecoms, with discussions now under way, the JSE-listed telecommunications group said on Wednesday. In a cautionary announcement to shareholders, Blue Label stated that a nonbinding expression of interest (EoI) to acquire all the issued... →

Datatec’s Westcon buys Verecloud

By: Natasha Odendaal 4th September 2014 JSE-listed information and communication technology group Datatec’s Westcon subsidiary has acquired US-based cloud services business Verecloud for $12-million. Verecloud, which was established in 2006, is the developer of an advanced channel distribution platform for cloud and services solutions... →

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Jens Montanana

Jasco consolidates coastal footprint

By: Natasha Odendaal 26th August 2014 Jasco Enterprise has restructured its coastal offices into a single coastal division serving the Western Cape, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, the company announced on Tuesday. The newly consolidated division, led by executive head of coastal regions Karel Botha, aimed to strengthen the company’s... →

Telkom to cut its R17bn procurement bill

By: Natasha Odendaal 5th August 2014 Embattled telecommunications giant Telkom is eyeing significant procurement cost cuts as part of actions to return the group to sustainability. In the 2014 financial year, Telkom spent roughly R17-billion with suppliers, chief procurement officer Ian Russell said at an investor presentation... →

EOH says all business channels functioning effectively and profitably

By: Schalk Burger 1st August 2014 A well-defined corporate culture, philosophy and principles, along with industry experts in all of its diverse industry channels, enable information technology (IT) services company EOH to achieve strong and sustained growth. EOH CEO Asher Bohbot notes that all its business channels are... →

Project management builds efficient environments

By: Bruce Montiea 18th July 2014 In times of change, in order for the vision and strategy of a company to be realised, there needs to be proper project management, says Johnson Controls Africa Region project operations manager Yasas Jayakody. “Project management helps to drive organisations forward by building the frameworks and... →

YASAS JAYAKODY Project management drives organisations forward

Former Itec MD, rugby star relaunch Seartec

By: Tracy Hancock 18th July 2014 Although CEO Mark McChlery and chief marketing officer Bob Skinstad likened themselves to children in a playground when taking on the task of “reengineering and repositioning” the Seartec brand, the “young, dynamic and enthusiastic guys” were like proud fathers on the day of the relaunch, nine... →

Seartec CEO Mark McChlery talks about Seartec’s relaunch while chief marketing officer Bob Skinstad discusses his transition from rugby to business. To watch the video, scan the barcode with TagReader (at www.gettag.mobi) on your cellphone, or go to ‘Video Clips’ on www.engineeringnews.co.za. Camera work: Duane Daws. Video editing: Nicholas Boyd.

South Africa home to new digital wallet

By: Natasha Odendaal 15th July 2014 As e-commerce and digital payments gain traction worldwide, Mastercard, in conjunction with Standard Bank, on Tuesday launched a digital wallet mobile phone application, MasterPass, as a new way to transact safely and securely when shopping online. MasterPass would enable South Africans to... →

Cloud services protect confidentiality, prevent document manipulation

By: Schalk Burger 4th July 2014 National, provincial and municipal government departments are increasingly adopting cloud document management to protect their internal communications and prevent documents from being manipulated or lost, says cloud email and document company Mimecast sales director Andrew Soddy. Such cloud... →

Hosting service providers enable companies to test analytics systems

By: Schalk Burger 20th June 2014 Companies can test whether big data analytics systems can improve their business performance using the hardware and resources of hosting service providers, says business intelligence company PBT Group business intelligence consultant Willem Conradie. Companies, and even small businesses, are... →

Strong growth for application delivery controllers in Africa

By: Schalk Burger 6th June 2014 Application delivery company F5 Networks foresees significant growth in the use of its application optimisation technologies in Africa as companies and telecommunications service providers try to improve user experience and protect revenue, says F5 Networks UK, Europe and sub-Saharan Africa... →

R1.2bn broadband project core to Gauteng’s ‘smart province’ ambitions

By: Natasha Odendaal 6th June 2014 Gauteng has taken a step towards implementing its so-called “smart province” strategy, with an extensive R1.2-billion broadband project, which is designed to promote greater government efficiency, stimulate innovation and knowledge creation and lay the basis for higher levels of economic growth.... →

Cloud enables business to lower basic IT costs, says Microsoft

By: Schalk Burger 9th May 2014 The pervasiveness of cloud offerings and the ubiquitous use of cloud in daily consumer life should prompt companies to use cloud services while reducing their internal costs of information technology (IT) systems and equipment, says global software giant Microsoft South Africa director Damian... →

Convergence, flexibility driving open standards for business IT

By: Schalk Burger 25th April 2014 The development, convergence and mobility of modern information technology (IT) is challenging companies to have more agile systems. This may require more use of open IT standards to enable movement into and out of cloud services, says international open source IT company RedHat southern Europe,... →

Business Connexion issues cautionary as it targets ‘sustainable’ return on total equity

By: Natasha Odendaal 15th April 2014 JSE-listed Business Connexion (BCX) on Tuesday said it planned to reach a sustainable return on total equity of 17% as it targeted an African expansion and continued merger and acquisition activity, while advising shareholders that its board of directors had “entered into discussions”. BCX... →

Transparent service level agreements can improve Internet experience

By: Schalk Burger 4th April 2014 Service level agreements (SLAs) for Internet service providers (ISPs) in South Africa are often difficult to understand and do not help to improve customer experience. The transparency of SLAs should be improved to boost the use of ISP services in South Africa, says Internet service provider,... →

Gijima gains some traction in improving profitability

By: Natasha Odendaal 31st March 2014 Information and communications technology services group Gijima said it was “forging its way” back on track after reporting improved profitability during the six months to December 2013. The JSE-listed group said earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation bounced back into the... →

Technology group challenges South Africa to create job opportunities for youths

By: Schalk Burger 28th March 2014 Technology services firm EOH CEO Asher Bohbot has challenged all companies in South Africa to create employment opportunities for youths. EOH has trained 600 people a year for the past two years and permanently employed about 450 of these trainees a year, creating sustainable, necessary... →

New IT functionality driving archive migration

By: Schalk Burger 14th March 2014 New functionality of data archiving platforms and new methods of consumption, including cloud-based services are driving companies to migrate their archives to new platforms or into hosted environments. However, migrations can severely impact on business functions until they are complete and it... →

EOH interim results impress owing to organic growth and acquisitions

By: Schalk Burger 12th March 2014 JSE-listed information technology firm EOH increased revenue by 38.4% to R3.308-billion and profit after tax by 49.4% to R224-million for the six months ended January 31, attributing this to organic growth and acquisitions. The company reported revenue and profit after tax for the previous... →

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EOH CEO Asher Bohbot

MTN eyes African business expansion in a ‘new world’ of business

By: Natasha Odendaal 25th February 2014 MTN Business has entered an “exciting” era as the telecommunications group shifts from being a predominantly mobile operator to becoming an end-to-end integrated technology solutions provider in a “new world” of business. MTN aimed to distinguish its rapidly evolving enterprise business unit from... →

MTN's Kanagaratnam Lambotharan

Testing the best path to virtualisation

By: Schalk Burger 7th February 2014 Virtualisation is a disruptive information technology (IT) trend, but companies can use rental and managed services to test virtualisation while addressing specific goals or challenges, says recovery specialist company Veeam South Africa manager Warren Olivier. Virtualisation offers easy backup... →

Mimecast focuses on new capabilities, organic growth

By: Schalk Burger 17th January 2014 Cloud email service specialist Mimecast will add new capabilities to the existing functionality of its cloud services platform and this year’s focus is on expanding its presence in terms of existing clients and new clients, says Mimecast MD Brandon Bekker. The company launched its large-file... →

Companies not fully prepared for Popi Act, lawyer warns

By: Schalk Burger 13th December 2013 The signing into law of the Protection of Personal Information (Popi) Act No 4 of 2013 last month is a significant step towards facilitating cross-border trade for the South African economy, but many companies are largely unprepared, as they underestimate the gravity and complexity involved in... →

Hosted fibre-optic solution offers speed, cost advantages

By: Schalk Burger 29th November 2013 Fibre optic networks provide high-capacity and high-speed direct access to co-located networking and data centre infrastructure, which enables carrier-grade network and data centre infrastructure to be provided as a monthly service, reducing capital and operational costs, says Internet service... →

Sasol completes Phase 1 of its eco-industrial park

By: Joanne Taylor 1st November 2013 Phase 1 of Sasol Group’s new ChemCity Eco Industrial Park (CEIP), a 172 ha site in Sasolburg, in the Free State, has been completed. Phase 1 comprised 110 light-industry stands of between 630 m2 and 990 m2, of which 17 have been transferred to their new owners. →

Datacentrix improves earnings, accelerates acquisitive growth

By: Natasha Odendaal 8th October 2013 As JSE-listed Datacentrix’s years-long organic growth strategy comes to term, the integrated information and communication technology (ICT) group planned to accelerate its acquisitive growth strategy. Discussions with several undisclosed parties were under way to complement the organic growth... →

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Datacentrix CEO Ahmed Mahomed

Strong focus on skills helps EOH grow revenue from services

By: Schalk Burger 4th October 2013 A strong focus on skills, including development and retention, is assisting JSE-listed cloud and outsourced services company EOH in achieving its goal of strengthening its diverse information and communication technology services, says EOH CEO Asher Bohbot. The focus on EOH employee skills and... →

New IDs to cost R5.3bn

By: Natasha Odendaal 27th September 2013 The national roll-out of South Africa’s new smart identification document (ID) cards was expected to cost about R5.34-billion, Home Affairs Minister Naledi Pandor has confirmed. This was based on the 38.2-million IDs registered in the National Population Register as at May 21, she said in... →

Home Affairs Minister Naledi Pandor

Archiving imperative underpins growth at records-management group

By: Schalk Burger 27th September 2013 JSE-listed records management group Metrofile says the necessity for businesses to archive and manage physical and digital information enabled its records-management unit to achieve double-digit growth in 2013. But CEO Graham Wackrill says the company also reduced its debt-to-equity ratio to... →

By declaring 2014 the 'year of agriculture', the African Union hopes to spur a green revolution

By: Sashnee Moodley 27th September 2013 Despite some strides having been made over the past decade to enhance agricultural development across Africa, there is not escaping the reality that the continent continues to face serious challenges of hunger, malnutrition and rural poverty. This has prompted the African Union (AU) Assembly of... →

Understanding IT patterns can help boost manufacturing performance

By: Schalk Burger 13th September 2013 Mining and manufacturing companies can improve performance and collaboration, as well as prepare for future business intelligence systems, by determining how they use information technology (IT) services, says unified email and data service company Mimecast customer experience director Christelle... →

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