Many people may not know this, but South Africa has a long history with AWS. The launch of the new local region in Cape Town is just the latest investment the company has made into South Africa.AWS has had an office in Cape Town since 2004, and has since grown its local presence to thousands […]
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MPC Connect successfully transitions online language training centre into a remote working environment
EOH subsidiary, MPC Connect successfully transitions online language training centre into a remote working environment, just in time for COVID-19. The way we work has been fundamentally changed by COVID-19, along with the various measures taken in response. As a result many organisations have begun to fundamentally reconsider the way in which they work. They […]
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Entering the Brave New World of Hyperscale Cloud
Living in an ever-evolving digital era – one where the Covid-19 pandemic currently looms large – organisations are being challenged in how they access their applications and enable remote working. To seamlessly respond and cater to this escalating business need, as well as the storage, management and retrieval of a massively growing amount of data, […]
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Stephen van Coller on mobile money dominance after COVID-19
Mobile money will be even more relevant in SA after COVID-19 In 2018, four out of five South Africans – 80% – had bank accounts, according to non-profit research organisation FinMark Trust. On the face of it, it seems that financial inclusion is making steady progress. On closer examination, that 80% figure doesn’t tell the […]
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TTRO partners with iOCO for a comprehensive cloud platform
Overview The Training Room Online (TTRO) has spent close to a decade perfecting the design and development of innovative learning digital solutions. With clients all over the world using TTRO’s immersive technologies and learning methodologies, the company has up-skilled and empowered hundreds of thousands of people. The Scope A TTRO client required a platform that […]
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iOCO Solving Covid-19 Together Through Cash Flow Management
Chris Hewitt, iOCO Solutions Manager, explains why a robust cash management system is crucial in Covid times. Managing cashflow has always been important to ensure prosperity and sustainability. This has become more critical than ever under the current conditions of global economic uncertainty due to Covid-19. It is a grim but realistic prediction that millions […]
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Spreadsheets remain one of the most popular tools for business professionals today. Unfortunately, while they can be great for personal productivity, they’re ill-suited for large-scale planning, budgeting and forecasting. Where organizations require efficient and effective financial performance management, the case against using spreadsheets is compelling. While spreadsheets offer a familiar and readily-available set of tools, […]
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Stephen van Coller on lessons learnt from a global crisis and business beyond COVID-19
COVID-19 has changed the world of work, but also presented us with many opportunities In the Business Beyond Covid series, CEOs and other business leaders and experts in their sectors look to the future in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. What impact has the novel coronavirus and resulting lockdown had on their industries and […]
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Technology drives product innovation for food and beverages
In South Africa, food and beverage manufacturers are hard pressed to seize opportunities for product innovation. To achieve this, the elimination of IT silos between R&D, planning, procurement, manufacturing, sales, and marketing is essential. Enterprise wide visibility of data, business systems, and processes must be available to all key players. A product lifecycle management (PLM) […]
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Everything needed for effective cloud migration
Spurred on by the COVID-19 pandemic and the sudden demand for remote work, South African organisations are taking the necessary steps to move their applications to the cloud. To do so effectively, business must seek reliable insights to develop a plan and sound migration strategy. A variety of options from cloud solutions providers allows each […]
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