Big Thinking for Small Businesses

SOFTWARE - BUSINESS APPLICATIONS Words: Pamela Weaver The big vendors are taking the smaller guys a lot more seriously these days.

BIG

THE ‘CONTENT AGE’ HAS ARRIVED

Altech Autopage Cellular is an organisation that has always taken the concept of converging communications seriously, straddling as it does the entire technology spectrum, and is one of the new breed of service provider that offers its customers the undeniable advantage of multiple offerings, but with just one bill to pay.

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Altech Autopage Cellular

Specialised knowledge is power

When other IT consultancies focused on the manufacturing sector, Izazi pinned its hopes on financial services. That gamble is now paying off.

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Bandile Sikwane

Getting personal again

Much has been said about the proliferation of personal devices in corporates, but not enough has been said about the negative implications.

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Samantha Perry

Body behind keyboard error

The old saying that 'information technology would be perfect if it weren't for end-users' rears its head again as IT departments attempt to secure devices in the era of distributed networks.

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Samantha Perry

Specialised knowledge is power

When other IT consultancies focused on the manufacturing sector, Izazi pinned its hopes on financial services. That gamble is now paying off.

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Bandile Sikwane

Banking on the channel

MB Technologies has decided to start its own financial services company to help the dealer channel with credit and finance.

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Paul Furber

A surface in your briefcase

Microsoft`s Surface computing platform has caused quite a stir from a technology perspective. It is able to not only work as a touch-sensitive monitor, but also recognise devices placed on it, opening computing services based on that recognition.

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Simon Dingle

Google Grid goes global

If markets are good predictors, then Google`s future in offering virtual desktop applications across the network appears a lot brighter than that of its dedicated-software rivals.

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Ivo Vegter

Broadband for all

With attention being paid to broadband projects in major centres, not much is being said about rural areas, where access to information is just as important.

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Iain Scott

Competition for Africa

Pay-TV provider MultiChoice is facing a growing challenge both within South Africa and beyond its borders.

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Rodney Weidemann

Rent, boy!

Asset rentals. Big business has been doing it for for years, but local SMEs are still doing reluctant to rent, preferring to own their own technology.

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Donovan Jackson