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South Africa’s performance in several key economic areas – and a few others that haven’t enjoyed due priority – has been moderate in the past few years, when most commentators have been expecting explosive growth. Focus area flops For a long time, one of SA’s most hyped exports, our business process outsourcing (BPO) industry, has […]

A great deal has been said about cloud computing – although companies still have a limited understanding of what it is and how it impacts their business. Simply put, the cloud is a set of services and technologies that enable the delivery of computing services over the internet in real-time, allowing end-users instant access to […]

“Golf is a day spent in a round of strenuous idleness.” Those are the words of the English romantic poet William Wordsworth, and certainly not wholly unfair, since it is a game that if watched and not played, does appear slow (mind you … some could say the same about Test cricket). But idle would […]

South Africa played some fine rugby in downing Australia 31-8 at Loftus Versfeld, with it being the first performance all season where the Springboks’ various limbs got their act together (mostly) to create an organic team that reaped the rewards on the scoreboard. While goal kicking still remains a problem, something the Springboks’ kicking gurus […]

Cloud-based communications has clear benefits, but whether those benefits will accrue to your organisation depends on a number of factors. If your enterprise answers to any of the questions in the checklist below, you may be in the market for a hosted PBX. Are you likely to expand? Entities with significant potential for branch-like expansion […]

It is the destiny of simple ordinary folks to be fooled. If a political leader or party cannot fool the masses, it is most unlikely to garner popular support. If the common masses cannot understand that the political leader or party is promising them a pie in the sky, they are most likely to give […]

Nick Mallett, the silver fox of SuperSport’s studio team for this year’s Rugby Championship, was on the mark when he stated South Africa will not have a better chance to beat New Zealand in New Zealand for a very long time after the Springboks contrived to lose a game 21-11 they should have won. The […]