MARKETING & MEDIA New CSI initiative empowers young women in marketing sector[Danette Breitenbach] A new initiative focusing on empowering young women entering the marketing sector with on the job skills has been launched in Gauteng. | |
MARKETING & MEDIA SMS is a good fit for mobile marketers[Jacques Swanepoel] Mobile instant messaging is on the rise, rapidly emerging as one of the preferred channels for communication between mobile phone users around the world... | |
MARKETING & MEDIA Why embracing new trends in photography is vital to stay relevant, successful and in business![Peter Morey] After 23 years as a professional photographer, I'm always mindful of the importance of being willing to continually adapt to new trends... | |
AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE & FORESTRY [Climate changing the face of agriculture]: Part 3 - Partnerships are key[Rudi Massyn] In the final edition of this series, we investigate foreign intervention into African agriculture and how aid can assist farmers mitigate the effects of climate change. | |
AUTOMOTIVE Extra polish adds shine to Elantra[Henrie Geyser] Hyundai has given its popular Elantra a cosmetic make-over to make it look prettier inside and out, tweaked a few things under the skin, improved its ride quality and added a few fancy goodies to sharpen its competitive edge. | |
MARKETING & MEDIA Excellence through e-learning[Jacques Storm] South Africa's mature domestic BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) market means that we boast a large pool of world-class expertise in the financial services, telecommunications and legal domains... | |
MARKETING & MEDIA Cloud computing and its potential for software development companies[Rudolph von Abo] What is the cloud? How do I connect to the cloud? What can the cloud do for me? | |
MARKETING & MEDIA Encouraging consumers to increase basket size[Louise Burgers] How many times have you walked out of a shop with everything but the one item you actually went in to buy? Or been unable to resist 'temptation aisle' at the tills, buying the snacks you didn't intend to? It's all designed that way... | |
IT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS Big data becomes big intelligence[Bryan Balfe] Big data has become a reality; however it is not the same reality for every company or every user. | |
MARKETING & MEDIA SABC plan is antithesis of open journalism[Anton Harber] On a recent visit here, The Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger spoke of the concept of "open journalism"... | |
IT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS Adapting to change in a virtual world[Bryan Balfe] It should come as no surprise that the biggest technological impacts on IT departments in 2013 were mobile and big data. Both issues also dominated conversations in the storage arena last year and with employees now increasingly working remotely, it's highly likely that 2014 will see more and more organisations struggling to manage large volumes of data. | |
IT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS Will software-defined storage impact on data protection?[Bryan Balfe] "Software-defined storage" is the new buzz phrase in the cloud world and, as usual, vendor after vendor is jumping onto it. In the case of storage, you have "system" vendors on one side looking to defend their proprietary stance whilst newer, software-only companies look to turn storage hardware into a commodity. For those with an interest in data management, it begs the question: Will software-defined storage replace data management? | |
MARKETING & MEDIA How speech analytics is changing the contact centre[Gert Swart] Contact centres, like most contemporary companies, have to deal with ever increasing quantities of data, with the number call recordings, analytics and other metrics being added daily... | |
LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT Prime time[Eugene Yiga] South African rock band Prime Circle chats about their new album and upcoming tour. | |
MARKETING & MEDIA What should a modern marketing manager be able to do?[Chemory Gunko] Many marketing people placed in companies are juniors, if they even exist at all - or the role is just not taken seriously at all by anyone internally... | |
LEGAL When can a trade union be held in contempt of court?[Kirsten Caddy] In a judgment handed down by the Labour Appeal Court (LAC) on 12 June 2014 (Food and Allied Workers Union v In2food (Pty) Ltd, case number J861/2013), the LAC had occasion to consider the circumstances under which a trade union can be held in contempt of a court order prohibiting an unprotected strike. | |
MARKETING & MEDIA [Habari #Tuongee2014] The creative adult is the child who survived[Ilse Burger] Habari Media's Insights and Innovations Director, Byron John, covered the topic of creativity at this year's Habari Media Tuongee which... | |
LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT Carstens prevails[Ruth Cooper] Arno Carstens, best known as rock god of iconic SA band Springbok Nude Girls, has recently released his fifth solo album: "Lightning Prevails". We sent him a few questions to find out more. |