Sage takes Sage Summit on the road to meet with the world’s business builders
By Press Release 29 November 2016Sage Summit Tour will ignite the passion of business and entrepreneurs in nine locations. FULL STORY >
The pros and cons of Black Friday for small businesses
By Press Release 22 November 2016Black Friday is an American tradition that has quickly taken root in Africa. The large online e-commerce shops and the major retail chains in many parts of the continent will be splashing out with big promotions and marketing campaigns to... FULL STORY >
How can you make sure your business is relevant in 5 years’ time?
By Press Release 22 November 2016Steven Cohen, head of Sage One International examines why constantly innovating requires continually asking yourself questions, your customers questions and your team members’ questions. FULL STORY >
Microsoft Underground Tour: Welcome to Area 51
By Ryan Noik 18 November 2016The next stop on the tour of Microsoft Headquarters in Redmond, Washington, took us into Microsoft’s own Area 51, also known as its harware labs. FULL STORY >
Microsoft Underground Tour: The next era of computing
By Ryan Noik 18 November 2016Before delving into Microsoft’s Garage and hardware Labs, a quick detour was in order, to revisit the future, how science fiction has already become fact, and then consider the next big thing in computing. FULL STORY >
Top tips for protecting your business from cybersecurity threats
By Press Release 17 November 2016Mark McCallum, CTO at Orange Business Services, explains how building multilayered security protects data and infrastructure, while keeping businesses competitive in a digital world. FULL STORY >
Microsoft Underground Tour: Research projects uncovered
By Ryan Noik 11 November 2016The second part of the behind the scenes look at Microsoft Research focused on practicalities, with the potential of predicting weather phenomena, the future of growing food and placing data centres in unexpected locations being among some... FULL STORY >
Microsoft Underground Tour: Into the research labs
By Ryan Noik 11 November 2016With the foundations laid, and its renewed culture explained, Microsoft’s attention on our tour then turned to its research department. Here is where we began to see Microsoft’s promise that it had become more innovative take more tangible... FULL STORY >
Big recognition for small business at the 2016 South African Small Business Awards
By Press Release 10 November 2016The accomplishments of the small business community in South Africa was in the spotlight as winners of the 2016 South African Small Business Awards were announced on 10 November at Montecasino in Fourways,... FULL STORY >
Measuring the value of IT Asset Disposition
By Press Release 10 November 2016Most organisations have more idle IT assets than they need and very few know how many there are and where they are located. Implementing a mature IT Asset Disposition (ITAD) program will enable an organisation to reduce the number of surplus and idle... FULL STORY >
Organisations must define and execute business strategies with software that is liquid, intelligent and connected
By Press Release 9 November 2016Today’s business world is increasingly high velocity and software driven. Sooner or later, these two realities will push companies to rethink their potential and reinvent... FULL STORY >
Don’t get caught short when you’re calculating employees’ leave pay
By Press Release 9 November 2016In 2003, the Minister of Labour issued a schedule to clarify the requirements of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA) for the correct calculation of leave pay, notice pay and severance pay. Some 13 years later,... FULL STORY >
Microsoft Underground Tour: Exploring the culture shift
By Ryan Noik 9 November 2016Microsoft’s Underground Tour, which TechSmart was invited to attend, held many gems. One of these was a frank and illuminating discussion on company culture, as Microsoft walked us through how, and why, today’s Microsoft has changed... FULL STORY >
Microsoft offers in-depth look at its strategy
By Ryan Noik 9 November 2016To get an indepth behind the scenes view of Microsoft in action, TechSmart was invited to spend some time with the company from its headquarters in Seattle. Ryan Noik reports back. FULL STORY >
Data centres in the cloud: what’s the risk to your business?
By Press Release 8 November 2016the power of computing is moving to the cloud. You don’t need a powerful, clunky machine anymore because data is being accessed through even more powerful infrastructure built around the incredible processing power that now exists... FULL STORY >
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