Content is the future of marketing says Anton Jansen van Rensburg. He looks at the pitfalls and solutions
More and more marketers, digital specialists and communicators are realising that content is the key to success. We’ve often heard content is king but with the growth of online campaigns it has become crystal clear that to be [...]

After 9 years of distributing printer consumables, A.C.T. has extended its offering, giving customers a complete solution that includes printer hardware, consumables, finance and support. This will position A.C.T. as the only value added printing focused distributor in the Southern African I.T. channel.
“ACT always focused on the printer consumables supply chain but recent economic trends, [...]

The South African Rugby Union (SARU) has named Acer South Africa as the new official Information Technology Partner of the Springboks in a 2 year deal.
Under the terms of the agreement, Acer South Africa will provide the latest technology to Springbok coaches, players and administrators that will help them to keep in touch with the [...]

While CommVault continues to gain significant market momentum, it recently announced a platinum partnership with First Technology.
Says Johan de Villiers, regional director at First Technology, “We are impressed by CommVault’s unique, policy-driven, single-platform approach and technology features that enable customers to realise the benefits from truly modern data management.”
“This ties in well with our strategic [...]

DigiCore, the company behind the C-Track vehicle and personal tracking solutions, is a partner to Arrive Alive and a passionate supporter of South African cycling. Werner Swart, ICE product manager at C-track South Africa, offers cyclists some advice about staying safe on South Africa’s mean streets and mountain trails.
South Africa is a breathtakingly beautiful place [...]

“Measuring training successes by the number of people trained and number of documents stored is irrelevant to the business. Measuring gains in competence and the ability of people to contribute to business improvement is what’s needed,” says Alison Jacobson, managing director of Firestring.
Every business has its own language and set of processes. Traditionally, knowledge management [...]

The United Kingdom’s National Institute of Economic and Social Research has predicted that UK house prices will continue to decline until 2015. Back home, FNB’s May house price index indicates that the real house price growth rate, adjusted for CPI inflation in April remained negative at -2.4%.
This begs the question: is 2015 a reasonable prediction [...]

The MB Technologies Group, Africa’s leading value-add distribution group, which includes, A.C.T, Channel Capital and Channel Risk Management, Platinum Micro, Printacom and Tarsus Technologies among its operating companies, has announced a change of distribution strategy for the Samsung printer brand within the group.
This change sees the repositioning and transfer of the Samsung Printer Distribution agreement from Tarsus to A.C.T. This is in line [...]

New online facility tracking major property market indicators launched, freeing property professionals from the time-consuming task of trawling countless websites for the vital information they need.
South Africa’s most comprehensive online source of property data, the South African Property Transfer Guide (SAPTG), now publishes a convenient, up-to-date summary of the main economic indicators that relate to [...]

With an adoption rate that trumps every other Microsoft operating system ever released, Windows 7 is swiftly on its way to replacing Windows XP as the most-widely adopted operating system in the world.
And, says Traci Maynard, general manager of Tarsus Technologies’ software division, it doesn’t look like Windows 7’s momentum is showing any evidence of [...]

Have you ever had the feeling that we’re just helping out? Men that is. We’re here to serve a purpose. To assist and make sure that the light bulb gets changed. Or that the dog poo gets cleaned up. Or that the car gets scheduled and taken in for a service? That the sport on [...]