Tellumat, the innovative South African technology group, has called on government to provide more structured and vocal support for local businesses.
Rasheed Hargey, Tellumat’s CEO, qualifies his plea on behalf of industry: “It’s not a call for preferential treatment or bailouts, just for a levelling of the playing field. The issue is that even the most [...]
Monthly Archives: July 2009
Tellumat urges more vocal government support for local business
July 20, 2009 – 6:19 pm
Competition is not for sissies – Metacom
July 14, 2009 – 11:38 am
Competition is not for sissies, as many South African firms are discovering. The effects of global competition are being felt far beyond the headline-grabbing clothing and motor industries, in IT, electronics, engineering, and just about every other sector.
Indian and Chinese companies are beginning to win large tenders, often against local companies that probably believed that [...]
Unisys, IT Naledi create an BEE success story
July 14, 2009 – 11:34 am
IT Naledi, a black-owned company spun out of multinational Unisys in 2007, has become a model of successful enterprise development.
“IT Naledi employees own 49% of the business and the directors own the remaining 51%” explained IT Naledi’s Hashiem Bardien, “So the creation of IT Naledi has given all of us an opportunity to build an [...]
Managed IT services in the sweet spot as recession bites
July 14, 2009 – 11:24 am
Difficult economic times tempt companies to make drastic cost cuts – but leaders should take care not to undermine their chances of long-term success in the process, says Hashiem Bardien of IT infrastructure services and solutions company IT Naledi.
“In previous downturns we’ve seen a lot of companies outsource their entire IT infrastructure and management as [...]
