Monthly Archives: September 2009

Agile competitors can resist recession by spotting export gaps

Market volatility, the cash crunch and the uncertainty about when exactly we’ll hit bottom – there are so many negative aspects about the recession that most companies wouldn’t even consider growing. But when export opportunities abound, and the means exist to capitalise on these, few would say no.
Tellumat, the South African technology group, is in [...]

Best of Breed is back

The very nature of the natural business cycle has meant that businesses are beginning to re-evaluate their reporting, financial reporting, sales reporting and budgeting needs and are beginning to turn away from standard ERP solutions and towards more user-friendly, “Best of Breed” packages, argues Kevin Phillips, managing director of Cape Town-based idu Software.
In the early [...]