There is a digital evolution in the hospitality sector currently underway in the EMEA geography. For Rotana Hotel Management Corporation, a major part of this digital innovation has centred around enhancing data management systems and securing its technology infrastructure to ensure it accomplishes its digital-first strategy. Biju Dharmaraj, Director of IT Security and Infrastructure, Rotana, […]
Standard Bank decided to migrate its on-premise Atlassian toolset on to the AWS infrastructure and partnered with Synthesis to ensure best practices were adhered to and a seamless transition was possible. Challenge A number of significant outages were experienced on this toolset due to the on-premise infrastructure having aged. Users were faced with an increase in […]
ELARABY Group is a developer and manufacturer of consumer electronics and home appliances in Egypt, Middle East and Africa. The company’s products are widely accepted in more than 60 countries. The group recently collaborated with Riverbed to boost worker user experience and data optimisation. Medhat ElAraby, Vice President, ELARABY Group, tells Intelligent CIO Africa, why […]
In the highly competitive wine industry, producing great-tasting wines is not enough to ensure success. Without a super charged sales team, even the best vintage runs the risk of gathering dust in a cellar. For DGB, a timely technology intervention has empowered a high-performance sales team with real-time insights into sales, orders and retail execution. […]
Inwi is a telecommunications company based in Morocco and one of the three major telecoms company in the North African state. The Casablanca headquartered telco is a subsidiary of the SNI group and Kuwaiti Zain group. With more than 50,000 branches, Inwi is the third telecommunications provider in Morocco, after Maroc Telecom and Orange. Recently, […]
Ghana-based Republic Bank recently restored data 80% faster and enhanced customer satisfaction by reducing system downtime to zero after it implemented Commvault Complete Data Protection solution. Samuel Dakurah, Head, Technology and Business Systems Support Division, Republic Bank Ghana, tells Intelligent CIO Africa why it was critical for the bank to implement this project. Republic Bank […]
As more and more businesses attempt to scale alongside their Digital Transformation journey, they must implement technology which offers positive results and acts as an enabler. Infinidat has offered Clientèle Life an enterprise storage system which has contributed to the company’s competitive advantage in terms of its storage capabilities. Keith Fagan, Infrastructure Services Manager at […]
Following General Motors’ divestment from South Africa in 2017, Isuzu Motors South Africa embarked on a Digital Transformation journey that helped it to break down internal silos and gain a real-time view over each customer. Loren Meyer, Department Executive, Information Technology, Isuzu Motors South Africa, explains why the company had to build local capabilities to […]
Coficab is a global provider of design, manufacturing and sales of automotive cables and wires. A subsidiary of the Elloumi Group, the company was founded in 1992 by Hichem Elloumi. Recently, the company partnered with Veeam to standardise its backup strategy as it continues modernise its IT infrastructure and enhance operations. Manda Banda finds out […]
EGYPTAIR Tourism and Duty Free Co, has announced a new agreement with IBM to leverage IBM Cloud capabilities to scale and modernise EGYPTAIR Duty Free back-end operations and host its SAP Travel Retail System. By adopting IBM Cloud, EGYPTAIR will also leverage IBM Watson Assistant, an AI virtual agent, to transform their travellers’ shopping experience. […]
As telecommunications operator MTN South Africa continues on the path of innovation in readiness for 5G rollout across South Africa, Intelligent CIO Africa, recently sat with Giovanni Chiarelli, Chief Technology and Information Officer at MTN South Africa, who addressed several new initiatives the telco was rolling out and why MTN remains the network of choice […]
Ninety One is a South Africa-based independent, active investment manager dedicated to delivering compelling outcomes for its clients, managing more than £119 billion (2.6 trillion rand) in assets. Recently it implemented Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) infrastructure, including Single Sign On, Multi-factor Authentication (MFA). Scott Carr, IT Platforms Manager, Ninety One, tells us why […]
