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A week of wins for BulkSMS.com

According to Pieter Streicher, MD of BulkSMS.com,  despite giant strides in the right direction over the past few years to open up the telecoms market, there are still pockets of monopolistic behaviour, he explains why in the latest edition of EngineerIT. In light of the recent Krugersdorp High School bullying attack, Dr Streicher shares his [...] 

No gamble with MicroStrategy

Silverstar Casino, a client of MicroStrategy, was recently featured in Brainstorm (page 44 & 45) highlighting how self-service BI makes marketing to punters less of a gamble. 

3-in-1

Three of Red Ribbon’s clients: Virtual Mobile Technologies,  MicroStrategy and Elingo recently got coverage in iWeek’s Special Predictions Report (page 25, 26 & 27). 

Chat rooms – The wild west

BulkSMS.com MD Pieter Streicher, highlights the dangers of chat rooms for children in the latest edition of Financial Mail. 

ININ signs deal

Interactive Intelligence’s recent agreement to purchase select Interactive Intelligence-related contact centre assets of its South African-based reseller, ATIO Corp. Pty Ltd were reported by Business Day. 

Time for ICASA to act on SMS charges

Dr Pieter Streicher, MD of BulkSMS.com calls upon ICASA to regulate the A2P SMS messaging space on TechCentral. 

Proposed laws on spam likely to cause big fallout

BulkSMS.com’s, Dr Pieter Streicher explains in Business Day why electronic communications opt-in versus opt-out debate is going to come to a head, and the fallout is going to have a big effect on both businesses and consumers. 

Red Ribbon announces SQS award

Red Ribbon recently distributed a press release about SQS Software Quality Systems’ “IT Leading Employer” award that they’ve won from the Computer Society of South Africa (CSSA). They’ve received excellent online coverage in ITWeb, saitnews, ITNewsAfrica, Bizcommunity and Engineering News. 

The dangers of the South African chat room environment

Dr Pieter Streicher, founder of ParentsCorner.org.za discusses the dangers youth encounter in the South African chat room environment on SABC 2′s Hectic Nine-9 youth program.  He also provides valuable advice on safe online usage on what you should be aware of. 

Peace of mind PR or is it?

Bonita Da Serra In PR, you can literally work from the moon, if there was internet connectivity of course. At first, working in the tech world frightened me; the new jargon and constant developments. Nowadays, I can’t think of life without these daily conveniences – being able to connect whenever and wherever. The PR world [...]