Publicity Highlights

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. 

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. 

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. 

Telecoms still hot off the press

Looking back over the last two months, Elingo has had a busy time in the media. Here’s a few highlights to give you some insight into the contact centre industry: Following the latest Brainstorm BPO roundtable page 68, 69, 70, 71 & 72, Karl Reed and many other industry leaders highlight the various strengths and [...] 

A busy month for Property24.com

It’s been a busy month for Property24.com’s Industry Specialist, Mari van Wyk. We look back at the headlines in consumer and property publications. Fokus (Fokus interview continues) on SABC 2 invited Mari to join presenter Lynette Francis to discuss the very topical Rates Amendment Bill on Sunday, September 4th. Property Professional, the Industry publication for [...] 

Hard work deserves reward

Like any good recipe, the end result is only as good as the ingredients used. And the result is always sweeter if the ingredients include a passionate spokesperson, looking out for the consumer, as well as the safety of the market over the past couple of years. Congratulations to Dr Pieter Streicher, MD of BulkSMS.com [...]