Planning an Event? Don't Forget the Branded Apps! Events are great opportunities to bring people together to share knowledge, learn from experts, and generate high-quality business leads. Marketers know that, so we spend a ton of time and money on events. According to Forrester, event marketing on average makes up the largest chunk of the B2B marketers' budget at nearly 20%.
The 30 Second Habit with a Lifelong Impact. Why The Microsoft Surface Just Died Last Week. 6 Resolutions for an Innovative Year. Our Social Trading Network Celebrates 50 million Positions. Green Building. Home Page - SMMU. Manufacturing Competitiveness Enhancement Programme (MCEP) An MCEP Cluster Competitiveness Improvement Project Discussion was hosted on 04 March 2014 which member firms attended to discuss participation.
Member firms showed interests and the DCC is currently collaborating with firms regarding the cluster application. Register - get free online access to This is Africa. ‘Big Data’ comes to Africa - News. The best smartphones under R3000. Let's be honest, few people can afford the prepaid price tag of today's flagship smartphones.
However, there are loads of quality phones to be had at and below R3000 - so we thought this topic was worth revisiting. View our earlier budget smartphone feature here. Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini You really can't speak about entry- and mid-level smartphones without mentioning Samsung's Mini range.
Google creates Android for wearables. Selected recent publications. Amid technical and financial concerns, SA moves ahead with biofuels strategy. By: Schalk Burger While the food-versus-fuel dilemma remains, South Africa is moving ahead with the roll-out of its much debated biofuels strategy, which even received a mention in President Jacob Zuma’s February State of the Nation address, when he confirmed that biofuels manufacturers had been selected and had started work.
Research indicates that renewable fuels could constitute 2% of existing fuel volumes, while only taking up 1.4% of arable land in South Africa, thereby not jeopardising food security. Nevertheless, not all the technical considerations have been settled, while a number of economic and financial loose ends also linger. Government’s draft mandatory blending regulations seek to balance the impact of increased fuel costs that the introduction of biofuels will entail with the potential fuel security, job creation and environmental benefits. Smartphone usage stats in SA.
Google recently unveiled the results of a new global survey on smartphone usage and mobile marketing, available freely online at a website called Our Mobile Planet.
The survey, entitled “Global Mobile Research: The Smartphone User & The Mobile Marketer,” was conducted earlier this year with Ipsos GmbH, TNS Infratest and the Mobile Marketing Association, and Google presented results specific to South Africa at its Think Mobile event in Cape Town this week (7 November 2011). Google highlighted the following findings of the South African portion of the survey.
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Www.hydroone.com/Mobile/Documents/HydroOne_Mobile_Application_UserGuide.pdf. And Microsoft Raise the Bar on CRM; Sign Strategic OEM Agreement to Integrate InsideView for Sales™ into Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online - Insideview. Partnership Brings Native Access to Data, Social Insights and Professional Connections Within Microsoft Dynamics CRM for More Meaningful Customer Engagement and Greater Sales Productivity.
Press Article. New Microsoft Dynamics CRM release adds social capabilities JOHANNESBURG — December 11, 2013 — Microsoft has released its new CRM 2013 in South Africa, promising a new focus on enterprise social networking that will give companies new ways to engage with customers, build brand relevance, and collaborate to stay ahead of changing market and business environments.
Announcing the launch during a webinar today, Kethan Parbhoo, the head of Microsoft’s Dynamics business in South Africa, said the release would deliver more personal experiences to sales, marketing and customer care professionals. SinterCast Expanding Control, Analysis for CGI Production. SinterCast AB is introducing a series of technological updates to the third generation of its compacted graphite iron (CGI) process control technology, known as System 3000.
This includes Automated Base Treatment Control, an extension of the feed-forward measure-and-correct process control that allows System 3000 to accomplish automated feedback control of the wire-feeding base treatment operation. Zealous Remains Eager for More. Tupy to Produce CGI Diesel Engine Castings for Nissan. The Tupy foundry in Brazil will produce a compacted graphite iron (CGI) cylinder block for the new Cummins Inc., Columbus, Ind., U.S., 5.0L V8 turbo diesel engine.
Cummins has indicated the engine will be available not only for Nissan’s next-generation Titan full-size pickup but recreational vehicles and commercial vehicles. Like the current model, the truck will be built at Nissan’s Canton, Miss., vehicle assembly plant and its gasoline engines will be cast, forged and assembled at Nissan’s Decherd, Tenn., powertrain plant. “With approximately 50% of the U.S. market share being held by pickups, SUVs and crossovers, the increased use of diesel engines provides an important contribution toward helping OEMs meet the continual increase in [fuel economy] standard increases from 27.5 miles per gallon (8.6 litres/100km) in 2010 to 54.5 mpg (4.3 litres/100 km) in 2025,” said Dr. MTI Acquires Iron, Aluminum Casting Facilities. Iron caster Metal Technologies Inc.
(MTI), Auburn, Ind., is expanding with the acquisition of Northern Foundry LLC, a ductile iron casting facility in Hibbing, Minn. New BMW Engine Plant Lays Foundation in Shenyang. On August 6, 2013, a new engine plant foundation laying ceremony of BMW Brilliance Automotive Ltd. was held in Tiexi District, Shenyang, China. The new engine plant will be implemented in several phases, starting in 2013, with production commencing in 2016. It has a planned annual production capacity of 400,000 units. It will manufacture the most advanced BMW engines and all products will be provided to domestic automobiles. GM investing $332M in 4 sites to produce new Ecotec small gasoline engine, 8-speed, V6.
GM investing $332M in 4 sites to produce new Ecotec small gasoline engine, 8-speed, V6 General Motors Co. will invest nearly $332 million in four manufacturing sites to produce more fuel-efficient engines and transmissions.