VODACOM GROUP LIMITED Tuesday, 21 October 2014
Vodacom attends the Eastern Cape ICT Summit to discuss the ways in which enterprise mobility can help government, the private sector and consumers work more effectively, cost efficiently and conveniently. In addition, Vodacom will examine how technology is helping to break boundaries for all sectors of South African society.
The Eastern Cape ICT Summit takes place from 20-22 October at the East London International Convention Centre. The theme for this year's event is "Technology Breaking Boundaries". Vuyani Jarana, Chief Officer at Vodacom Business, will be speaking on the topic of enterprise mobility and how it can empower businesses and Government alike by increasing efficiency and productivity, reducing costs and errors, and ensuring both the public and private sector remain agile and are able to capitalise on the opportunities technology presents.
"The ICT Summit brings together government IT specialists and leaders, large enterprises, the SMME market, and operators. It showcases developments in technology and helps customers, government and civic society to understand what technology can offer and how it can improve their businesses and their lives," Jarana says. "It also introduces people to the 'next big things' in the technology sector."
Vodacom Business is heavily focused on enterprise mobility because of the immediate cost-saving benefits it offers to businesses, large or small.
"Historically, people used to go to work but today work comes to people," Jarana says. "Enterprise mobility creates new ways of working, enabling enterprises and government to be much more productive."
But enterprise mobility isn't only about productivity; it's also about encouraging digital literacy in organisations and giving people the tools to harness new technology to improve their lives.
"If CIOs are not enabling mobility for their workforce using suitably secure tools and applications, the workforce will turn to existing technology or applications that may compromise the integrity of sensitive information," Jarana explains.
"For example, if you look at basic collaboration tools for messaging, when users sign up their contact list is uploaded to a third-party server, which could result in sensitive information reaching people it shouldn't. It's a case of consumer applications being used for enterprise because enterprise solutions don't always exist."
Digital literacy and security consciousness have other benefits, Jarana says. "A digitally literate workforce can spot opportunities that come out of adopting these new technologies. Moreover, embracing technology like enterprise mobility drives efficiency, reduces paperwork and increases accountability - something that's as important in the private sector as it is in the public sector."
Vodacom is constantly improving its network in order to offer consumers and businesses high-speed, high-quality secure connectivity and so that it can offer innovative services using that connectivity as the backbone.
Find out more about the Eastern Cape ICT Summit or register at http://www.ictsummit.co.za
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