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Enterprise software veteran to lead IFS in South Africa
Mohamed Cassoojee has been announced as IFS’ Country Manager and Managing Director for South Africa
IFS, the global enterprise applications company, has announced the appointment of Mohamed Cassoojee, an IT veteran with more than three decades of experience, as its new Country Manager and Managing Director for South Africa.
He will focus on growing IFS’ s South African presence in large enterprise accounts as well expanding its ecosystem of top-tier consulting and implementation partners.
Cassoojee – previously Vice-President and Country Manager of Software AG Africa – brings extensive experience in negotiating multimillion-dollar contracts and leading technology businesses in Africa and North America to his new role. His appointment signals IFS’ confidence in the potential of South Africa’ s enterprise software market.
Luis Ortega, Managing Director at IFS for Middle East, Africa and South Asia, said:“ We’ re delighted to appoint a business leader of Mohamed’ s calibre to lead our business in South Africa, a strategic growth market for IFS. His extensive enterprise experience, added to his strong people and customer orientation, mean he is the ideal choice to take IFS to the next level of growth and development in South Africa.”
Cassoojee added:“ IFS’ enterprise resource planning, project management and asset management solutions are a perfect fit for South African organisations that are looking for robust applications to enable them to enhance their agility. I see excellent potential for IFS to grow its market share in South Africa, where customers are looking for configurable business solutions that allow them to rapidly realise value.”
Cassoojee will attend‘ Connect to What’ s Next’ on August 2 at the Maslow Hotel in Sandton – an event where IFS will showcase the future of technology.
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Nokia and Sudatel to collaborate on delivery of ultra-broadband services in Sudan
Nokia and Sudatel are to trial Nokia 4.5G
Pro, 4.9G and 5G mobile technologies along with Nokia’ s fixed fiber-to-the-home( FTTH) portfolio to enhance the mobile and residential broadband experience in Sudan.
Nokia and Sudatel are to collaborate on delivery of ultrabroadband services in Sudan
The collaboration will focus initially on the capital city of Khartoum.
Under its 2020 Strategy, Sudatel is focused on transforming its fixed access and mobile service offerings. The company wants to enhance the subscriber experience on any device, in the home and on-the-move with high-speed delivery of voice, data and video and fixed and mobile packages, as well as e-government, e-health and other consumer and business services.
Nokia and Sudatel will conduct several different use-case tests using Nokia fixed and mobile technologies in Nokia Laboratories in Espoo, Finland and Antwerp,
Belgium. With an initial focus on enhancing mobile data services in Khartoum, the companies will evaluate how the 5G-ready AirScale radio access portfolio can increase capacity and speeds today while providing a path to 5G in the future.
In addition, Sudatel will leverage Nokia’ s passive optical networking( PON) fibre solutions to enhance the residential broadband experience. The companies will conduct a high-speed fixed technology trial in Khartoum, starting in July.
Tarig Zain El Abdein, President and Chief Executive Officer, Sudatel Telecom Group, said the company was pleased to sign the strategic technology partnership with Nokia. www. intelligentcio. com INTELLIGENTCIO
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