NEWS
Software
specialist
e4 appoints
new CIO
Fintech software specialist, e4, has
announced the appointment of Fikile
Sibiya as its Chief Information Officer. This
comes as part of e4’s continuous focus
on investing in its internal infrastructure,
while also strengthening its governance.
Fikile will oversee the vision, leadership,
development and implementation of IT
initiatives for the company.
First Technology Digital
earns Gold Microsoft
DevOps competency
Sibiya said: “Central to my new role will
be aligning core technology decisions
and investments to the objectives of
the organisation, while also ensuring we
continuously deliver a stable, robust and
secure platform for our clients.”
Always focused on technology, Sibiya
previously worked for industry leading brands
such as Microsoft and Rand Merchant Bank,
where she held positions extending across
software consulting; business analysis,
demand management and team leadership
roles. She said: “I spent the last three years
at Rand Merchant Bank as an IT Business
Manager supporting the central IT CTO to
fulfil the department’s strategic objectives.
This role deepened my love for technology
as a strategic business enabler.”
Her appointment at e4, said Sibiya, is an
opportunity to work with one of the most
advanced and fast-growing leaders in
business digitalisation: “I look forward to using
the knowledge I have gained over the years to
contribute to the successful growth of e4.”
Fikile Sibiya, Chief Information Officer, e4
First Technology Digital, South
Africa’s preferred partner for Digital
Transformation, digital workplaces and
Artificial Intelligence, has been successful
in its attainment of Gold-level status for
the Microsoft DevOps competency.
This latest achievement sees the
company adding to its existing Gold
cloud platform expertise, which currently
includes application development,
collaboration and content, data analytics
and data centre competencies.
Robert Kendall, Business Unit
Manager at First Technology Digital,
said: “Organisations are under
increasing pressure to create new
products and improve existing ones
at a faster pace than ever before. By
using a DevOps model, they are able
to circumvent lengthier traditional
software development approaches,
enhancing speed and efficiencies across
IT functions.”
According to Kendall, benefits delivered
by DevOps include shortened cycle
times, faster value delivery, improved
quality and availability, optimised
resources, the elimination of waste and
greater innovation.
This statement is reinforced by the
findings of IT automation software
company, Puppet, which released a
white paper entitled the 2017 State of
DevOps Report, which revealed that
high performing organisations have
46 times higher software deployment
frequencies, 440 times faster lead time
for changes and a five times lower
software change failure rate than lower
performance competitors. •
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