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African SAP User Group ’ s SAPHILA 2023 conference to take place in July in Sun City Resort
Amanda Gibbs
The African SAP User Group , AFSUG announced that a number of local SAP customers will be sharing their invaluable insights and success stories at the highly anticipated upcoming SAPHILA 2023 conference . Set to take place from 09 to 11
July 2023 at the Sun City Resort in South Africa ’ s Northwest province , the event will feature speakers from a number of organisations representing several sectors across the continent , including automotive , retail , pharmaceutical , financial services , oil , and gas , and more .
A critical part of this , says AFSUG General Manager , Amanda Gibbs , is a look at the business and technology journeys of local SAP customers . “ SAPHILA offers an excellent opportunity for African customers to give practical insights and real-world , actionable advice to their peers , discussing challenges faced , strategies implemented , and positive outcomes achieved .”
Stream speakers at SAPHILA 2023 will include Sasha Perhat , senior manager : HR systems at Toyota ; Hanlie van der Berg , SAP architect at BMW ; Robert Heneke , executive head : cloud , SAP development and technology and
Anja Leonard , enterprise solution architect both from Pick ‘ n Pay ; Orscilla Haggard , group executive : finance business support and Bushy Thebehali , application services manager from Aspen Pharmacare ; Ronel Pfotenhauer , business owner , SuccessFactors and People Analytics and Prinushlee Govender , data scientist , People Analytics at SANLAM ; Innocent M Dlamini , COO and sponsor of the SAP transformation project at Sincephethelo Motor Vehicles Fund ; Aveena Mothilall , CIO at Engen Petroleum ; Rob Coombe , group IT manager , Royal Eswatini Sugar Corporation ; and Werner Carstens , SAP solutions architect , Capitec Bank .
“ Another drawcard speaker from outside the African region is Juan Carvallo Alarcon from the King Abdullah University of Technology , KAUST , a private research university located in Thuwal , Saudi Arabia , who will be speaking on the transformation of KAUST into a living lab and smart city ,” she comments .
CA Southern Africa delivering Symantec Enterprise Cloud innovations to South Africa
CA Southern Africa , a representative of Broadcom Software and driving Symantec Enterprise Cloud , SEC uptake in SA ’ s enterprise market reveals Broadcom ’ s acquisition of Symantec in 2019 reinforced a 50-year history of Symantec innovation , focusing on areas most important to its global client base , including : Compliance , Integration , Work-from-anywhere , Hybrid and multi-cloud environments . As a division of Broadcom , Symantec continues to innovate its products , business models , and community efforts on behalf of its customers .
“ Over the next few years , Symantec products will integrate seamlessly not only with one another but also with third-party solutions , as the company continues to refine and execute its vision for SEC ,” says Michael Brink , CTO CA Southern Africa .
Customers can look forward to :
• A single Symantec agent across technologies , platforms , and environments , a long-time cyber security goal , now within reach .
• Consistent management of compliance , securing remote work , and data and threat protection across the entire enterprise environment .
• Capabilities delivered in product upgrades covered under then-current licensing agreements .
Brink says a narrow view of innovation focuses on niche product development by startups , and favours trends like cloud only solutions . In a nutshell , Symantec , by Broadcom not only covers the past and the present but will also provide for the future .
“ A broader view considers all the way companies innovate through acquisitions , in thought ship , by aligning their solutions with customer requirements , and by shaping the business and regulatory environments . Over its history , Symantec has remained at the forefront of all these forms of innovation in cyber security ,” he adds .
“ Consolidation is the key to simplicity , effective management , consistent compliance , an improved user experience , and more effective use of both internal , logs and external , intelligence data . SEC delivers all of it , and is available at simple , per-user annual pricing covering Endpoint , Network , Information , and Email Security solutions enterprise-wide ,” concludes Brink .
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