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Take the 2008 BizAssist.co.za Reader Survey & WIN
Tell us about yourself by completing the brief survey questionnaire and stand in line to win one of our fantastic giveaways. Draws will take place once a month and to launch our first reader feedback survey, BizAssist.co.za and Microsoft have teamed up and are giving away a compendium of great Microsoft Goodies.
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SA's Retail Giant Assisted by SME's
A Uitenhage based Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) and an emerging entrepreneur have gone into business with retail giant Woolworths, and are producing over a million green bags a year for the company.
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Networking trends for SMEs
Val Moodley, Regional Sales Manager of Commercial Business at Cisco South Africa, discusses the networking issues facing SMEs and the solutions available to them to stay competitive.
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Entrepreneurs Making a Difference in South Africa
Developed by two entrepreneurs, Apple Green Holdings, a new waste management services company, is well on its way to revolutionising hygiene and waste management in South Africa, and has future plans to one day franchise.
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Pastel and 702 Small Business Awards
An exciting new awards initiative from Talk Radio 702 and Softline Pastel, will honour successful small businesses in South Africa and highlight the vital work being done in the SME (Small and Medium Enterprises) sector. |
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SIMPLIFYING COMMUNICATION SOLUTIONS
Umtha Telecom offers a first world experience in network design that is business specific, practical and with support. The approach is a holistic solution design and development using communication solutions such as VPNs (Virtual Private Networks), Hosting, IP telephony, Security, e-mail management, policy alignment and more. How we do it is by learning the ins and out of your business so that we can deliver the best possible solution for your business. |
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Warwick Smith-Chandler has motivated and inspired entrepreneurs ever since he launched South Africa's first entrepreneurial magazine, ‘Your Own Business'. A pioneer in internet publishing, he launched Bizassist.co.za in 1998, which has become South Africa's most widely-read SME business portal.
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Issue 60 20 August 2008
Welcome to another edition of the dynamic and informative BizSmarts Newsletter – South Africa's premier SME & Technology mailer. |
tech news you can use
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Virtualisation a Logical Step Forward for Small Business
The cost of new hardware and software can put IT expansions and upgrades right out of reach of small business as they are without the same big IT budgets as large corporates, SMEs have had to think smarter in order to do more than what their more limited infrastructure can handle.
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Spectrum Multimedia Creates more Affordable SME backup Solution
Spectrum Multimedia has recently launched their Buffalo LinkStation Mini, which is their portable, smallest and quietest Network Attached Storage (NAS) device, capable of storing a Terabyte (1000 Gigabytes) of data. In general, it achieves 60% lower power consumption compared to 3,5” NAS drives.
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Neotel Expands to KZN
Neotel has officially launched its consumer services in the greater Durban area. |
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The Business Opportunity
Zhauns Group supplies an incredible range of machines which produce toilet rolls, candles, diapers/nappies, juice, cooldrinks, bricks, ice cream, pot scourers, candles, fryers, popcorn, candyfloss, charcoal, etc.
Visit www.zhauns.com  for more unique business ideas or contact 021 447 3665 / 011 802 6377 / 031 579 2492.
info@zhauns.com / bizop@zhauns.com |
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