Posted on August 28th, 2008 by Carel
Filed under Business, HCM, SAP
If you are in the SAP world then this is big news. Infosys announced on August 25, 2008 that it plans to acquire Axon for US$753MM in cash. A couple of years ago Axon acquired US based PremierHR. A significant inducement fee should prevent Axon from taking a competitive bid. Here is a good analysis [...]
Posted on August 13th, 2008 by Carel
Filed under Apple, Business, HCM, SAP, South Africa
Update: January 1, 2009 – I’m not with ROC anymore. First off, I apologize for the lengthy silence. I’ve been busy! As of July 1, I’m the CEO of ROC Americas, Inc. and a board member of ROC Global. ROC’s vision is to be THE Global SAP HCM specialist, and after just 7 weeks with [...]
Posted on July 7th, 2008 by Carel
Filed under Business, HCM, SAP
Even with all the news about a slowdown in the US economy and the dark outlook on jobs, it seems that for the most part it is still difficult to find good people. The war for talent is still raging. These SAP sponsored reports by the Economist give an interesting overview of the supply of [...]
Posted on June 20th, 2008 by Carel
Filed under Business, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Life
I recently finished reading a 100 page book entitled “The Integrity Advantage”. The authors, Adrian Gostick and Dana Telford, describes 10 characteristics that defines Integrity. They claim, and I agree, that how taking the High Road (Integrity) creates a competitive advantage in business. I encourage you to read and study this little book. Integrity, that [...]
Posted on June 11th, 2008 by Carel
Filed under Business, Technology
I met Don Swann, former Deloitte partner and currently principle of Don Swann Consulting LLC, on a Brand Velocity project in Irving, Texas. Don is one of the most productive and smart project managers that I’ve had the pleasure to meet. After one discussion regarding the “Business of IT” Don mentioned that in 1989 he [...]
Posted on April 30th, 2008 by Carel
Filed under Business, Entrepreneurship, South Africa, Technology
Seems like Pieter de Villiers is a good name for South African success stories. There’s the rugby player, the hurdler, the business consultant, and the IT whiz. De Villiers (the whiz) is the CEO of Clickatell, the first (and leading) global high-speed service provider of bulk SMS messages. Its 8,000 customers can connect in over [...]
Posted on February 18th, 2008 by Carel
Filed under Business, South Africa
In my previous post I documented South Africa’s Ease of doing business rating. The A.T. Kearney Global Services Location Index (GSLI) compares 50 global offshore locations and it contains very interesting information about different offshore and nearshore locations. You can download the pdf here. Quoted from the A.T.Kearney website: Findings in the 2007 A.T. Kearney Global Services Location [...]
Posted on February 15th, 2008 by Carel
Filed under Business, South Africa
The World Bank has very interesting indicators regarding doing business in different countries. Use this interactive Google Map to slice and dice indicators like Starting a Business, Taxes, Dealing with licenses and much more. The top ten countries according to the World Bank regarding “Ease of Doing Business Rank” are: Singapore New Zealand US Hong [...]
Posted on February 8th, 2008 by Carel
Filed under Business, Entrepreneurship, Leadership
Tom Peters is always interesting and unconventional. I found his 100 ways to succeed and make money and interesting read. It’s similar to Dale Carnegie’s “How to Win Friends and Influence People” . Here are some of my favorites: Number #3: Write thank you notes. Number #4: Make the difficult call NOW! Number #6: Make [...]
Posted on January 4th, 2008 by Carel
Filed under Business
Here are the list of the most read post on my blog in 2007: South Africa’s wealthiest people in 2007 – Most read post by a factor of 5! Lyndon Rive – Green energy CEO of SolarCity. Nice article in today’s San Francisco Business Times. SAP’s on demand/SaaS ERP solution, codenamed A1S Elon Musk of [...]
