High-speed internet could help SMEs keep clients - survey

[rpm]

http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Broadband/1763.html

 

[Mike_De_Lange]

SMEs could increase their efficiency if they use advanced high-speed internet technologies such as fixed-line service ADSL.

At what cost? The cost of bankruptcy due to Telkom's exorbatent fee's? I fcuking hate pointless articles like this!

 

[XCentricdave]

"The ability to increase profitability and turnover depends on how the business is run and also its strategy," he said, adding that high-speed internet technologies did not in themselves create competitiveness, but could contribute greatly to it.

The most important point. Adding IT to a weak business or to a bad business model will not improve anything. A bad process automated is not a good process.

Are there courses/workshops offered which cover business improvement, which include IT as one of the tools? That might be better...

 

[stoke]

Being contactable by email is pretty much a 100% requirement now-days, especially considering the excessive high-cost of telephony.