Cisco moves market focus

Cisco Systems has overhauled its management structure in order to support 26 new businesses the company says could soon reach $1 billion each and account for more than 25% of Cisco's revenue, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Now executives work on committees and the company makes 70% of its decisions collaboratively, up from 10% just two years ago.

CEO John Chambers, a veteran of Wang Laboratories, the computer company that famously went bankrupt after it failed to adapt to the rise of the PC, says large companies begin to slowdown “because they didn't move out of their primary markets” fast enough.

Ghanaian minister of communication, Haruna Iddrisu, expressed dissatisfaction about the decision by Vodafone Ghana to forcibly lay off some of its workforce as part of its restructuring process, states Ghana News Agency.

He expressed government's unhappiness about the issue and urged management of the company and the local workers union to dialogue in order to come out with a solution that would be acceptable to both parties as far as the redundancy was concerned.

Iddrisu says although restructuring was part of Vodafone's agreement with the previous government and that they had set aside about $14 million to cover workers who might be affected, it should be done in a more humane manner.

As Computer Network Systems (CNS) positions itself to provide a broader range of branded services within the ICT market, one unit within the company has been preparing themselves to deliver project management services as part of EngageCNS, reports AME Info.

There is an ever-increasing need to successfully execute projects in most industries and this is no different with ICT customers, as they attempt to optimise the outcome of their investment and constrain costs, says senior head of implementation at CNS, Nazih El Malek.

“As customers ask, 'How can a company bring professional expertise to my own ICT department?' One answer is: a certified project manager. Project managers use repeatable best-practice processes and improved project results,” he says.