Companies engage in strategic battles for market share and use skills to gain recognition, business and competitive advantage. According to national network support and service specialist Integr8 IT, the need to position business at the forefront of international trends has become essential.
Local companies continue to explore foreign markets in order to source fresh training and skills development opportunities. In order to continue to provide the client with value and benefits, businesses are being forced to think of strategic ways to raise competence levels and add depth to the skills base.
Integr8 IT, a strategic business partner of Intel, Computer Associates, Citrix, Microsoft, MTN Network Solutions and 3Com, places a premium on the investment in partners and clients alike. Benefits include exposure to the latest technology, products and systems as well as an investment in more informed network engineers.
"Yes, there is a substantial cost attached to this investment. Our core business is based on being able to accurately evaluate the state of networks and identify possible enhancements. We also provide clients that have limited IT infrastructure and related services capability with the right product and solution advice. This is our bread and butter, therefore any investment we make to improve our knowledge and enhance our value proposition is made with complete commitment, energy and appreciation for the importance of communication strategy in new business markets," explains Lance Fanaroff, director at Integr8 IT.
"Our approach is focused on developing our knowledge management strategy, based on transforming the company`s intellectual capital into structural capital. As such, we strive to improve our skills, nurture our relationships with customers and treat the accumulation of new experience, processes, systems and policies with the necessary respect. The key component of any company is its people. In order to capitalise in this market and work towards a common goal, you need a strong team of dedicated professionals - people that are willing to learn and motivated to come up with new ideas," says Robert Sussman, director at Integr8 IT.
Besides building on the quality and depth of its skills pool and thereby adding value to clients, the initiative taken by the company to focus on new and improved training opportunities for staff is indicative of its desire to strengthen and build on its partnerships.
"We have established active partnerships with a number of high profile industry leaders including Microsoft, Intel, Computer Associates, MTN Network Solutions, 3Com and Citrix. Our commitment to each one of these partnerships helps us develop and grow our knowledge and skills level. This is a demanding market that is based on value provision - if you cannot demonstrate measurable value of some kind then you will remain static. We are proactive and passionate about what we do," adds Fanaroff.
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Integr8 IT (Pty) Ltd is a wholly owned network technology services and solutions company in southern Africa. Based in SA, the company employs a wealth of highly skilled and certified system engineers who are directly involved in high level consulting, support and integration.
With offices located in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, and representation in Port Elizabeth, East London and Port Elizabeth, Integr8 IT spans nationally across Southern Africa and Africa continent. It has the people and expertise to plan, deploy, manage and maintain an information technology environment.
Whether a client seeks better control of its networked environment or is in need of practical solutions, complex or simple, Integr8 IT provides the answers with enhanced information technology services.
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