{"id":259161,"date":"2018-07-18T08:02:08","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T06:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=259161"},"modified":"2018-07-18T08:02:08","modified_gmt":"2018-07-18T06:02:08","slug":"cisco-appoints-clayton-naidoo-as-new-gm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/it-services\/259161\/cisco-appoints-clayton-naidoo-as-new-gm\/","title":{"rendered":"Cisco appoints Clayton Naidoo as new GM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cisco has appointed Clayton Naidoo as the new GM for sub-Saharan Africa, based out of the Johannesburg office.<\/p>\n<p>In his role, Naidoo will oversee the implementation of Cisco\u2019s strategy in the region, executing a vision that delivers transformational value to customers and partners.<\/p>\n<p>He will also develop strategic relationships across the entire ecosystem to drive a digital agenda for sub-Saharan Africa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClayton Naidoo\u2019s appointment is opportune as Cisco builds momentum at the forefront of digital transformation efforts for governments and businesses in Africa,&#8221;\u00a0 said David Meads, Cisco vice-president for Africa and Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is huge potential for the region to reap benefits from helping customers and partners create value in a connected, digital world; unlocking new revenue streams; delivering better customer and citizen service; and creating employment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Naidoo joined Cisco in 2007 and was most recently head of digital transformation with a particular focus on the public sector and large enterprise clients.<\/p>\n<p>In his new role Naidoo will report to Meads. He holds a Master in Business Administration and a Diploma in Advanced Management.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/general\/213911\/cisco-to-offer-free-online-training-courses-to-south-africans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cisco to offer free online training courses to South Africans<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cisco has appointed Clayton Naidoo as the new GM for sub-Saharan Africa, based out of the Johannesburg office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":206925,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[1358,26],"class_list":["post-259161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-it-services","tag-cisco","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259161"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":259165,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259161\/revisions\/259165"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}