Short Profile

Portfolio Manager – Workplace Devices

Career:

• Channel Manager Africa – Fujitsu
• Set up and managed deployment of Fujitsu’s Africa Channel Strategy
• English Speaking Africa
• Channel Manager South Africa - Fujitsu
• Managed Fujitsu’s South Africa Channel Strategy

• Sales Unit Manager – Consumer – AXIZ
• Set up and managed AXIZ’s Retail Company
• National Sales Manager – Grand Battery Technologies (GBT)
• Set up new channel for GBT in portable and renewable energy segment
• Selling to multiple sectors across Retail & Industry
• Divisional Manager - MTN retailer

Ross Olver has been involved in the ICT sector for over 15 years. In this time he has been involved in numerous projects across industries and geographies. His current position at Fujitsu is as a technical expert in work place systems, driving the future of workplace. A core component to this is communications and the effect it has on the way we will work in the future.

Presentation Title:

Future of Workplace

"The future of the workplace is a topic highly debated in the IT sector. New thinking has hit the market revolutionizing the workplace in the form of Virtualization. Fujitsu has been on the forefront of these technologies for many years and will discuss how this technology can assist in your workplace. Desktop Virtualization addresses numerous concerns from Total Cost of Ownership to quality of deliverance and ultimately performance."

The Slate Revolution

"New products such as the iPad have changed the way the user thinks about accessing his data and structuring his working behavior. However this poses new challenges to business and how business needs to structure itself to maintain delivery excellence while still accommodating the demands of it users. Fujitsu has over 20 years’ experience in keyboardless devices and will discuss the challenges business managers face and offer solutions to these problems."