Jeanine van Eyssen , ICT Systems Engineer , Peace Parks

EVERYTHING WENT SMOOTHLY

– THIS WAS

A WELL- MANAGED AND IMPLEMENTED PROJECT AND ALL DEADLINES

WERE MET .

Teams Voice , staff had to use private phones to make calls and go through the pain of claiming back call costs .

“ Everything went smoothly – this was a well-managed and implemented project and all deadlines were met . Argantic performed above expectation , they also provided adequate training and post go live support .”

Argantic aims to help organisations thrive and reach their full potential in a modern cloudcentric era . The company was founded nine years ago with the aim to focus on delivering software and infrastructure services to the corporate and enterprise business market .

Argantic was founded by two ambitious South Africans with a simple promise – to make a difference . This has resulted in the formation of a company staffed with a highly successful business and technical skills that focused on delivering software and infrastructure services to the corporate and enterprise business market .

Intelligent SME . tech spoke to Peace Parks ’ ICT Systems Engineer , Jeanine van Eyssen , to find out more about the implementation and the role of technology in supporting the organisation .

What made you realise there was a need to combine technology and conservation ?

In the same way technology underpins a normal commercial organisation , the use of technology enables Peace Parks to operate more efficiently and effectively , allowing us to focus on our conservation efforts .

Can you give an example of when technology has aided the conservation of cultural and natural heritage ?

The introduction of Teams has allowed us to communicate with our remote field staff more effectively . The use of video calls has also allowed the organisation to still work collaboratively , despite lockdowns and having to practice social distancing .

How important is technology to the future of conservation ?

Technology is a force multiplier ; more can be done with the same or fewer resources .

Before the implementation of Teams , why was it extremely difficult to manage the environment and what challenges were you experiencing ?

Peace Parks works in remote areas where in some cases little or no mobile connectivity is available . The use of Teams has allowed for staff stationed in those areas to now be included in critical meetings and become part of important decision-making processes . Communicating ideas and events to these field staff members have also vastly improved , resulting in more collaboration across the organisation .

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