2016 award nomination winners escape 2016 bbd grads travel to india angular vs react banking

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2016 AWARD NOMINATION
WINNERS
ESCAPE 2016
BBD GRADS TRAVEL TO INDIA
ANGULAR VS REACT
BANKING FOR KIDS
BBD’S OWN SPEAKS AT
JAVAONE
YEAR END FUNCTION
CONTENTS
ANGULAR VS REACT 46

A war in single page application frameworks

MEET THE TEAMS 48
06 NOTE FROM THE ED
Get to know some of BBD’S awesome teams
A message from the team that brings the BBD Bulletin to you

JAVA ONE 58
08 INFORMATION STATION
We present at Oracle
Internal save the dates, holidays, email distribution and email aliases
BANKING FOR KIDS 60
10 PEANUT GALLERY
A new banking app for the education of children
Insight into organized teams
STAYING ON TRACK 62

14 AWARD NOMINATION 2017
Completing the 947 challenge again!
Giving recognition for exceptional solution & service delivery
THE BBD STINGERS 68
20 THE YEAR END FUNCTION
BBD’s football team kicks off to the Premier Division
Memories from BBD unplugged party
COCOA VS VANILLA 70
28 BANKING VERTICAL
Facts about the age old debate
BBD provides expertise into the South African Banking sector

VINEYARD VAAI’ING 74
30 ESC@PE 2016
MSDF indulges in the wineyards of Beyerskloof
BBD’s very own technology conference
r
THE 5:2 DIET 78
36 BBD GRADS TRAVEL TO INDIA
The best way to get skinny, fast!
Discover India through the eyes of BBD’s graduates
A DAY IN THE LIFE 82
44 HIMALAYAN ADVENTURES
Get to know some of your fellow colleagues
Donald explores the highest motorable road in the world

CHEF SEAN 90
A tear out recipe for a delicious pork roast

COCKY CORNER 94
All about fun, games and competitions… win super cool prizes!
ANGULAR VS REACT 46

A war in single page application frameworks

MEET THE TEAMS 48
06 NOTE FROM THE ED
Get to know some of BBD’S awesome teams
A message from the team that brings the BBD Bulletin to you

JAVA ONE 58
08 INFORMATION STATION
We present at Oracle
Internal save the dates, holidays, email distribution and email aliases
BANKING FOR KIDS 60
10 PEANUT GALLERY
A new banking app for the education of children
Insight into organized teams
STAYING ON TRACK 62

14 AWARD NOMINATION 2017
Completing the 947 challenge again!
Giving recognition for exceptional solution & service delivery
THE BBD STINGERS 68
20 THE YEAR END FUNCTION
BBD’s football team kicks off to the Premier Division
Memories from BBD unplugged party
COCOA VS VANILLA 70
28 BANKING VERTICAL
Facts about the age old debate
BBD provides expertise into the South African Banking sector

VINEYARD VAAI’ING 74
30 ESC@PE 2016
MSDF indulges in the wineyards of Beyerskloof
BBD’s very own technology conference
r
THE 5:2 DIET 78
36 BBD GRADS TRAVEL TO INDIA
The best way to get skinny, fast!
Discover India through the eyes of BBD’s graduates
A DAY IN THE LIFE 82
44 HIMALAYAN ADVENTURES
Get to know some of your fellow colleagues
Donald explores the highest motorable road in the world

CHEF SEAN 90
A tear out recipe for a delicious pork roast

COCKY CORNER 94
All about fun, games and competitions… win super cool prizes!
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NOT E
I’ve recently joined the life of motherhood
and as most parents understand, this
keeps me very busy and up most nights.
This got me thinking about family – the
good, the bad and the ugly. Family is
integral and for me, being part of the BBD
family for the past 15 years has been just
as crucial.
Working with people you become like a
family because you are together every day.
We all encourage, motivate and help each
other, but we also become close and learn
to have fun together as a team. Many of us
work very long hours and truly get to know
the personalities of our sibling colleagues,
their ups and downs, the daily intrigue of
office life – the drama, the laughs, the cups
of tea, carbophobia and don’t forget the
chips!
Being a part of the comms team, we play
a significant role in keeping BBD close
knit and connected. We created the BBD
Family wall to inspire a family presence at
work and I know I nag and nag many of
you for articles for our magazine but we
really do need all the latest information,
events and news that we can share with our
colleagues, clients, prospective employees
and new clients – helping to keep us an
intimate and tight knit family. But hey, can
you blame me – I’m a Jewish kog and I love
to find out anything anyone has to tell me.
So come on, don’t make me beg - send
us ANYTHING that we can share with our
family to [email protected].
As we are approach holiday time / silly
season, please remember to buckle up
and be safe.
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The Peanut
Gallery
INDIVIDUAL SKILL COMBINED INTO
SELF ORGANISED TEAMS IS UNBEATABLE!
t’s great to get a platform like this to wax lyrical on in the market. Your skill, attitude and the access to
I
some particular subject or issue that is currently some of the best minds in the industry to learn from
top of mind in the space we play. This time there and debate with are not the norm. Further, DO NOT
will be no sport, no politics and yup, sorry guys underestimate the way that BBD constitutes and
and girls, no sex, so feel free to move swiftly to the dissolves teams for various requirements across
next page or….keep reading. the business. Experience is combined with energy,
business insight with technical expertise, work with
In the course of sales and meeting potential new cli- play, and all with a focus on delivering a solution of
ent the business is often being exposed to projects value. No process, method, technology, package
where poorly experienced, poorly guided and in- or stupid amount of money will beat a highly motivat-
correctly assigned skills driving ahead in the wrong ed and skilled team in taking a software solution live,
direction and doing the wrong thing, result in failing BBD’s past has demonstrated this again and again.
projects. There is definitely a lack of understanding
in many of these potential new clients of the com- So with a high level of professionalism, engage with
plexity involved, even in what they see as “simple” your team and client where you believe things can
software projects and most do not have the ability or be improved or simplified and if in doubt bring your
bravery to question why many months into a project concerns back into the business to clarify how to
they are still not seeing ANY value or real business make an approach that will result in the best out-
functionality. In many cases the vendors providing come. You have a duty to yourself, to the client and
services don’t even have sight of how deep a hole to BBD to ensure that your skills and ability are put
they are in and don’t bring emergency measures in to the best use so push back against short-cuts and
to bring things back into line. BBD has seen this drive for quality delivery. We are not arrogant, but
many times over the years and the number of pro- absolutely confident that the people in BBD continue
jects our people have saved has been a key aspect to be part of an elite cross section of our industry,
of our growth. don’t forget it.
Gus Pringle
This brings me to the point; as a BBD person read-
ing this, DO NOT underestimate YOUR skill and abil-
ities relative to what many of us are exposed to out CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
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2016
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THABANG LEDWABA JEAN MOUTON JAMES VODDEN LUKE BOWES
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JACO BOTHA JONATHAN JONES NOSIPHO RAKOMA VUTLHARI RIKHOTSO

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LOUIS TERBLANCHE LESEDI MASEMOLA MANUS DU PLESSIS GRACE GARLAPATI
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GODISANG MFELANG IVAN LAZAROV VICTOR GROBLER STEFAN JANKOWITZ
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2016
AWARD
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WINNERS
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PIETER LE ROUX PRASAD BHOGI

B
J
E U
F L
THABANG LEDWABA JEAN MOUTON JAMES VODDEN LUKE BOWES
R A
A U
M G
JACO BOTHA JONATHAN JONES NOSIPHO RAKOMA VUTLHARI RIKHOTSO

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P E
A P
LOUIS TERBLANCHE LESEDI MASEMOLA MANUS DU PLESSIS GRACE GARLAPATI
Y O
A C
M
T
GODISANG MFELANG IVAN LAZAROV VICTOR GROBLER STEFAN JANKOWITZ
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The Award Nominations give
recognition for exceptional
solution and service delivery.
They recognise the excellence
within the company by
rewarding BBD staff members
who go beyond the call of duty
for our clients and colleagues.
Those who are “doing what it
takes” so to speak
BBD AGENT
ULTIMATE
Out with the old in with the
The 2017 Award
new! As the new year Nominations will accept
approaches we move onto a
nominations for anybody in
new chapter and with that
any category.There will be 2
new opportunities to be on
winners selected every
top of your game.
month! The nominations will
Introducing the new
run from February through to
characters for 2017.Which October. The grand prize THE SILENT OPERATOR
one will you be?!
winners will be announced
at the end of the year.
GRASPS &
OPPORTUNITIES WISDOM
In 2017 we’ll be switching it up!
The Award winners will now have
the oppourtunity to “PICK A
PRIZE” from a CHOICE range of
prizes. In addition to this,
winners will be given a selection
of charities from which they can
choose one and BBD will donate
IT TAKES
WHATEVER R1000 on their behalf!
YOUR PEOPLE
HELPING
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