Channel veteran Gary Pickford leaves Tarsus

By Mark Davison - After more than 24 years in various roles at the group, Gary Pickford, CEO of Tarsus Distribution, has resigned from the company. Group chief financial officer Emile Burger will take up the reins of the company from Pickford. “It is with a heavy...

Plans afoot to build AI chip design expertise in SA

ChipLab, Africa’s first full-stack chip design company, and the Media, Information and Communication Technologies Sector Education and Training Authority (MICT SETA) have announced a strategic partnership aimed at delivering large-scale semiconductor education and...

What resellers should focus on in 2025

The first quarter of the year has come and gone (yep! that’s how quickly time flies nowadays) and there is still uncertainty on how this year is going to unfold – not only for the local channel, but for the IT industry as a global whole. There is the continued hype...

How to build an AI economy

Kathy Gibson reports – Artificial intelligence (AI) is shaping up to be as big a world-changer as the general-purpose technologies (GPTs) that triggered the previous Industrial Revolutions. That’s the word from Brad Smith, co-chair and president of Microsoft,...

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A practical guide to strategic AI

By Charlene Smith – The hype surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) being leveraged in businesses has reached fever pitch, to the point where many businesses are panicking about AI implementation. They fear being left behind, worrying that their competitors already have a competitive advantage.

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