by Kathy Gibson | May 14, 2026 | Trends and Analysis
By Richard Schumacher – In today’s digital economy, continuous connectivity is no longer a luxury but an expectation, making uninterrupted uptime essential. Yet many organisations still treat redundancy as a technical afterthought rather than a strategic...
by Kathy Gibson | May 14, 2026 | Trends and Analysis
By Kwirirai Rukowo – CIOs pride themselves on digital leadership, yet one of the most dangerous failures in enterprise IT happens in plain sight. Vendors talk about the circular economy, sustainability, and ESG, but when your equipment reaches end of life, they...
by Kathy Gibson | May 14, 2026 | Trends and Analysis
Seventy percent of partners are using AI – so why is complexity getting worse for distributors? Lionel Moyal and Paul Bunting, co-founders of Growthguru.ai, examine the possible reasons. For years, most of the conversation around artificial intelligence (AI) in the...
by Kathy Gibson | May 14, 2026 | Thought Leadership
By Barry Buck – Mark Zuckerberg bought a social network for AI bots. Just let that sentence sit for a moment. Meta’s acquisition of Moltbook – the Reddit-like platform where AI agents using OpenClaw gossip about their human owners, swap code, and apparently...
by Kathy Gibson | May 14, 2026 | Thought Leadership
The cold fronts that have been pounding Cape Town and bringing some welcome relief to the region’s dams have finally made their way up to Joburg. Temperatures have plummeted and the dress code on The Local’s smoking balcony now demands a jacket on top of the autumn...