by Kathy Gibson | Apr 24, 2020 | Thought Leadership
The Covid-19 pandemic is rocking the business landscape in South Africa, with brands in vast swathes of the economy not allowed to sell their goods or services to the public for a while. By Grant Lapping, MD of DataCore Media Against that backdrop, it’s not surprising...
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 24, 2020 | Thought Leadership
What businesses want from the cloud is changing. Pure cloud adopters fear vendor lock-in and we’re increasingly seeing organisations spread the risk by utilising multiple cloud providers. By Jasmit Sagoo, senior director: head of technology UK&I at Veritas...
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 24, 2020 | Thought Leadership
Countless businesses have come to a grinding halt during lockdown and the fear that this will affect their employees on a personal level is very real. Many are struggling to pay their staff and are having to decide whether to implement salary cuts or begin...
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 24, 2020 | Thought Leadership
Many small and medium businesses in South Africa were already facing cash flow challenges before the Covid-19 pandemic and the national lockdown came into our lives. By Viresh Harduth, vice-president: small business at Sage Africa & Middle East Beyond the national...
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 24, 2020 | Thought Leadership
The Moody’s downgrade of South Africa’s credit rating should have happened long ago. We’ve known for a long time that our fiscal metrics have been unsustainable, so despite the coronavirus, this is unsurprising. By Maarten Ackerman, chief economist and advisory...