Tapping the SADC opportunity

Tapping the SADC opportunity

Lenovo’s local operation looks after the entire Southern African Development Community (SADC) and Indian Ocean Islands (IOI) countries – but, unlike many of its counterparts, it has a dedicated team ensuring that customers in the region get personal care. Abhay...
Governments struggle with outdated systems

Governments struggle with outdated systems

The legacy of enterprise management systems used by parastatals and State Owned Enterprises (SOE) is renowned for its exorbitant software development and implementation costs as a result of inadequate IT requirement scoping and current legacy solutions pricing...
Technology can empower government services

Technology can empower government services

Latest-generation enterprise technologies have the potential to improve financial and operational management within public sector entities, and enhance service delivery to citizens, write John Mokiti, business development manager: government and public services for...
Pinnacle aims to make an impact in 2017

Pinnacle aims to make an impact in 2017

Pinnacle is among South Africa’s leading ICT distribution companies. Built on a foundation of entrepreneurial spirit, the distributor offers its partners a broad range of world-class technology products, seamlessly delivered across an expansive footprint. Pinnacle’s...
SAP sets its sights on the SME market

SAP sets its sights on the SME market

SAP has actively seeking new resellers to help it reach the burgeoning SME (small and medium enterprise) sector, typically with cloud-based offerings. Rich Philips, head of partner management for SAP EMEA, says the pervasiveness of cloud and mobility means that...
Change brings challenges for SA’s resellers

Change brings challenges for SA’s resellers

Change, they say, is the only constant – and this is certainly true for the ICT reseller channel in South Africa. It’s been almost a perfect storm of change for resellers, with new technologies and market consolidation both taking a toll on local players. But the...