State of the nation in the IT channel

Over the past 18 months, the IT channel has arguably faced one of its most difficult periods ever as the Covid-19 pandemic ushered in global restrictions which not only led to curbed business conditions, but other nightmare scenarios such as massive component...

Cyberthreats continue to break records

We should be prepared for a further increase in cyberattacks, which could be partly down to major powers leaking cyber superweapons. “We have long warned that organisations of all sizes are being bombarded by a global, fifth generation of cyber threats (Gen V),“...

Embrace challenges for future growth

The Covid-19 pandemic and the July riots and looting have resulted in stock shortages and logistical issues which have been a massive frustration for the channel in South Africa. By Dorio Bowes, commercial director of Westcon Southern Africa For instance, lockdown...

Polaris steers towards an exabyte future

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory (Argonne) has chosen AMD EPYC and NVidia’s accelerated computing platform to power a new supercomputer, called Polaris, which will prepare researchers for the forthcoming exascale supercomputer at Argonne...