A year of potential for SA and the world

A year of potential for SA and the world

The arrival of hyperscale cloud data centres in South Africa, the commercial maturing of new interactions such as augmented reality, and the rise of the intelligent edge paint a promising picture for 2018. But these are not just local events – globally the next...

Stay open about being open

There are some big things set to come in 2018. In fact, we are seeing numerous significant developments in the world of enterprise IT. These include the emergence of the container infrastructure ecosystem, a continued move to hybrid cloud and the growth in...

Tight budgets require innovation

Budgets are tight and businesses need to be innovative when purchasing electronics or trying to find the right tools and technologies to meet their unique requirements. Rather than trying to reduce the budget, they should focus on the importance of spending their...

Channel challenges in economic upheaval

The smaller channel is set to undertake a bumpy ride over the potholes left behind by the mismanaged South African economy. By Henk Olivier, MD of Ozone Information Technology Solutions In a recent report by Xero entitled The State of Small Business 2017, 67,9% of...
Meet the product managers

Meet the product managers

Invariably stuck between the rock that is vendors and the hard place that is the reseller sector, distribution Product Managers seldom get the recognition they deserve for doing what is arguably one of the most difficult jobs in the channel. But as has become...