Demand for Internet infrastructure up 30%

Internet infrastructure has experienced significant growth in demand due to the increased amount of people confined to their homes, consequently working and shopping remotely due to the enforced precautionary measures. Having most of our daily activities migrating to...

Corex limits operations during Covid-19

In light of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s call for action to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus Covid-19, Corex is limiting its operations for the next few days. As a precautionary measure, the distributor is closing its Johannesburg and Cape Town offices...

Server shipments grew 5,1% in Q4

The worldwide server market continued to grow in the fourth quarter of 2019 as revenue increased 5,1% and shipments grew 11,7% year over year, according to Gartner. In all of 2019, worldwide server shipments declined 3,1% and server revenue declined 2,5% compared with...

How Africa is handling Covid-19

More than 600 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in 34 countries in Africa as of 19 March, compared with 147 cases one week ago. Although the region has seen a significant increase in confirmed cases recently, there are still fewer cases than in other parts of the...

Aruba names Sherifa Hady as EMEA channel sales director

Aruba has announced the appointment of Sherifa Hady as the channel sales director for Europe, Middle East and Africa. In her role, Hady will oversee the channel team, working closely with them to build partnerships with resellers and distributors across the region,...

Leaders not trusted to manage disruption

Only 15% of business executives worldwide have confidence in their own top leadership successfully to manage disruption – including unexpected events like pandemics, technological advances, shifting demographics, and climate change. This is according to a global...