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Advanced Technologies set to fly with HPE

Aug 2, 2017

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) has become the latest addition to the Advanced Technologies stable, reflecting the value-added distributor’s focus on the data center and infrastructure market. Since HPE spun off from HP Inc to form a focused enterprise IT supplier,...

Cisco still the bedrock of business

Aug 2, 2017

When Axiz set up the Advanced Technologies division, its first priority was to bed down the Cisco solutions line-up. With Cisco the leading player in the enterprise space – with its network, data center, security, collaboration and software solutions responsible for...

SimpliVity – making hyperconvergence simple

Aug 2, 2017

Hyperconvergence is the term on everyone’s lips as the benefits that virtualisation has brought to server performance are extended into the realm of storage and networking as well. Seshni Gafoor, hyperconvergence lead at Axiz, explains that the new world of...

Commitment to Oracle pays off

Aug 2, 2017

Oracle is one of the world’s leading data centre brands with solutions spanning the complete ecosystem from database, middleware and application software to server and storage hardware, as well as cloud offerings. As a value-added distributor, Axiz Advanced...

Understanding the reality that is cognitive computing

Aug 2, 2017

Cognitive computing might sound like science fiction, something that we can look forward to using in the next few decades – but it is a reality today, and resellers should be gearing up for the many opportunities it opens up. Far from being a science fiction concept,...

Opening software opportunities to the channel

Aug 2, 2017

The trends towards digitalisation offer enormous opportunities for resellers, with software destined to play a bigger role than ever before. Andre Froneman, software business unit manager at Axiz Advanced Technologies, believes that the software-defined era is here,...

Advanced Technologies ups the game in UPS

Aug 2, 2017

Data centers are subject to a range of environmental factors that are out of the control of the CIO – but they can have devastating effects on the infrastructure as well as on the business they support. When we think about keeping the lights on in the IT environment,...

A trusted partner in IT security

Aug 2, 2017

The world of IT security is a vast and complex space. As the number and ingenuity of threats increases on an almost exponential basis, organisations are hard put to ensure the safety of their systems and data. Which is why today, more than ever, IT organisations are...

Dousson taking Lenovo to new levels

Aug 2, 2017

It’s only been a matter of months since Thibault Dousson took the reins as GM Southern Africa at Lenovo, but his experienced leadership is already having impact as the company strives to maintain its position as one of the leading IT vendors in the region. Bordering...

Lenovo aims for mobile leadership in Africa

Aug 2, 2017

With the acquisition of Motorola and a restructuring of its EMEA region, Lenovo Mobile Business Group (MBG) is gearing up to take major market share in traditionally less strong markets such as Western Europe and, more specifically, Africa. Graham Braum, head of...

All about solutions for data centre group

Aug 2, 2017

The move into the data centre market might be relatively new for Lenovo, but it’s very familiar to Lorna Hardie, the company’s new data centre group lead in sub-Saharan Africa. It’s been two years since Lenovo took on the x86 server line-up from IBM, and for much of...

Delighting the consumer drives Lenovo’s success

Aug 2, 2017

Retail is important as a route to market for products, but it is also the visible face of a company and its brand. It’s vital to ensure that consumers not only get the best possible exposure to products, but enjoy an exceptional customer experience as well, says Yugen...

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