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First for Cloud: a new distribution paradigm

Oct 1, 2023

The cloud is not for everyone. That might sound counter-intuitive coming from Chris Richardson, GM of the Cloud and Hosting division at First Distribution, but he says a lot of the negative publicity about the cloud is from companies that have failed to gain value...

SA retailers embrace fintech solutions, supercharge cash management

Sep 8, 2023

The fundamental principles around cash management in retail haven’t changed much over the years. Retailers of all shapes and sizes need to securely manage and process cash, card and electronic payments flowing into their business, manage working capital in an...

The persistence of paper in the digital age

Sep 8, 2023

Paper will play a key part in every business’s operations for the foreseeable future. That makes it imperative for every business to find ways to ensure that its printing environment is as cost-efficient and sustainable as possible, writes Coenraad Van Heerden,...

Printing and paper myths busted

Sep 8, 2023

The world of print has received its fair share of criticism and predictions about its future in the past two decades, brought on mainly by the digitisation of industries and the disruption this has caused to print as a result. Many have predicted the downfall of print...

Printing is alive and well but feature diversity is key

Sep 8, 2023

By Jolene Castelyn – While some industry analysts are already forecasting the downward slope of the printer market, I don’t believe we’re anywhere near that precipice, and if anything, printing is alive, well, and growing. The printer market in Southern Africa,...

Hardcopy peripherals shipments on the increase

Sep 8, 2023

Worldwide shipments of hardcopy peripherals grew 2,2% year over year to 22,8-million units in the first quarter of 2023 (1Q23). Shipment value also expanded 14% year over year during the quarter to $11-billion, according to new data from the International Data...

Industrial printers shipments decline

Sep 8, 2023

Worldwide shipments of industrial printers declined 11,6% year over year to 78 500 units in the fourth quarter of 2022 (4Q22), according to results from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Industrial Printer Tracker. Results for the full year...

Hybrid workplaces need a cloud-based print and scan solution

Sep 8, 2023

One of the main findings of Microsoft’s 2022 Work Trend Index — an annual study that outlines the top trends business leaders must pay attention to in the shift to hybrid work — is that “every organisation in every industry will have to infuse technology into every...

Architecting the future of supercomputing

Aug 25, 2023

As chief architect and principal investigator for the Aurora supercomputer at Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois, Olivier Franza plays a leading role in bringing one of the most ambitious scientific instruments – not to mention the world’s largest GPU cluster –...

Everyone is busy – but are you busy with the right things?

Aug 23, 2023

By Natasha Bezuidenhout – First, we had the New Normal with people working from home during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic; that was later modified to a hybrid working model where employees juggled between home and office working; and now, today, we are...

How can we design voice assistants for SA?

Aug 23, 2023

South African languages pose quite a challenge to voice assistants. The country recognises twelve official dialects, but these subdivide into many regional, cultural and colloquial accents. Most South Africans speak more than one language, further colouring their...

Intelligent businesses see the value of a diverse workforce

Aug 23, 2023

By Valencia Risaba – Africa’s technology sector is growing at an immense rate. According to a recent report, the estimated size of the continent’s digital economy is $115-billion and is expected to grow to $712-billion by 2050. As the industry continues to...

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