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Electronic component shortages leaving gamers wanting

Aug 23, 2021

By Matthew Hall – Electronic component shortages, specifically semiconductors and substrates for central processing units (CPUs), have created a massive problem for many industries, including the gaming industry, leaving consumers in limbo as they are unable to...

Don’t lose out on tax benefits for small businesses

Aug 16, 2021

Many companies are adversely impacted by the coronavirus pandemic and have recently been physically wrecked by the unrest in some of the provinces. Tax legislation offers a legal leverage for companies to reduce their tax burden. Affected companies who have...

Who is Louise Taute?

Aug 16, 2021

It’s Women’s Month, and the spotlight is on Louise Taute, director of Comstor for Southern Africa and now the marketing director for Westcon-Comstor Sub-Saharan Africa. Louise is well known in the IT industry as a dynamic leader, a guerrilla marketer and...

Key considerations in the world of hybrid working

Aug 16, 2021

The work from home (WFH) model has become a staple for many companies as the pandemic and lockdowns continue to be a way of life. But is this going to be the default way we work going forward, or will we be returning to the office post-Covid? Neither, says Brendan...

The future of business communications is about more than technology

Aug 16, 2021

By Rob Lith – Even prior to the pandemic, communications were transitioning into more digital-friendly environments. Today, the focus is on delivering an omnichannel experience for customers, understanding their unique requirements, and delivering value while...

Internet moves to always connected

Aug 16, 2021

By Shane Chorley – The dial up tones of 56kbps modems are unmistakable to Internet veterans in South Africa. Not only could you not use your landline when you wanted to connect to the Internet, users had to deal with challenges such as backlogs of emails when...

To build a better world, we need to connect the world’s young people

Aug 16, 2021

World Wide Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Web Foundation co-founder Rosemary Leith have issued a call to enable the participation of more young people in the online economy. In a statement issued to mark the the 32nd anniversary of the Web, they reflect on the...

How the Internet is changing lives

Aug 16, 2021

By Leona Mentz – Developments over the past year have contributed to an increased global focus on enabling a more connected society. The normalisation of distributed work, the associated growth of cloud computing, and an increased reliance on affordable and...

It’s been 30 years since SA’s first Internet connection

Jul 30, 2021

By Kathy Gibson – In this age of digital transformation, it’s sometimes hard to remember that the world wasn’t always connected. But it wasn’t that long ago that South Africans went online for the first time. In January 1995, IT trade newspaper Computing SA ran...

It’s never too late to plan for a ransomware attack

Jul 30, 2021

With the Covid-19 pandemic still disrupting business operations around the world, a new round of ransomware attacks has made it worse by impacting companies, industries and whole countries. The year has been characterised by massive, headline-grabbing attacks such as...

Celebrating 22 years with Esquire

Jul 30, 2021

Esquire is sharing its 22nd birthday cheer with its reseller partners, promoting a wide range of products. Many successful IT businesses started in a garage, but Esquire had its beginnings on the dining room table of their family home when brothers Mahomed Cassim and...

Product security is critical to cyber security

Jul 30, 2021

By Herman Kannenberg, Head of Legal Affairs and Cyber Security, Huawei South Africa – If you follow the news, you’ll have noticed that there has been a significant uptick in the number of cybersecurity-related articles and stories lately. This is because...

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