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Accelerating trends: keeping up with the channel

Feb 10, 2021

Taking stock in these times of uncertainty is vital in order to effectively support partners, as trusted advisors, while they adapt to the so-called ‘new normal’ – and getting under the skin of key channel trends as they evolve at pace is key. By Lukas Bedi, senior...

2021 will change the sales game as we know it

Feb 10, 2021

2020 was a challenging year for anyone in sales, especially so for the sales function within large ICT vendors across the continent. We will see this hardship continue into 2021, how we respond to the new demands will be critical for the sector. Louise Robinson, sales...

Absa CSO shares his vision for a secure future

Feb 10, 2021

For an organisation like Absa, threats come from every direction, every day. Group chief security officer Sandro Bucchianeri is responsible for ensuring the bank doesn’t succumb to any of the myriad attacks. Kathy Gibson spoke to him about his passion for security....

Avec takes Roboteur into the Australian market

Feb 10, 2021

Companies across the globe are under pressure to create new working models and are increasingly looking to robotic process automation (RPA) to help them gain business value quickly and cost-effectively. Australian-based IT project delivery specialist Avec was looking...

Fintech security must never be an afterthought

Feb 10, 2021

Verizon’s analysis of more than 32 000 security incidents and 3 950 breaches has revealed that the financial sector ranks fourth among all sectors in security incidents (1 509 incidents), and seventh in data breaches (448 breaches). In addition, these financial...

First Distribution & AWS help Blue Pearl spin up a game-changing GIG platform

Jan 11, 2021

When Blue Pearl came up with a game-changing idea for the consultant employment market, First Distribution and AWS came to the party with the support and encouragement needed to make the vision a reality. The result is that the Blue App (www.blueapp.blue) was up and...

Key technology trends for the future enterprise

Jan 6, 2021

Actual market performance has been stronger than suggested by survey and market indicators, due largely to cloud and remote work support. Service provider investments to meet demand for cloud and digital services are stable compared to other sectors and remote...

Digital maturity key to surviving Covid-19

Jan 6, 2021

IDC’s recent report, titled Empathy During the Covid-19 Pandemic: Becoming an Empathetic Enterprise in the Next Normal, details how the most digitally mature organizsations adapted quicker to challenges brought by the pandemic. The crisis has accelerated the shift of...

Axiz, Syntech win at Channelwise Awards 2020

Dec 2, 2020

Axiz swept the boards at the 2020 Channelwise Awards, winning the popular vote across all categories and overall to clinch the Distributor of the Year 2020 award. And Syntech made its maiden appearance as a Channelwise Awards winner, taking the Customer Care...

Directors expect Covid to change business models

Nov 30, 2020

Digital transformation has received a boost in the wake of global Covid-19 disruption. A new survey from Gartner finds that 69% of boards of directors (BoDs) accelerated their digital business initiatives, and almost half anticipate changing their organisations’...

African data centre trends driven by the edge

Nov 30, 2020

Today, we are re-inventing ourselves to work from home. This year has seen many companies rush to become acclimatised to all things digital as physical distancing became a necessity. By Natalya Makarochkina As Schneider Electric, we faced our own changes. We built a...

Spending on edge computing set for surge

Nov 30, 2020

The concept of edge computing most often refers to intermediating infrastructure and critical services between core datacentres and intelligent end points. Proliferating enterprise and consumer devices benefit from a digitally transformed technology world through edge...

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