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Effective supply chain finance key to future competitiveness

May 11, 2020

The business disruptions in South Africa brought about by Covid-19 and the national lockdown response have resulted in many companies finding that their working capital is now tied up in stock that they are unable to sell. By Mike Brandon, head: customised trade...

How Covid-19 exposed weakness in the supply chain

May 11, 2020

Could the global coronavirus pandemic be the black swan event that forces companies, and entire industry sectors, to rethink and transform their supply chain models? By Heinrich de Leeuw, MD of Seidor South Africa Although the full impact of Covid-19 on supply chains...

The workplace and the new normal

May 11, 2020

The IT industry has been advocating the concept of remote working for years but, to a large extent, business has been lukewarm to the concept. Now, the Covid-19 lockdown has thrust the issue into the spotlight and organisations have been forced to implement remote...

How to get value from remote working

May 11, 2020

Remote working was sprung on many companies as the Covid-19 lockdown came into effect, but it is probably here to stay as organisations around the world realise its benefits. The obvious one of workers being able to discharge their duties without battling traffic to...

DNA: the new frontier for data backup?

May 11, 2020

As more of our work and personal lives have become digital, we’ve seen a staggering growth in the amount of data we’re generating, storing and accessing. By Michael Cade, senior global technologist at Veeam According to various studies, Google processes 3,5-billion...

Channel primed for the ‘new normal’

May 4, 2020

With South Africa progressing from Level 5 of the nationwide lockdown to Level 4 on 1 May – which was a public holiday – today (4 May) will officially see many more ICT companies resume operations, albeit still with some restrictions. The IT channel is one of...

AI could turn the tide on cybercrime

May 2, 2020

The cyber threat landscape in South Africa continues to intensify. But together the cloud and AI can provide the breakthrough security professionals across the country need, writes Colin Erasmus, modern workplace business group lead at Microsoft. Made famous by...

Clock ticking if you haven’t reinvented for SaaS

May 2, 2020

South African ICT resellers and systems integrators have a shrinking window of opportunity to position themselves in the software-as-a-service (SaaS) world if they wish to remain relevant in a rapidly-changing market. This is especially true in the new world of work...

Delivery services open to security breaches

May 2, 2020

Kaspersky researchers have discovered a series of spam and phishing attacks seeking to exploit the coronavirus pandemic by targeting people who are waiting on packages. These scammers often pose as delivery service employees saying that a package has arrived, but to...

Innovation, collaboration key for craft brewers, distillers

May 2, 2020

South Africa’s liquor industry, particularly craft distillers and brewers, have been hard hit by the protracted lockdown and ban on the sale of alcohol, with fears that many may not be able to survive. Expecting to take years to recover, the sector hopes that it may...

Intelligent security will drive e-commerce growth

May 2, 2020

The Covid-19 pandemic has prompted an unprecedented surge in e-commerce transactions, with more and more consumers choosing to shop online especially as their favorite retailers have had to temporarily close their physical stores. Aida Diarra, senior vice-president...

Digital transformation and the medium-sized business

May 2, 2020

When it comes to digital transformation, one size does not fit all. Scale, structure and industry all impact the transformational needs of a business – and while the term conjures visions of sleek tech giants and winning cloud players, the reality is much more...

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