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The combined power of profit and purpose impact social entrepreneurship

Mar 4, 2024

By Heather Lowe – Over the past two decades the concept of social entrepreneurship has gained increasing attention and recognition. The idea of combining profit-making with positive social impact has sparked a global movement, challenging the traditional notion...

A blueprint for success in building an ecommerce business

Mar 4, 2024

It is no longer a question of “if” but “when” South Africa’s ecommerce market will catch up to the rest of the world. Such has been the boom in digital sales since Covid-19 that even the most conservative estimates suggest 2030 will be the year that there is no longer...

The future of work is green jobs, digital frontiers, liquid workforces

Feb 6, 2024

By Sonia Tshabalala – What will the future of work look like? This is a question that keeps every CEO and HR leader awake at night and one that has few certain answers. In 2019, we could not have predicted how a global pandemic would accelerate the rise of...

Moving to the cloud made easy with Mustek CloudShop

Feb 5, 2024

IT distributor Mustek is helping its partners make the transition from being pure hardware suppliers by offering them a full range of software products and cloud services that propel them into the modern digital world. As one of the South Africa’s longest-serving...

It’s time to put ethics front and centre when it comes to managing data privacy

Feb 5, 2024

By Pieter le Roux – There’s no shortage of content around a business’s responsibility when collecting and using data. Indeed, this is why the POPI Act came into force, while the obligation to backup and protect data is fairly well-known. However, the discussion...

How PoPIA plays out in IT distribution

Feb 5, 2024

By Kathy Gibson – In the digital world, data has been described as the new oil, and companies are constantly seeking ways to use their data to improve customer experience, to develop new products, or to improve profitability. But laws – like the GDPR in Europe...

Data: a concise word for a tremendous amount of information

Feb 5, 2024

By Gary Allemann – Data: a concise word for a tremendous amount of information. Once, data was manageable; today, with data scattered everywhere – even with systems you don’t control – it often veers towards the realm of chaos. As a data professional, your...

Keep legislative requirements for data privacy in mind with cross-border payments

Feb 5, 2024

By Ryan Boyes – The payment industry is heavily regulated and becomes increasingly complex when it comes to handling transactions across geographical borders, considering the growing body of legislation around not only securing payments, but data privacy as...

How SA resellers are embracing the future …

Jan 19, 2024

In a year that’s seen wave after wave of radical technology changes, South Africa’s resellers are slowly embracing many of the new technologies in the market – but a hard core of partners are still very resistant to change. These findings come from the latest...

2024 is expected to be better for the channel

Jan 19, 2024

IT resellers in various regions of Europe and Africa are confident about the future, with most expecting to perform better in 2024 than they did this year. This is one of the findings from Context’s ChannelWatch survey, which found that 86,6% of resellers anticipate a...

Global semiconductor market looking up

Jan 19, 2024

International Data Corporation (IDC) has upgraded its Semiconductor Market Outlook by calling a bottom and return to growth that accelerates next year. IDC raised its September 2023 revenue outlook from $518,8-billion to $526,5-billion in a new forecast. Revenue...

Business needs, GenAI will drive public cloud spend to $679bn in 2024

Jan 19, 2024

Worldwide end-user spending on public cloud services is forecast to grow 20,4% to total $678,8-billion in 2024, up from $563,6-billion in 2023, according to the latest forecast from Gartner. “Cloud has become essentially indispensable,” says Sid Nag, vice-president...

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