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SMEs advance inclusive growth and development in Africa

South Africa, and the continent as a whole, needs small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to thrive as these entities are key to advancing inclusive growth and development in Africa. “The potential for the growth of SMEs in South Africa is enormous meaning the benefits of...

Cut costs by going digital

More than 70% of SMEs struggle to survive the first two years of operation with poor cashflow management and insufficient funding being cited as two of the main reasons for failure. But there is no smarter way to cut costs than by going digital, says Thomas Vollrath,...

IBM goes all-in with Red Hat, cloud

IBM has transformed its software portfolio to be cloud-native and optimised it to run on Red Hat OpenShift. Enterprises can now build mission-critical applications once and run them on all leading public clouds, including AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform,...

Small businesses are the most attractive to cybercriminals

More than half (54%) of all cyber-attacks result in financial damages, not to mention lost revenue, customers, reputation damage and business downtime. This is according to the Cisco 2018 Security Capabilities Benchmark study, and according to Westcon-Comstor, the...

Cyber-threats all too real for SA businesses

The promise of enhanced business performance in practically every area – from cost-cutting to employee productivity and customer service – has business owners around the world embarking on the journey of digital transformation in bigger and bigger numbers every year....

ICT solving its own skills shortages

As the world races into the Fourth Industrial Revolution, digital skills shortages have become a major challenge. Fortunately, the ICT sector that so desperately needs high-end skills has also built the tools to overcome the skills shortages, says South Africa’s...

The network is the digital heart of a small business

Small businesses need to work at speed, they need to deliver on time and not just in time, with fewer employees than their enterprise counterparts, and in order to achieve this they need technology. In support of these needs Westcon-Comstor is providing smarter and...

The thorny issue of productivity and efficiency

By Kathy Gibson – The economy is under pressure, so companies are having to work harder than ever to stay relevant – and this means that every employee must be performing to the very best of his/her ability. But in the changing workplace environment,...

Why a sustainable business is a successful business

Sustainability and climate change are two of today’s hottest topics. From Adidas selling 11-million pairs of shoes made from ocean plastic to vegan meat sales increasing by 451% in the last four years, there is little doubt that a change in mindset is taking hold...

How to preserve old family photos

Sorting through years of inherited family photos can be daunting, but here are practical tips for keeping printed memories safe for the next generation and beyond. By Marisa Cohen, writing for HP’s History of Memory project “When you discover old photos and albums, it...

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