by Kathy Gibson | Sep 8, 2023 | Thought Leadership
By the year 2050, the global population is projected to surpass 9 billion, presenting a substantial challenge in ensuring an adequate food supply for everyone. By Marius Wessels, manager: professional services for Syspro Africa Addressing this imperative, the...
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 8, 2023 | Features
Paper will play a key part in every business’s operations for the foreseeable future. That makes it imperative for every business to find ways to ensure that its printing environment is as cost-efficient and sustainable as possible, writes Coenraad Van Heerden,...
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 8, 2023 | Thought Leadership
With its burgeoning technology landscape, Africa stands poised at a confluence of innovation and partnership characterised by rapid digital transformation and a desire for sustainable growth – setting the stage for a vibrant channel ecosystem. By Yesh Surjoodeen, MD...
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 8, 2023 | Thought Leadership
Shareholder demand for innovation – often taking companies into high-risk, uncharted waters and even cannibalising existing business models – can do more harm than good. Sometimes real innovation is about exploring how to revolutionise existing processes or simply...
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 8, 2023 | Thought Leadership
There is no denying Max Verstappen’s brilliance as a Formula One racing driver. One of his most notable skills is his ability to maximise the performance of the Pirelli tyres fitted to his Red Bull. By Graham Duxbury For instance, at the 2023 Spanish Grand Prix...
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 8, 2023 | Features
The world of print has received its fair share of criticism and predictions about its future in the past two decades, brought on mainly by the digitisation of industries and the disruption this has caused to print as a result. Many have predicted the downfall of print...
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 8, 2023 | Features
By Jolene Castelyn – While some industry analysts are already forecasting the downward slope of the printer market, I don’t believe we’re anywhere near that precipice, and if anything, printing is alive, well, and growing. The printer market in Southern Africa,...
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 8, 2023 | Features
Worldwide shipments of hardcopy peripherals grew 2,2% year over year to 22,8-million units in the first quarter of 2023 (1Q23). Shipment value also expanded 14% year over year during the quarter to $11-billion, according to new data from the International Data...
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 8, 2023 | Features
Worldwide shipments of industrial printers declined 11,6% year over year to 78 500 units in the fourth quarter of 2022 (4Q22), according to results from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Industrial Printer Tracker. Results for the full year...
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 8, 2023 | Features
One of the main findings of Microsoft’s 2022 Work Trend Index — an annual study that outlines the top trends business leaders must pay attention to in the shift to hybrid work — is that “every organisation in every industry will have to infuse technology into every...