by Kathy Gibson | Jul 24, 2026 | Trends and Analysis
South African organisations are generating more data than ever before. From AI-driven analytics and cloud applications to high-resolution surveillance footage and business-critical backups, businesses are under increasing pressure to store and protect vast amounts of...
by Kathy Gibson | Jul 24, 2026 | Thought Leadership
When I led Tarsus through the late nineties and into the noughties, we didn’t have many tools to choose from, and a distributor’s margins didn’t leave much room to buy what there was. By Guy Whitcroft What we did do was work our ERP system hard,...
by Kathy Gibson | Jul 24, 2026 | Thought Leadership
With the “Esteemed One” having recently achieved and celebrated an extremely proud track record of 30 years of dedicated journalistic service to the IT channel in South Africa, it came as a major shock when he provided the brief for this issue’s cover story. Labelled...
by Kathy Gibson | Jul 24, 2026 | Thought Leadership
The 2026 Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix delivered one of the most emotional moments of the 2026 Formula One season as Lewis Hamilton claimed his first victory for Ferrari. By Graham Duxbury But Hamilton’s victory was significant for much more than just the win or his...
by Kathy Gibson | Jul 24, 2026 | Trends and Analysis
For artificial intelligence (AI) to thrive, we need a robust and sustainable data centre structure. Channelwise asked a panel of AI experts about the current state of AI-ready data centre capacity in South Africa and Africa, and what build-out we an expect. Ziaad...
by Kathy Gibson | Jul 24, 2026 | Featured Story, Features
Artificial intelligence has quickly moved beyond the hype stage and is taking root in just about every business process, in every vertical market. Not since the Internet has a technology had such a profound effect, changing the way people work, live and play –...
by Kathy Gibson | Jul 24, 2026 | Features
In the second part of our feature on AI and the channel opportunity, we asked our panel what the main AI use cases are today, and where they expect AI adoption to scale to long-term. Ebrahim Essop, senior automation solution manager at Nedbank CIA Robotics...
by Kathy Gibson | Jul 24, 2026 | Features
In third part of the feature on AI and the channel, we asked if South African or African companies are seeing value from their AI investments yet. Werner Herbst, MD of First Distribution Yes, but primarily in isolated use cases rather than at enterprise scale....
by Kathy Gibson | Jul 24, 2026 | Features
In the fourth part of the AI and the channel article, we asked what’s holding back those companies that are not getting full value. Werner Herbst, MD of First Distribution The biggest constraints are not access to AI, but organisational readiness. Key...
by Kathy Gibson | Jul 24, 2026 | Features
In the fifth part of the AI and the channel feature, we asked what we need to do to realise AI’s full potential in South Africa and Africa. Ziaad Suleman, senior vice-president and CEO at Cassava Technologies, SA and Botswana To unlock AI’s full...
