by Kathy Gibson | Jun 3, 2022 | news
Westcon-Comstor Sub-Saharan Africa has signed a distribution agreement with Palo Alto Networks to deliver its Next-Generation Security Platform across the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region. With the Palo Alto platform at play, organisations can...
by Kathy Gibson | May 30, 2022 | news
First Distribution to distribute Nozomi Networks solutions as its preferred provider for OT and IoT cybersecurity and anomaly detection in sub-Saharan Africa First Distribution, the leading pan-African distributor for Cybersecurity, Datacentre, Cloud, Surveillance,...
by Kathy Gibson | May 27, 2022 | Thought Leadership
Amidst record-high unemployment, especially amongst our country’s youth, entrepreneurship has never been more important. By Arnoux Mare, CEO of Innovative Solutions Group Yet as a 2020 study by the University of Stellenbosch Business School (UBS) revealed an alarming...
by Kathy Gibson | May 27, 2022 | Thought Leadership
When I was young I dreamed that I could fly and everyone would realise how amazing I was: the only human being who could fly. It turns out that I did not have the superpower of flight. But I did have another power; the power of imagination. By Jake Sheperd, Synthesis...
by Kathy Gibson | May 27, 2022 | Trends and Analysis
Connectivity. Network. Cloud. Security. Data. Hybrid work. Internet of things. Smart devices. 5G. SD-WAN. SASE. Video calling systems. Artificial intelligence and Machine Learning. This is not an exhaustive list, but these are some of the technological terms that...
by Kathy Gibson | May 27, 2022 | Trends and Analysis
Any organisation that aspires to make its mark in a new region, needs to have a strong localisation strategy that will help them ingratiate themselves with the locals, earn their trust, and eventually build brand loyalty. By Andrew Bourne, regional manager at Zoho It...
by Kathy Gibson | May 27, 2022 | Trends and Analysis
The demise of the desktop has been predicted for decades, as thin clients, notebooks, netbooks and a variety of other devices were set to take over from this stalwart of computing. By Raeford Liebenberg, manager at Silvermoon Yet the desktop remains, and has even seen...
by Kathy Gibson | May 27, 2022 | Thought Leadership
In businesses the world over, phrases like “time is of the essence” and “time is money” are well-worn clichés. So why is it that some South African corporate decisions are unnecessarily delayed? By De Wet Bisschoff, sales and growth lead for Accenture in Africa In...
by Kathy Gibson | May 27, 2022 | Trends and Analysis
The mere act of using your phone or computer to order things that you need, which then show up at your door within hours still seems quite magical. Add to this that those few clicks could boost South Africa’s economic recovery, and the thought becomes quite...
by Kathy Gibson | May 27, 2022 | Thought Leadership
Moving at speed towards 4IR, spurred on by climate change and the net zero imperative, has brought immense challenges. By Johan Potgieter, Johan Potgieter, Software Leader Anglophone Africa, Schneider Electric However, with these challenges we are also seeing industry...
