by Kathy Gibson | May 14, 2026 | Trends and Analysis
For decades, entrepreneurial success has been framed as a strategic challenge: identify the right market opportunity, develop a compelling product, and deploy the correct marketing systems to scale. While these elements remain important, a growing number of leadership...
by Kathy Gibson | May 14, 2026 | Trends and Analysis
By Richard Schumacher – In today’s digital economy, continuous connectivity is no longer a luxury but an expectation, making uninterrupted uptime essential. Yet many organisations still treat redundancy as a technical afterthought rather than a strategic...
by Kathy Gibson | May 14, 2026 | Trends and Analysis
By Kwirirai Rukowo – CIOs pride themselves on digital leadership, yet one of the most dangerous failures in enterprise IT happens in plain sight. Vendors talk about the circular economy, sustainability, and ESG, but when your equipment reaches end of life, they...
by Kathy Gibson | May 14, 2026 | Trends and Analysis
Seventy percent of partners are using AI – so why is complexity getting worse for distributors? Lionel Moyal and Paul Bunting, co-founders of Growthguru.ai, examine the possible reasons. For years, most of the conversation around artificial intelligence (AI) in the...
by Kathy Gibson | May 14, 2026 | Thought Leadership
By Barry Buck – Mark Zuckerberg bought a social network for AI bots. Just let that sentence sit for a moment. Meta’s acquisition of Moltbook – the Reddit-like platform where AI agents using OpenClaw gossip about their human owners, swap code, and apparently...
by Kathy Gibson | May 14, 2026 | Thought Leadership
The cold fronts that have been pounding Cape Town and bringing some welcome relief to the region’s dams have finally made their way up to Joburg. Temperatures have plummeted and the dress code on The Local’s smoking balcony now demands a jacket on top of the autumn...
by Kathy Gibson | May 14, 2026 | Thought Leadership
We all know in the channel that the proverbial often happens. And like all other channel players, when it does, we do our absolute best to rectify any problem. In this, our 30th anniversary issue, we wanted to include the memories of as many channel veterans as we...
by Kathy Gibson | May 14, 2026 | Thought Leadership
When I was asked to write something reflective for the 30th anniversary edition, my first thought was: has it really been that long? My second thought was that anyone who was running an IT business in South Africa in the late 1990s and early noughties earned a...
by Kathy Gibson | May 14, 2026 | Thought Leadership
The 2026 Formula One regulations have sparked significant debate within the sport. Many fans have expressed concerns about the new rules – which mandate a 50:50 split between conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) power and electrical energy. By Graham Duxbury...
by Kathy Gibson | May 14, 2026 | Product Showcase
SANdisk has launched of the SANdisk Optimus SSD product brand in Africa, alongside a new three-tier portable SSD portfolio. SANdisk Optimus SSD is the new unified brand for Sandisk’s internal SSD portfolio, formerly known as WD_BLACK and WD Blue SSDs, structured...
