by Kathy Gibson | May 7, 2021 | Features
The SME sector has been hard hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, and with it, the risks that small businesses face has either amplified or changed fundamentally. When you’re in the thick of running your business and tending to day-to-day work responsibilities, it’s easy to...
by Kathy Gibson | May 7, 2021 | Features
In our current context of constant change and disruption, digital transformation enabled by Internet connections has been a lifeline for many companies and entrepreneurs, helping them preserve livelihoods, careers, and businesses. By Matthew Campbell, head of small...
by Kathy Gibson | May 7, 2021 | Features
Business has changed. The way people do business, how they engage with business, and the connections they create in business. By Lauren Somer, head of marketing at Aggreko Africa While the global pandemic has played no small part in this change, digital has been...
by Kathy Gibson | May 7, 2021 | Featured Story, Features
The Covid-19 pandemic revealed key differences between “fit” and “fragile” supply chain organisations with regards to how they deal with disruption, according to Gartner. The most fragile focus on short-term survival, while the fittest supply chain organizations see...
by Kathy Gibson | May 7, 2021 | Events/Report-backs
Kathy Gibson reports – 5G, cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) could hold the key to South Africa’s future, giving us the opportunity to leapfrog into the fourth industrial revolution (4IR). Arthur Goldstuck, MD of research company World Wide Worx, points out that...
by Kathy Gibson | May 7, 2021 | Events/Report-backs
Kathy Gibson reports – Technology has accelerated the blurring of lines between the physical and virtual worlds, and the trend looks set to continue. Sihlalo Jordan, deputy-CEO of Deloitte, points out that the world has seen a technology revolution of...
by Kathy Gibson | May 7, 2021 | Events/Report-backs
Kathy Gibson reports – 2020 was a tough year for Huawei as US sanctions took their toll, but the company still managed to grow its business. This is the words from Stone He, president of Huawei Cloud (Southern Africa), who adds: “We have already built our Plan B – we...
by Kathy Gibson | May 7, 2021 | news
McAfee and Ingram Micro have announced that the full MVision portfolio of McAfee Device-to-Cloud suites is available globally for Ingram Micro’s network of independent software vendors, value added resellers and managed service providers via the Ingram Micro Cloud...
by Kathy Gibson | May 7, 2021 | news
Salesforce has announced its annual sub-Saharan African Partner Award winners for 2021. Held as a virtual event for the second year running, the awards recognise excellence amongst Salesforce’s partner ecosystem in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) for financial year 2021 (to...
by Kathy Gibson | May 7, 2021 | news
HP Inc has extended it HP Amplify channel program to its ecosystem of more than1 350 online pure players, omnichannel, and brick and mortar retail partners. Launched last year to commercial partners, the program is built on a single, integrated structure that...