The role of the cloud aggregator

According to Andre Schwan, deal solutions manager at T-Systems South Africa, many companies embark on their cloud journey, only to regret their early decisions and approaches further down the line. “This is largely because the problem statement and the expectations...

What SONA 2020 means for SA’s small businesses

President Cyril Ramaphosa gave a sober assessment of the challenges that South Africa faces in his State of the Nation Address (SONA) recently. But he also set some realistic goals to move forward with, particularly around issues like the energy crisis. The president...
Break the barriers to financial independence

Break the barriers to financial independence

Virgin founder and ground-breaking entrepreneur, Richard Branson, didn’t finish high school. Bill Gates dropped out of university to found Microsoft. JK Rowling was living on government benefits when she wrote her first Harry Potter novel. She also had 12 rejections...

Rectron flies high with DJI Enterprise drones

Rectron has concluded a dealer contract with DJI Enterprise, that will see the distributor offer the full DJI Enterprise range. Ruan Botha, DJI product manager at Rectron, says: “Through Rectron, the South African market will now have full access to the DJI Enterprise...

Kaspersky extends partner network

For the last 10 years, Kaspersky has been developing its business to provide value-added services to operators (xSP). This has entailed working with different partners all around the world, including major global and regional operators. Over the past six years, the...

Outdated ideas that harm your digital business 

UK grocery chain Tesco generates $150-million in supply chain efficiencies via analytics. Oil and gas giant BP saves $7-billion a year with Internet of Things (IoT) sensors. Hershey saves $500 000 per batch of candy with machine learning and IoT. These examples of...

SAS aligns EMEA organisation around CX

As organisations focus on digital transformation, the role of enterprise software providers is shifting to advisory and consultative relationships focused on business outcomes. SAS is reshaping its customer-facing structure in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region...

Changes to EOH board

The EOH board of directors has announced the appointment of Sipho Ngidi as independent non-executive director with effect from 20 February 2020. Ngidi holds a B Administration from the University of Zululand and a B Com Economics (Honours) from the University of...

Trend Micro boosts channel programme

Trend Micro is launching a newly expanded and enhanced channel partner program in Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Africa (AMEA). Underpinning the program are several key initiatives designed to help channel partners generate more margins, capture new revenue streams,...