by Kathy Gibson | Feb 14, 2020 | news
Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, has named Datacentrix as the winner of its 2019 Over-achievement Award. The award was presented to Datacentrix at the Aruba ACE conference, which took place in Athens, Greece, at the end of 2019. “Datacentrix is Aruba’s...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 14, 2020 | news
Rectron has inked a distribution deal with MSI, a premium gaming brand headquartered in Taiwan with offices around the globe. The agreement will see Rectron become the official distributor of MSI notebooks in South Africa, effective January 2020. Jaco Oosthuizen,...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 14, 2020 | news
First Technology National has been recognised as the HPE Hybrid IT Gold Partner for the second consecutive year. “We appreciate being acknowledged for our hard work and commitment we have shown in our partnership with HPE,” says services director Eugene Maritz. “We...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 9, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
Business has come to understand the value cloud offers. By Kirtan Sirta, MD: technology at Accenture South Africa A massive 77% of enterprises reported that they have at least one application or a portion of their enterprise computing infrastructure in the cloud while...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 9, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
While it has become easy to fall into the trap of only paying lip service to customer experience (CX), it is one of the most important aspects of doing business in 2020. By Paul McIntyre, CX executive at Elingo But how can companies differentiate themselves when their...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 9, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
There are few signs that 2020 is going to be an easier year for South African technology resellers than 2019 was. In fact, we can expect to see demand for traditional IT products and services continue to slow, in turn, leading to further consolidation among...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 9, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
Artificial intelligence (AI) technology is poised to transform almost every sector of business and industry. According to PwC, AI could contribute up to $15.7 trillion to the global economy in 2030, more than the current output of China and India combined. Within the...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 9, 2020 | Features
Despite the global shift to digital marketing and mobile platforms, the unique African retail environment will rely on in-store experiences to drive sales for the foreseeable future. By Cecil Ungerer, head of sales at Smart Media While retailers on the continent might...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 9, 2020 | Features
It’s been an epic 2019 for South Africa’s Springbok rugby team, and Dell Technologies is proud to have walked some of the journey with our champions. The decisive and undisputed defeat of the English team by the Springboks in Japan not only crowned the new world...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 9, 2020 | Features
According to a report by the PwC, CIOs will increasingly hold the key to unlocking competitive advantage, business benefits and relevant customer engagement, and with this shift comes growing pressure on, and higher expectations of, the IT function. Andre Schwan, deal...