by Kathy Gibson | Nov 15, 2019 | news
Brendan Cuthbertson has been appointed as the channel lead for Cisco’s Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) partner organisation. The appointment will build on his current role as lead of Channel Sales for Southern Africa. Cuthbertson joined Cisco in 2006 where he was part...
by Kathy Gibson | Nov 15, 2019 | news
Nine South African accounting and app leaders have been shortlisted from hundreds of applicants across three categories for the Xero Awards. The annual awards are designed to recognise and celebrate the country’s accounting, bookkeeping and app businesses for their...
by Kathy Gibson | Nov 15, 2019 | Features
For the past decade or so, we’ve carried an annual cover story listing those individuals we consider to be the most outstanding and influential executives in the distribution channel. Since inception, the decision on who to feature has always been totally subjective...
by Kathy Gibson | Nov 15, 2019 | Features
Microsoft Azure is an ever-expanding set of cloud computing services to help organisations meet their business challenges. Azure gives companies have the freedom to build, manage, and deploy applications on a massive, global network using their preferred tools and...
by Kathy Gibson | Nov 15, 2019 | Features
Continued growth in the magnitude and volume of the security risks faced by mid-sized enterprises, paired with a critical shortage of information security skills in the South African market, is opening up a range of opportunities for the channel in the managed...
by Kathy Gibson | Nov 15, 2019 | Features
There’s a lot of traction in the market at the moment for security solutions that serve hybrid cloud and on-premise environments even though so many services come with their own security tools. By Tallen Harmsen, head of cyber security at IndigoCube It’s hardly...
by Kathy Gibson | Nov 15, 2019 | Features
Setting up and implementing services is just part of the IT journey – managing them and making sure they keep running at top efficiency is the real challenge. This is where the enterprise systems management (ESM) and cloud business unit at Networks Unlimited (NU)...
by Kathy Gibson | Nov 10, 2019 | Features
Cybersecurity is often seen as a grudge purchase – but it’s one that organisations have to make if they don’t want to find themselves battling the financial losses and reputational fallout of an attack that is almost certain to come. Research points to the fact that...
by Kathy Gibson | Nov 10, 2019 | Features
Cyber attacks are getting more frequent and more debilitating for companies. And now, the rapid pace of digitalisation has added another facet to the risk with the physical equipment spread throughout the organisation opening up new attack surfaces. Today, the...
by Kathy Gibson | Nov 10, 2019 | Features
Cyberattacks and data breaches are ranked at number six in the top 10 risks facing organisations today, according to participants in Aon’s 2019 Global Risk Management Survey. The risk entered the Top 10 list for the first time (at number nine) in 2015 and is...
