IT distribution revenues reached record $24,3bn

Sales through the IT distribution channel increased 6% year over year to $24,3-billion in Q4 2025, marking the strongest quarter on record for North American distribution, according to the IDC North America Distribution Tracker (NADT), powered by GTDC. The record Q4...

SMME support must go digital-first

By Lungi Sangqu – South Africa’s unemployment crisis has reached a critical tipping point. More than 32% of adults are jobless, and youth unemployment sits above 60%. In this bleak landscape, small, micro, and medium enterprises (SMMEs), lately known as Micro,...

Can taxpayers lose by challenging SARS?

When taxpayers dispute an assessment, the expectation is straightforward: either the taxpayer wins and the assessment is reduced, or the South African Revenue Services (SARS) wins and the assessment remains unchanged. By Nina Keyser and Karen Miller from Webber...
How AI levels the playing field for SMEs

How AI levels the playing field for SMEs

In many small businesses, the owner often starts out as the bookkeeper, the customer-service desk, the IT technician and the person who steps in when a delivery goes wrong. By Linda Saunders, country manager and senior director: solution engineering, Africa at...

Cloud infrastructure spend accelerates

Spending on compute and storage infrastructure products for cloud deployments, including dedicated and shared IT environments, increased 99,3% year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2024 (4Q24) to $67-billion. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC)...

Make a quantum leap in computational capabilities

By John Roese – The world of computing is advancing at an extraordinary pace, and businesses everywhere are working to keep up. While quantum computing (QC) is on track to revolutionise technology, it isn’t poised to replace classical computing just yet....