by Kathy Gibson | Oct 5, 2019 | news
Axiz has won in three categories at the 2019 Context ChannelWatch Awards, taking the honours in Customer Service, Retail Partner, and Overall Distributor of the Year. Context ChannelWatch is an online IT-reseller survey, with resellers in each country nominating the...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 5, 2019 | news
Tarsus On Demand clinched the Top Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) -Indirect of the Year award from Microsoft for the second year running. The CSP award is a fiercely-contested category, with Microsoft’s landing of two Azure data centres in South Africa earlier this year...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 5, 2019 | news
Westcon-Comstor Sub-Saharan Africa has been appointed as a Check Point distributor for the sub-Saharan African region. The appointment highlights further expansion of the Westcon-Comstor Security Solutions portfolio, providing its resellers across sub-Saharan Africa...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 5, 2019 | news
Drive Control Corporation (DCC) has been awarded Commvault Services Advantage Partner status, confirming the distributor’s expertise in the deployment and management of Commvault’s data management solution offering. DCC, a Commvault partner for the last four years, is...
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 30, 2019 | Features
The successful acquisition of new customers is the heart of every business, and a sales force is the lifeblood that keeps the heart functioning optimally. This is according ot Ronica Moodliar, GM of Talksure’s sales division, who says: “Sales is incredibly tough and...
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 30, 2019 | Features
Effective enterprise security relies on culture, not just IT Hack the human. This is a growing trend understood very clearly by the well-funded and organised cybercrime landscape. The cyber-syndicate and criminal know that it is far easier to access systems through...
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 30, 2019 | Trends and Analysis
The global IT asset disposition (ITAD) market size is anticipated to be worth around R330-billion by 2026, according to Acumen Research. By Wale Arewa, CEO of Xperien Verified Market Research anticipates even bigger growth, it projects that this market will more than...
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 30, 2019 | Trends and Analysis
South African IT companies should embrace enterprise and supplier development as an opportunity to strengthen their supply and demand chains as well as to make a meaningful impact on socioeconomic development. Those that succeed can get a sustainable competitive...
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 30, 2019 | Features
Small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) can leverage working capital loans to capitalise on time-sensitive business opportunities. Provided they can access the debt needed and afford the repayments, debt is usually a better financing option than diluting company...
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 30, 2019 | Features
Managing teams comprised of a range of generations is a growing challenge for leaders and, if this challenge is not constructively and proactively addressed, it can have a substantial negative impact on affected employees and ultimately the organisation. “As more and...