by Kathy Gibson | Jun 19, 2019 | Events/Report-backs
Kathy Gibson is at the Cisco Small Business Summit in Sandton – The opportunity for southern African small businesses to adopt technology as a means for boosting their competitiveness is huge – and resellers are well positioned to grasp this opportunity. Globally,...
by Kathy Gibson | Jun 19, 2019 | Events/Report-backs
Kathy Gibson is at the Cisco Small Business Summit in Sandton –Traditional infrastructure can be complex and is typically siloed, a challenge that hyperconvergence aims to simplify and streamline. Cisco’s Hyperflex offering aims to help customers move to a hybrid...
by Kathy Gibson | Jun 19, 2019 | Events/Report-backs
Kathy Gibson is at the Cisco Small Business Summit in Sandton – Software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) can help to provide a better user experience, greater agility and advanced threat protection. These are among the value-adds offered by Cisco’s SD-WAN 4.0,...
by Kathy Gibson | Jun 18, 2019 | Thought Leadership
As AI takes hold in the workplace, both employers and employees believe it will benefit the enterprise and help workers to be more productive. Organisations are increasingly turning to AI-infused applications as a starting point to drive their digital transformation...
by Kathy Gibson | Jun 18, 2019 | Thought Leadership
During an economic recession or downturn, small businesses are often hit the hardest. Budget constraints, reduced spending power and inadequate preparedness for a recession can make it impossible for a small business to survive. Some industries are affected more than...
by Kathy Gibson | Jun 18, 2019 | Featured Story, Thought Leadership
One of the questions that we are often asked is what impact technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) will have on jobs. Where are there likely to be job opportunities in the future? Which jobs (or job functions) are most ripe for automation? What sectors are...
by Kathy Gibson | Jun 18, 2019 | Trends and Analysis
Reseller support and development is the cornerstone of every channel programme from every vendor and distributor. All of the value-added distributors will tell you that their mission is to recruit, train and grow reseller partners, helping them to gain skills and...
by Kathy Gibson | Jun 18, 2019 | Features
Some predictions suggested cloud ERP would only arrive in 2020 or even as late as 2025. But it’s already here and this rapid progress may have caught some vendors napping, particularly in the small-to-medium business (SMB) category, and they may have to surrender to...
by Kathy Gibson | Jun 18, 2019 | Features
Enterprise software will increasingly reside in the cloud. In some rare situations, on-premise instances of enterprise software will be desirable – for instance in mining or offshore drilling where business operations are in remote areas and not served by reliable...
by Kathy Gibson | Jun 18, 2019 | Thought Leadership
The cyber security landscape is rapidly evolving, and businesses across the board need to take new measures to secure their most valuable assets. By Simon Campbell-Young, MD of Credence Security Information security is a growing concern for all South African...
