by Kathy Gibson | Feb 6, 2019 | Featured Story, Features
After a strong 12 months, experts are predicting continued channel growth for 2019, with digital transformation and the Fourth Industrial Revolution driving new opportunities – although macroeconomic headwinds including Brexit will inevitably have an impact....
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 6, 2019 | Trends and Analysis
From the record-breaking number of data breaches to the implementation of a new European data protection law which has global ramifications, 2018 has proven a memorable year for the cybersecurity industry. And there have been plenty of lessons served up for the...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 5, 2019 | news
Drive Control Corporation (DCC) has been appointed an official distributor for SonicWall, a leading security solution provider that protects more than one million networks across the globe. Available immediately to South African and SADC channel partners, DCC will be...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 5, 2019 | news
In what it believes is an African channel first, Axiz has announced the signing of Innova HTS, a new partner that enables cost-effective broadband satellite solutions into Africa. Jacques Malherbe, Axiz chief technology officer and managing executive of Advanced...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 5, 2019 | news
First Distribution has announced a partnership with cloud-delivered endpoint protection provider Crowdstrike. Customers will now have greater access to CrowdStrike’s comprehensive range of cyber security solution, including the CrowdStrike Falcon platform, the new...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 5, 2019 | Thought Leadership
South Africa is awaiting the arrival of not one but three international data centres, each representing a major hyperscale provider. By Doug Woolley, GM, Dell EMC Southern Africa Suffice to say, SA and its neighbours will soon have access to the same digital power,...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 5, 2019 | Thought Leadership
South Africa’s 2018 Q2 and Q3 negative economic growth means that the country’s economy is in a technical recession. And, while business services is one sphere showing growth (of 1,9%, along with finance and real estate), this does not mean that the ICT sector – a...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 5, 2019 | Thought Leadership
The channel market is changing. Not only are we seeing a trend emerging where solutions across different categories are combining to create a more holistic, horizontal approach to the channel offering. But we are also seeing that new lines of business today are...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 5, 2019 | Features
Despite challenging economic conditions in 2018, South Africans still managed to spend around R32 120 per second at retail stores recording sector growth of 0,7% year-on-year since September 2017. By Cecil Ungerer, chief sales officer: in-store advertising innovators...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 5, 2019 | Product Showcase
RS Components has introduced two new graphic display controller ICs from Bridgetek that target the development of next-generation graphics displays for human machine interface (HMI) applications. The BT815/816 controllers are the third generation of embedded video...
