by Kathy Gibson | Jul 22, 2019 | news
There is little help in the market for the small business IT professional who continues to wear multiple hats, juggling the need to digitally transform the business, allow employees to remain mobile and stay on top of the threat of cyberattacks. With the launch of its...
by Kathy Gibson | Jul 16, 2019 | news
The IT issues facing small businesses (SBs) are no less challenging than those facing an enterprise, yet as an industry IT continues to complicate the sales pitch and oversell technology solutions to SMEs, a market craving innovation. It is with this that...
by Kathy Gibson | Jul 9, 2019 | news
Westcon-Comstor has been appointed as the preferred Nokia Enterprise distributor for sub-Saharan Africa. Rak Parbhoo, MD of Westcon-Comstor, points out that Nokia has a strong focus on industry verticals. “The technology is all about helping the customer with...
by Kathy Gibson | Jul 9, 2019 | news
Printronix, a pioneer of line matrix technology, has recently signed a distribution agreement with Tri-Continental. Under the agreement, Tri-Continental, one of the largest and most prominent IT distributors in the African market, will distribute Printronix and...
by Kathy Gibson | Jul 9, 2019 | news
Tech Wise Business Solutions, a supplier of specialist security solutions, has signed a distribution agreement with Acronis Emerging markets. Under the terms of the agreement, Techwise will be supplying the full range of backup, anti-ransomware, disaster recovery,...
by Kathy Gibson | Jul 8, 2019 | news
The small business (SB) market sector is growing twice as fast as the enterprise and is globally estimated at $7-billion. As a result, Westcon-Comstor has launched a new Small Business Portal that will help local resellers accelerate their Cisco SB sales and earn...
by Kathy Gibson | Jul 1, 2019 | Trends and Analysis
We’ve got software as a service (SaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), even disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS) among a host of “as a service” offerings – so it was only a matter of time until device as a service (DaaS) came into its own. It’s not too obvious why it...
by Kathy Gibson | Jul 1, 2019 | Events/Report-backs
The era of cloud-to-core-to-edge has arrived. To stay competitive in the digital age, organisations must modernise their compute, infrastructure and application environments. Kathy Gibson found out more at the Dell Technologies Forum. The time to make the...
by Kathy Gibson | Jul 1, 2019 | news
Avanta Communications Group has signed a three-year period Master Distributor Agreement on its Hylas 4 and Hylas 2 satellites with Vox Telecom (Vox). The partnership enables Vox to use Avanti’s satellite fleet, which provides full coverage across sub-Saharan Africa,...
by Kathy Gibson | Jul 1, 2019 | news
Acronis has appointed Acronis Emerging Markets (AEM) as a new master distributor to increase its focus on, and accelerate growth in, the Latin American and African markets. As part of the agreement, AEM will market and distribute the full range of Acronis cyber...