by Kathy Gibson | Aug 2, 2017 | Features
There’s more to the cloud than simply running workloads or storage in a hosted environment – and the channel has a vital role to play in ensuring that the technology meets customer needs. Channel partners might feel they have been disintermediated by the cloud. Unless...
by Kathy Gibson | Aug 2, 2017 | Features
Cloud computing, digital transformation, Internet of Things … these are the strategies that organisations are looking to implement in the coming months. COREX Distribution has geared up its product offerings to ensure that it can supply the necessary infrastructure to...
by Kathy Gibson | Aug 2, 2017 | Thought Leadership
As cybercriminals turn their attentions to new ways to achieve their malicious ends, South African businesses can expect to see a surge in a variety of attacks. But what do the terms mean and how do they differ? By Simon Campbell-Young, CEO of Intact Software...
by Kathy Gibson | Aug 2, 2017 | Thought Leadership
Having dealt with the challenges faced by the IT channel in general and distributors in particular in cover stories spread over the past two issues of Channelwise, the “Esteemed One” has decided that the focus this month should be placed squarely on resellers. Despite...
by Kathy Gibson | Aug 2, 2017 | Thought Leadership
Formula One is the recognised pinnacle of motorsport. The cars are the fastest, most challenging and complex racing machines on the planet. They are driven – piloted – by an elite group of racers who have managed, in one way or another, to climb the ladder of success...
by Kathy Gibson | Aug 2, 2017 | Trends and Analysis
Mark Bregman, senior vice-president and chief technology officer of NetApp, outlines where he sees the industry going in 2017 The explosion of data in today’s digital economy has resulted in a fundamental shift from using data to run the business to recognising that...
by Kathy Gibson | Aug 2, 2017 | Trends and Analysis
Total EMEA external storage systems revenue fell 5,1% year over year to $1,49-billion in the third quarter of 2016 (3Q16), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) EMEA Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker 3Q16. The flash market recorded huge growth,...
by Kathy Gibson | Aug 2, 2017 | Trends and Analysis
Your business relies on storage, but traditional storage has not kept pace with your business. Now flash storage offers a generational leap in performance, while taking less out of your budget. Flash storage is one of the most exciting technologies to arrive in the...
by Kathy Gibson | Aug 2, 2017 | Thought Leadership
It was with the saddest of hearts that we heard last month that Mark Perry, one of the true gentlemen in local IT and the channel, had lost his brave battle against cancer. Deep Throat’s sincere condolences go out to his family and his many friends in the industry. We...
by Kathy Gibson | Aug 2, 2017 | Thought Leadership
Language can be an incredibly difficult communication tool to master and English in particular is widely recognised world-wide as one of the most complex and confusing of all languages. The pronunciation of words that sound exactly the same when spoken but are spelt...
