by Kathy Gibson | Jun 26, 2018 | Features
Kolok, a division of the Bidvest Group and one of South Africa’s largest IT distributors, has deployed Citrix NetScaler SD-WAN to improve its customer service, speed of response and business efficiencies. With an operation as complex as Kolok’s, a reliable and secure...
by Kathy Gibson | Jun 26, 2018 | Features
The increasing regulatory framework presents an opportunity for VARs and channel partners to grow their sales pipelines and build new levels of engagement with customers. Commvault has announced continued business expansion by its ecosystem of channel partners...
by Kathy Gibson | Jun 26, 2018 | Trends and Analysis
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are helping to revolutionise varied tasks in all kinds of industries, from production lines in manufacturing to online retail. And, on the back of technologies like robotic process automation (RPA) and chatbots, AI is...
by Kathy Gibson | Jun 26, 2018 | Product Showcase
Commercial print company Four Colour Print has expanded its digital printing capabilities with a Xerox Versant 3100 press from Bytes Document Solutions’ (BDS) authorised service partner XBC-IT. The Versant 3100 is a versatile and highly automated four-colour...
by Kathy Gibson | Jun 26, 2018 | Featured Story, Features
With several available options to finance your business, figuring out which is best for you can be both daunting and confusing. Entrepreneurs typically hate asking for finance, which often means that they’ll pick the “path of least resistance” rather...
by Kathy Gibson | Jun 11, 2018 | Featured Story, Thought Leadership
Starting a business is one thing. Scaling up a successful start-up is a whole different ball game, writes Viresh Harduth, vice-president: new customer acquisition (SMEs) for Africa & Middle East. Business owners need new skills and focus areas to generate...
by Kathy Gibson | Jun 11, 2018 | Features
The market for solid state drives (SSD) expected to gain traction over the coming years. This is due mainly to the benefits that SSD has over hard drives (HDD) such as high reliability and performance efficiency which are seeing the take-up of SSD in the data centre...
by Kathy Gibson | Jun 11, 2018 | Features
While solid state drives (SSD) are more stable than hard drives, age can eventually cause them to fail. It is therefore important to know what signs to keep an eye out for, which could signal an impending failure. According to Tony Yu, South African country manager at...
by Kathy Gibson | Jun 11, 2018 | Features
Data management and specifically data archiving is critical to businesses in their quest to gain better control over their IT environments. There are two distinct ways to do this: tape archiving or cloud archiving, and the latter is gaining more prominence says...
by Kathy Gibson | Jun 11, 2018 | Features
As the world becomes increasingly connected, an increase in data consumption and storage requirements is inevitable. Changes in data consumption patterns have also led to the evolution of storage technology. According to International Data Corporation (IDC), there...
