The Outlook for Africa…
Why SSD is making waves, Mustek still going strong 30 years later and a look into Axiz Advanced Technologies in this month’s issue of Channelwise.
The Future for Distribution
Spotlight on Lenovo, what’s new in printers and document management, and Pinnacle’s making waves with AMD.
The channel is dead. Long live the channel!
The past couple of years have been among the most daunting the local IT distribution channel has faced – as close to a ‘bust’ period as it could get in the constant ‘boom or bust’ cycle that has existed since its inception. The commoditisation of almost all sectors of...
New challenges drive new channel models
The days of “selling” technology solutions could be coming to an end, with most decisions on what to buy made long before the customer even engages with the partner or vendor. By Kathy Gibson Karl Meulema, senior vice-president: global channels at Riverbed Technology,...
ConCourt rules on CPS contract
The Constitutional Court has ensured that social security grants will be paid from 1 April, having extended the current contract with Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) for 12 months, while the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) transitions to a new system. The...
Financing, market access still challenges
Access to financing and credit, and making an inroad into markets remain two key challenges for entrepreneurs going into 2017. In an article in Techfinancials.co.za, Dominique Collett, head of AlphaCode, a Rand Merchant Investments club for fintech start-up...
Hello again, Moto …
Lenovo, through its subsidiary, Motorola Mobility, launched Moto G5 and Moto G5 Plus, the fifth generation of the Moto G family. The Moto G, with a metal design, is available in lunar gray or fine gold, with an all-day 2800 mAh battery and a 10W rapid charger. The 1.4...
Redefine security performance with Palo Alto Networks
Westcon-Comstor Southern Africa is providing reseller partners the opportunity to provide end-user customers advanced security features, at scale, following the announcement from vendor partner Palo Alto Networks that it has expanded its range of next-generation...
Governments struggle with outdated systems
The legacy of enterprise management systems used by parastatals and State Owned Enterprises (SOE) is renowned for its exorbitant software development and implementation costs as a result of inadequate IT requirement scoping and current legacy solutions pricing...