by Kathy Gibson | Aug 23, 2016 | news
Optoma, a designer and manufacturer of projection and audio products, has formed a new distribution partnership with Mustek, for its operations in South Africa. Effective immediately, Mustek will bring Optoma’s cost-effective business and IT range of projectors to...
by Kathy Gibson | Aug 23, 2016 | news
Mobile accessory and peripheral brands Volkano and Amplify are now available to the channel from Kolok, an ICT distributor and Bidvest company. With mobile technology continuing to drive market demand for complimentary accessories, both Amplify and Volkano offer a...
by Kathy Gibson | Aug 23, 2016 | Thought Leadership
As businesses start to take advantage of bandwidth-intensive technology, Tier 1 carriers in the telecommunications sector (telcos) need to ensure that they have the capability meet the ever increasing demand for bandwidth, writes Eckart Zollner, head of business...
by Kathy Gibson | Aug 23, 2016 | Thought Leadership
Small and medium businesses (SMB) need innovative, complex, layered security in depth at the application level for their cloud-based applications and services in an emerging world of significantly ramped up global, and sophisticated distributed denial of service...
by Kathy Gibson | Aug 23, 2016 | Trends and Analysis
Ever wondered about the story behind the story? Or what’s really going on in the channel? Whitcroft back in the saddle In our haste last month to break the news of not only Thibault Dousson’s departure from HP, but also moves by AxizWorkgroup’s Brian Clarke,...
by Kathy Gibson | Aug 23, 2016 | Trends and Analysis
Although product managers in distribution (Channelwise July’s cover story) have come to be regarded as “heroes” in the IT channel, the rapidly-changing technological landscape characterised by trends such as “virtualisation”, the “cloud”, “seamless connectivity” and...
by Kathy Gibson | Aug 23, 2016 | Features
The race is on to establish the next generation of mobile networks. Each generational change in wireless networks has been prompted by a different force. New service demand sparked the move from 1G to 2G, regulation and licensing were the triggers for the migration to...
by Kathy Gibson | Aug 23, 2016 | Features
The advent of technology forces such as big data, analysis, the Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud computing to support digitisation in business brought about next generation connectivity infrastructure. Experts in ICT managed services have described the imminence of...
by Kathy Gibson | Aug 23, 2016 | Product Showcase
Ricoh SA is making the Leapfrog Creatr HS 3D printer available in South Africa and providing full consumable materials, maintenance and support locally for the product. The company expects initial uptake in South Africa to be strong in the education and architecture...
by Kathy Gibson | Aug 23, 2016 | Product Showcase
ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) has announced Rampage V Edition 10, a version of our flagship motherboard specially made to celebrate ROG’s 10th anniversary — and engineered to let gamers and overclockers break every limit. Rampage V Edition 10 has already broken three...