State of the Nation: The road ahead for the channel

There are very few environments as competitive as the South African IT distribution channel, so it comes as no surprise whenever we pose the question of how the year’s been so far at the half-way mark that the unanimous response is usually “Tough!”. And this year...

AI’s pivotal role in empowering people, communities

Kathy Gibson reports – Artificial intelligence (AI) is not just reshaping technology, but is being used to empower people and communities around the world. Indeed, the technology holds both potential and peril, says Arthur Goldstuck, MD of World Wide Worx. It’s been...

Gitex Africa Morocco 2024: It’s a wrap …

The second edition of Gitex Africa has wrapped up in Marrakech, Morocco. Kathy Gibson was there to find out what’s happening in the African tech space.   Into the future with frontier technologies Humanity is facing an existential crisis as planet-wide issues...

Alternative power solutions are in for the long haul

Africa is on the brink of  an alternative energy boom. As an example, the solar market is seeing massive growth, driven by demand in South Africa. John van Zuylen, CEO of the Africa Solar Industry Association (AFSIA), says that, after years of lacklustre solar...

Features

AI can drive positive societal change

By Tim Humphreys-Davies – The artificial intelligence (AI) revolution represents a transformative era, characterised by the rapid advancement and integration of AI technologies into various aspects of society and across key business areas.

Trends and Analysis

AI key to Africa and the future of work

Africa has a unique opportunity to influence what the future of work looks like in these early days as large language learning models (LLMs) are evolving, and the environment for applications is still new.

Product Showcase

Lenovo adds Copilot+ to Yoga lineup

Lenovo has launched the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x and Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 6, Copilot+ PCs, powered by Qualcomm Technologies’ new Snapdragon X Elite processor featuring the 12-core Qualcomm Oryon CPU, Qualcomm Adren GPU and a dedicated Qualcomm Hexagon NPU (neural processing unit).

Events/Report-backs

AI both a security solution and a risk

By Kathy Gibson – Artificial intelligence (AI) is the term on everyone’s lips in 2024. In the context of cybersecurity, AI is a greater threat than ever before, while also providing new tools for combatting attacks.

Channelwise E-Books

Power to the Channel

Power to the Channel

Storage demand shifts to multi-cloud, Spotlighton Vertiv and trust and security vital as generative AI takes off.

CoCre8 – Company Profile 2022

CoCre8 – Company Profile 2022

CoCre8 Technology Solutions, which opened its doors in April 2020, has accomplished an impressive reinvention of itself, expanding its product portfolio and recreating itself as a solution and services organisation.

Channelwise Awards 2022

Channelwise Awards 2022

What 2023 holds in store for the channel, reportbacks from VMWare Explore, Kaspersky & the Huawei commercial launch. Plus all the 2022 winners of the Channelwise Awards.