Talent paradox as AI integration and skills scarcity converge

The latest Mercer Global Talent Trends (GTT) 2026 report, surveying 500 employees and 50 C-suite executives in South Africa, reveals a workforce at a critical juncture - with AI viewed as the primary driver of productivity, and a widening skills gap threatening...

Businesses brace for long-term impacts from Iran conflict

Kathy Gibson reports – Even if the conflict in the Middle East were to end tomorrow, the long-term impacts will continue to dog the world for months. That’s the key takeaway from KPMG’s latest Global Economic and Geopolitical Outlook, which unpacked what some of the...

How systemic failures drive corporate crime

A new doctoral study at the University of Cape Town (UCT) offers a rigorous cross-jurisdictional analysis of how corporate crime emerges within listed companies, challenging conventional governance thinking, introducing new theories and proposing reforms to strengthen...

Channel resilience challenged in 2026

We know it’s said annually when we survey some of the leading players in the IT channel for their outlook on the coming 12 months for the first issue of the year: ‘It’s going to be a tough year, but …’ The resilience, character, optimism, and sheer tenacity of the...

Features

New blueprint needed for future growth

As the growth strategies that powered the global economy over the past three decades lose relevance, a new World Economic Forum report calls for a renewed blueprint to navigate a rapidly evolving landscape shaped by AI, geostrategic competition, rising debt and inequality, and mounting environmental and demographic pressures.

Events/Report-backs

Acer celebrates 50 years, set for the next 50

Kathy Gibson reports from Milan, Italy – Acer is celebrating its 50th birthday, kicking off its second half-century by embracing the latest artificial intelligence (AI) technology, debuting a new channel programme, and launching a range of new commercial devices.

Channelwise E-Books

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.

Reseller’s Survival Guide

Reseller’s Survival Guide

New battle zones as cybersecurity threats mount up, sustainability to the fore in the growing printer market, and the customer as front an centre in the new channel landscape.