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Opportunities bring new challenges for mobile operators

Oct 10, 2016

Today operators face challenges on multiple fronts, which include decreasing revenue per user; the gradual erosion of SMS revenues as phones have become ‘smarter’; apps and OTT services devaluing lots of operator innovation investments; the cost of infrastructure...

Demystifying the myths of channel and cloud

Sep 7, 2016

Over the past 10 years, cloud computing has moved from a technology that companies were experimenting with to part of the mainstream and something organisations of all sizes turn to for their technology workloads. With that in mind, cloud can now be considered the new...

Don’t ignore these enterprise computing megatrends

Aug 23, 2016

Guy Whitcroft, CEO at Westcon-Comstor Southern Africa, talks about the megatrends in enterprise comping, and what resellers should do to stay on top of the game. Technological change is the heartbeat of the IT industry and while it is easy to get sucked into the...

UC&C presents new opportunities for skilled resellers

Aug 23, 2016

Andy Robb, chief technology officer at Duxbury Networking, explains that it’s difficult to quantify the magnitude of the current explosion in mobile data traffic. One industry source predicts it will reach 18 exabytes (18-billion gigabytes) per month in just two...

A reputable partner adds value to telcos

Aug 23, 2016

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...

SMEs impact on cloud service providers

Aug 23, 2016

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...

The reality of cloud computing

Aug 2, 2016

Cloud is still a buzzword, trending across South African enterprises and is top of mind for many executives looking to achieve their financial and operational goals, according to Sadiq Munshi, product development manager: cloud solutions at Jasco Enterprise. Cloud...

Will Eskom avoid the utility death spiral?

Aug 1, 2016

Graham Schwikkard and Aaron Burton, both from Datta Burton & Associates, debate whether Eskom is on the right path. Since 2008, average electricity prices have increased by a massive 160% (after adjusting for inflation) and yet there are still no clear answers as...

We are failing our youth, period …

Jul 1, 2016

Whether it’s for PR purposes or commercially driven, we seem to have developed a love affair with the idea of labelling days on our calendar, writes Tess Sulaman, CEO of Rocketseed South Africa. The old calendar system has worked for centuries, but recently we thought...

Wearables for kids a major opportunity

Jul 1, 2016

The global wearable computer market is enjoying brisk growth during 2016, with exciting new categories such as wearable computers for children starting to emerge and existing form factors such as smartwatches beginning to mature. That’s according to Ernst Wittmann,...

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