Thought Leadership - Channelwise

The increasing importance of data protection in the digital economy

Feb 14, 2020

What businesses want from the cloud is changing. Pure cloud adopters fear vendor lock-in and are increasingly seeking to spread risk by embracing multiple cloud providers. In fact, our own research found that more than half (58%) of companies that currently use one...

Investing offshore is easier than you think

Feb 14, 2020

Offshore investing sounds like a daunting experience to many investors. On top of what you need to understand about a local investment, there are many more aspects to offshore investing. In some of the more extreme cases you may even have to think of an offshore...

Channel must focus on innovation

Feb 9, 2020

As the economy continues to toughen and companies are targeting their spending for maximum return, those operating in the channel must think differently in how they will remain competitive and relevant if they wish to emerge from these challenging times. By James...

Small business money mistakes you’ll regret in 5 years

Feb 9, 2020

A crucial contributor to business success is accurate forecasting. Businesses have a better chance of making it through the tough first years if they can forecast things like cash flow and expenses, while also putting contingency plans in place for things they can’t...

Why 2020 should be the year we stop fearing ‘the robots’

Feb 9, 2020

As artificial intelligence (AI) become increasingly pervasive, so have headlines about robots taking people’s jobs. By Tanja Lategan, CEO of Enlight Strategic While there’s undoubtedly truth in that (in as much as new technologies have always rendered some jobs...

Hope: the missing ingredient for successful business

Feb 9, 2020

Hope is the ingredient that gets many startups and small businesses through the early stage battles for revenue, lack of funding, and the demands any business owner need to address on an ongoing basis. By Eksteen de Waal, CEO of Exponentially Me Anyone who wants to be...

Understanding XDR in practice

Feb 9, 2020

Having broader visibility into the cyber risks facing the organisational network enables executives to better safeguard their data as well as manage the business more effectively in a digitally-driven environment. By Indi Siriniwasa, vice-president: sub-Saharan Africa...

Safeguard organisational data in the cloud

Feb 4, 2020

The IDC anticipates that worldwide cyber security spending will reach $133,8-billion by 2022, achieving a compound annual growth rate of 9,2% over the 2018-2022 forecast period. Furthermore, the banking, manufacturing, and government sectors will be the most prominent...

Rediscovering our humanity

Feb 3, 2020

From the Black Mirror series to the recent Terminator sequel, Hollywood keeps showing us pessimistic visions of the future. By Lee Naik, CEO of TransUnion Africa It’s all too easy to buy into the idea that tech is out to rob us of our humanity. But the trends of 2020...

Government non-payment forces contractors out of business

Feb 3, 2020

Government’s failure to pay building contractors on time or even not at all is one of the major causes of job losses in the construction industry. This is the word from Databuild CEO Morag Evans, who says: “Against the backdrop of an ailing economy, many companies,...

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