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The hidden costs of software piracy

Africa’s ICT industry pays a heavy price for software piracy each year, with the latest research from The  Software Alliance (BSA) showing that unlicensed commercial software worth $3,1-billion is in use in Africa and the Middle East. More than half (56%) of the...

Formula One in Focus: is F1 up to the challenge of new circuits?

The first Formula One race counting towards the drivers’ world championship was held at Silverstone in England in May 1950. Today, the British Grand Prix at Silverstone is one of the jewels in F1’s crown along with events at circuits still in use from those early days...

If you’re not going digital, you’re going nowhere

Digital transformation is the future of any business. If you aren’t on the path towards a digital environment, you’re probably already behind your competitors and will start to lose relevance. By Dave Joyce, MD of Nimble Technologies It is critical for any...

Strategies for enhancing profit margins

Most value-added resellers (VARs) know that it’s getting tougher all the time to run a profitable business based on product sales alone. The competition is fiercer than ever, clients are shifting towards the cloud for a growing range of their business needs, and...

Data security drives need for intelligent storage

Data protection is becoming a priority, as governments roll out new data security regulations with eye-watering penalties for non-compliance, some of them up to 4% of annual turnover. By Hayden Sadler, country manager of Infinidat, South Africa These regulations,...

Prospects for the 2019 F1 season

In addition to a raft of new technical regulations for 2019 which promise closer, more competitive racing, the upcoming Formula One season will also feature new driver pairings and the long-awaited arrival of Honda engines in the back of the Red Bull racers. By Graham...

South Africa’s digital prospects start to shine

South Africa is awaiting the arrival of not one but three international data centres, each representing a major hyperscale provider. By Doug Woolley, GM, Dell EMC Southern Africa Suffice to say, SA and its neighbours will soon have access to the same digital power,...

Data proliferation, pricing struggles and potential …

South Africa’s 2018 Q2 and Q3 negative economic growth means that the country’s economy is in a technical recession. And, while business services is one sphere showing growth (of 1,9%, along with finance and real estate), this does not mean that the ICT sector – a...

Growth in Africa drives the channel

The channel market is changing. Not only are we seeing a trend emerging where solutions across different categories are combining to create a more holistic, horizontal approach to the channel offering. But we are also seeing that new lines of business today are...

Why you should tap into the open source eco-system in 2019

There are some big things set for 2019. Customer expectations continue to evolve, new technologies are developed to push the envelope and all of that leads to continuous transformation of our business, our people, our processes and of course, the technology and...

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