Trends and Analysis - Channelwise

What a VAT hike would mean for SMEs

Feb 28, 2025

As the nation waits for the rescheduled delivery of the Budget Speech on 12 March, many are wondering what tax announcements to expect. It is especially small business owners who will be on tenterhooks as they wait to hear whether the proposed VAT rate hike (from 15%...

2024 a year of enterprise networking consolidation

Feb 28, 2025

By Mauricio Sanchez – 2024 is shaping to be a year of correction across most enterprise network markets, as indicated by a notable decline in spending among key segments. This correction follows extraordinary growth from 2021 to 2023, driven by the surge in...

Network automation set to scale up

Feb 28, 2025

By 2026, 30% of enterprises will automate more than half of their network activities, an increase from under 10% in mid-2023, according to Gartner. “Infrastructure and operations (I&O) leaders are increasingly looking to AI-based analytics and augmented decision...

Data centre storage set for rebound

Feb 28, 2025

Data centre (DC) storage revenue – including external storage from both arrays and server expansions – will climb to $103-billion by 2028, according to new research from Omdia. The DC storage market in 2023 experienced a downturn, primarily due to economic...

AI fuels explosive growth in shared cloud infrastructure

Feb 28, 2025

According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Infrastructure Tracker: Buyer and Cloud Deployment, spending on compute and storage infrastructure products for cloud deployments – including dedicated and shared IT...

Sharp growth forecast for edge computing

Feb 28, 2025

Global spending on edge computing is estimated to reach $228-billion in 2024, marking a 14% increase from 2023, according to IDC’s latest Worldwide Edge Spending Guide. This includes combined enterprise and service provider spending on hardware, software, professional...

AI drives mainframe innovation

Feb 14, 2025

Mainframe computers are already playing a pivotal role in supporting AI innovation, hybrid cloud strategies, and the acceleration of digital transformation, according to a new survey from the IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV), which adds that, with unmatched...

Data centres and the electricity conundrum

Feb 14, 2025

Data centres are the heart of the digital economy and the demand for them is expected to rise substantially, positioning them as a primary focus for growth and investment. But the cost of operating data centres is also rising substantially due to rising electricity...

Data centre demand prompts new cooling solutions

Feb 14, 2025

The rapid growth of artificial intelligence (AI) has significantly increased the demand for data processing capabilities and capacity, leading to the expansion of data centres globally. As these facilities operate continuously, their energy-intensive equipment are...

Renewables key to keeping SA’s data centres lit

Feb 14, 2025

Let’s face it: South Africa’s power grid isn’t winning any awards for reliability, writes Mandy Hattingh, senior associate at NSDV. Our data centres are feeling the heat – and not in a good way. These digital powerhouses not only keep our...

Energy-efficient data centres could save EMEA €25bn

Feb 14, 2025

A new report commissioned by Nutanix from Atlantic Ventures – Improving Sustainability in Data Centres 2024 – reveals how next-generation data centre architectures including hybrid cloud and hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) can significantly reduce energy...

Tech sector drives up energy demand, stymies sustainability efforts

Jan 31, 2025

The carbon footprint and energy consumption of the digital technology sector is growing with global demand for hardware, network services, data storage and emerging technologies, according to a report co-authored by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and...

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