Trends and Analysis - Channelwise

It’s time for disruption and to shatter the status quo

Nov 22, 2019

If you are a gender champion, then you are familiar with the discussions around the glass cliff. The story of women eager to defy the odds, accepting leadership roles at times of crisis, when the chance of failure is the highest. The truth is that many bold glass...

Digitisation and security key to transforming African markets

Nov 22, 2019

Markets across Africa are evolving, possibly more rapidly than ever before in history, and this is largely due to continuous advances in and the growing uptake of digital technology. In commemorating Africa Industrialisation Day and the 2019 theme of ‘Inclusive and...

SA plays cloud catch-up

Nov 22, 2019

As cloud entered its teen years in 2019, South Africa remains a late adopter of what is globally an established technology. Jason Penton, co-founder, Jini Guru, a cloud platform builder, says that in the 13 years that cloud has been around, the technology landscape...

Choose the Azure Storage that suits your needs

Nov 15, 2019

Azure Storage is designed for customers’ specific needs, and different features meet different requirements. Microsoft Azure provides several features in Azure Storage for storing and accessing data in the cloud, and customers can choose between Azure Files, Blobs and...

Recession-proof your small business

Nov 15, 2019

While downturns are difficult to predict, small business owners can prepare for them. Some of the most successful businesses have been built during economic recessions, including Apple, Microsoft and Burger King. Small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) have the...

Market looks to TPM for revenue respite

Nov 15, 2019

In the increasingly tough economic climate, enterprise-sized businesses are looking to alternate approaches to not only save money in the short-term, but strategies that will deliver better returns for the business as a whole. Jan Beukes, CEO of Storex, says that one...

Security can accelerate digital transformation

Nov 15, 2019

In today’s digital world, companies are constantly searching for ways to stay ahead of competitors. Many are investing in digital transformation initiatives to gain new ways of creating exceptional customer experiences, introduce new products and services, and improve...

Small businesses are a big deal

Nov 15, 2019

November is Entrepreneurship Month. From Global Entrepreneurship Week, which takes place from 18 to 24 November, to Global Women’s Entrepreneurship Day on 19 November, there are many ways to celebrate the men and women who have had the courage to build a business from...

Not all storage is created equal …

Nov 10, 2019

Modernising your workspace could be as easy as utilising scalable, cost-effective cloud storage for all your unstructured data. Azure Blob storage is Microsoft’s object storage solution for the cloud. Blob storage is optimised for storing massive amounts of...

SMEs should be a government priority

Nov 10, 2019

The recent Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement from Finance Minister, Tito Mboweni, offered an unsparing view of the challenges that public finances and the wider economy continue to face. By Pieter Bensch, executive vice-president at Sage Africa & Middle East We...

Good business takes practice

Nov 10, 2019

Earlier this year, the channel was treated to a much-publicised fight between a major international vendor and one of its local distributors, relating to a potentially corrupt tender process. While this created a number of ripples in the local industry, probably the...

Channel looks to cloud enablement partners for support

Nov 10, 2019

South African IT resellers and systems integrators are increasingly looking to collaborate with cloud enablement partners that can offer them the perks and support traditionally associated with partner programmes in the hardware and packaged software market. This has...

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