Trends and Analysis - Channelwise

Data centre management and the drought

Apr 4, 2018

Data centres are utility-hungry installations that require always-on supplies of power and cooling. This means electricity – possibly as much as 2% of the world’s energy – and it often means water. As our demand for data, and the infrastructure in which to store...

Visibility from warehouse floor to store

Apr 4, 2018

Distribution chain Massdiscounters has adopted Trackmatic’s Driver-Led Visibility solution. The solution, paired with Trackmatic’s detailed business analytics, has transformed key performance indicators, with objective, empirically-based driver performance KPIs...

Fibre uptake delivers SME benefits

Apr 4, 2018

The massive technology shift from dial-up to ADSL as the most common form of connectivity among small and medium enterprises is about to be repeated. Except that, this time, the shift will be from ADSL to fibre. This is one of the major early indications of SME Survey...

Get ready for the VAT increase in April

Mar 1, 2018

The Minister of Finance announced in his recent Budget Speech that the VAT rate would be increased from 14% to 15% with effect from 1 April 2018. by Chetan Vanmali and Des Kruger at Webber Wentzel While the necessary legislative provisions to give effect to the...

Gold recycling turns e-waste into art

Feb 7, 2018

Dell has announced what it believes to be an industry-first pilot to use recycled gold from used electronics in new computer motherboards, which will ship in the Latitude 5285 2-in-1s. The pilot follows a successful feasibility study on server motherboards. The...

2018 – what the new year holds for the channel …

Feb 7, 2018

The South African ICT channel faces yet another difficult year in 2018, with distributors, resellers and vendors all likely to find their revenues and margins coming under further pressure as end-customers cut back on their discretionary technology budgets. That’s...

A year of potential for SA and the world

Feb 7, 2018

The arrival of hyperscale cloud data centres in South Africa, the commercial maturing of new interactions such as augmented reality, and the rise of the intelligent edge paint a promising picture for 2018. But these are not just local events – globally the next...

Stay open about being open

Feb 7, 2018

There are some big things set to come in 2018. In fact, we are seeing numerous significant developments in the world of enterprise IT. These include the emergence of the container infrastructure ecosystem, a continued move to hybrid cloud and the growth in...

Tight budgets require innovation

Feb 7, 2018

Budgets are tight and businesses need to be innovative when purchasing electronics or trying to find the right tools and technologies to meet their unique requirements. Rather than trying to reduce the budget, they should focus on the importance of spending their...

Channel challenges in economic upheaval

Feb 7, 2018

The smaller channel is set to undertake a bumpy ride over the potholes left behind by the mismanaged South African economy. By Henk Olivier, MD of Ozone Information Technology Solutions In a recent report by Xero entitled The State of Small Business 2017, 67,9% of...

SA’s Top Distribution Execs

Feb 7, 2018

Once again, Channelwise’s Three Wise Men – who between them have more than a century in the IT industry and channel – have put their heads together to come up with who they think are the country’s most influential and top distribution executives for 2017. The...

Meet the product managers

Feb 7, 2018

Invariably stuck between the rock that is vendors and the hard place that is the reseller sector, distribution Product Managers seldom get the recognition they deserve for doing what is arguably one of the most difficult jobs in the channel. But as has become...

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