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Windows 11 upgrades boost 2025 PC shipments

Jan 23, 2026

Worldwide PC shipments totaled 71,5-million units in the fourth quarter of 2025, a 9,3% increase from the fourth quarter of 2024, according to preliminary results by Gartner. For the full year, worldwide PC shipments totaled more than 270-million units, a 9,1%...

Brands and retailers navigate a new reality as AI shapes consumer decisions

Jan 23, 2026

Generative AI (GenAI) is reshaping the first steps of our shopping experience before we ever click “buy”. From hyper-personalized suggestions to curated inspiration, influence now begins long before a store visit or app tap, moving where brands and retailers...

2025 holiday PC shipments exceed expectations

Jan 23, 2026

Global PC shipments grew 9,6% year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2025, reaching 76,4-million units, according to preliminary results from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker. The results cap off a...

Top brands drive growth in SA e-commerce

Jan 23, 2026

E-commerce order volume across all channels in South Africa grew 47% year over year in 2025, according to a report from Omnisend. Analysis of almost 3 000 South African ecommerce brands found that growth was uneven across the market. The top 5% of brands generated 44%...

Corr-Serve signs up as Seceon distributor

Jan 23, 2026

Corr-Serve, a South African value-added distributor of cybersecurity solutions, has strengthened its long-standing partnership with Seceon, becoming its exclusive distributor within the Southern African Development Community. The expanded partnership comes at a time...

Convergence will decide customer ownership, warns Deloitte

Jan 23, 2026

Technology-driven convergence across banking, telecoms, retail, and insurance is reshaping who really “owns” the customer relationship in the African insurance and savings markets. A new article by Deloitte highlights that traditional insurers and savings product...

Westcon-Comstor strengthens partnership with Nokia

Jan 8, 2026

Westcon-Comstor has announced an enhanced collaboration with Nokia aimed at accelerating growth and delivering greater value to channel partners across the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region. Under the expanded partnership, Westcon and Nokia will collaborate closely...

New Vox Partner Programme to help SA’s ISPs expand

Jan 8, 2026

While niche internet service providers (ISPs) play a crucial role in bringing connectivity to underserved areas, they are often held back by the huge capital investment requirements. In response, Vox, one of SA’s leading internet and communications companies, has...

Times 3 wins at Sage Platinum Club for Partners Awards

Jan 8, 2026

Times 3 Technologies (T3T) has been named a winner of the Sage Platinum Club for Partners Awards for FY25. Awarded annually by Sage, the accolade celebrates the outstanding contributions of partners who drive growth, innovation, and customer success across Sage’s...

Obituary: Lou Gerstner

Jan 8, 2026

Lou Gerstner, who served as chairman and CEO of IBM from 1993 to 2002, died on Saturday (27 December). Arvind Krishna, chairman and CEO of IBM, in a mail to IBM employees, shares how Gerstner arrived at IBM at a moment when the company’s future was genuinely...

Synthesis Software Technologies wins at AWS Partner Awards

Jan 8, 2026

Synthesis has been named a winner of the 2025 Sub-Saharan Africa AWS Regional Partner Award. AWS Regional Partner Awards recognize AWS’s Top Partners of the Year and Rising Star Partners of the Year in SSA, whose business models have embraced specialisation,...

Synthesis partners with Umbrella

Jan 8, 2026

Synthesis Software Technologies has announced a strategic partnership with Umbrella, a global leader in multi-cloud finops platforms. Umbrella provides an AI-enabled finops platform designed to help businesses gain full visibility into their cloud spend, optimise...

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