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SA’s favourite SME/consumer vendors are …

Feb 8, 2017

South African resellers have made their voices heard in the 2016 Channelwise Awards, selecting their favourite vendors in the SME/Consumer space. Over the last three months, resellers were asked to cast their votes for the vendors they prefer to work with across a...

New branding for Pinnsec and Datanet

Feb 7, 2017

Pinnacle has launched a new corporate identity for the Pinnacle Security Solutions (Pinnsec) and Datanet divisions, following its own brand identity evolution in May 2016. The futuristic new identities feature clean lines of black logos with accents of red for Pinnsec...

Employment is up, but not keeping pace

Jan 30, 2017

The new Labour Market Dynamics in South Africa, 2015 report, from Statistics South Africa, shows that between 2009 and 2015 employment increased from 14,2-million to 15,7-million. This rise, however, did not keep pace with the increase in the working age population...

Competition heats up as PCs bounce back

Jan 30, 2017

Worldwide PC shipments totalled nearly 68-million units in the third quarter of 2016 (3Q16), a year-on-year decline of 3,9%, according to the IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. Shipment volume continued to decline, but the results were about 3,2% ahead of...

Brace yourselves for a tough year in 2017

Jan 30, 2017

It’s never an easy task, and nowadays, takes a lot of courage to try and predict what lies ahead in a new year. In 2016, for example, who could have predicted Brexit? Donald Trump winning the US presidency? And the possible effects these events could have in the...

What are the hot consumer trends for 2017?

Jan 30, 2017

Artificial intelligence (AI) is an important theme this year and consumers see it playing a much more prominent role than before – both in society and at work. According to Ericsson Consumer Lab’s annual trend report, “The 10 Hot Consumer Trends for 2017 and Beyond”,...

Mixed emotions for the year ahead

Jan 30, 2017

Internationally Europe has three of its largest countries – namely the Netherlands, France and Germany – all going to the polls next year, and upsets to traditional voting patterns can certainly be expected here, potentially weakening the Eurozone further....

Christmas wishes from the channel

Jan 30, 2017

With Black Friday and Cyber Monday firmly behind us, the Christmas season is well and truly upon us. You just have to walk into any major retailer or shopping mall for confirmation – bedecked Christmas trees, tinsel, glitter and, of course, Boney M belting out their...

The Channel’s Top Influencers

Jan 27, 2017

It’s the time of the ear again when Channelwise’s Three Wise Men (and a Woman) huddle together over their tea and biscuits to decide who they think are the most influential executives in today’s channel. Over the years, many of the candidates have been what punters...

SA unemployment rises in Q2

Oct 10, 2016

According to the Quarterly Employment Statistics (QES) for the second quarter of 2016 released by Statistics South Africa, employment in the formal non-agricultural sector of the South African economy decreased by 67 000 quarter-on-quarter, from 9 285 000 in March...

DRS adds ForeScout products

Oct 10, 2016

DRS, a Cognosec company and a broad-based distributor and reseller of security solutions, has added the ForeScout range of network access control solutions to its offerings. Robert Brown, CEO of DRS, says the agreement will help expand ForeScout’s reach. ForeScout...

The $14bn IoT opportunity in SA

Oct 10, 2016

The Internet of Things (IoT) is real – and there is more than $14-billion in opportunity available in South Africa right now. This is the word from Vernon Thaver, chief technology officer at Cisco SA, who told delegates to SATNAC that the real value in IoT and digital...

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