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DCC scoops Lenovo channel award

Sep 8, 2023

For the third year in a row for official distributor, Drive Control Corporation (DCC) has walked away with an award at the annual Lenovo South Africa Channel Awards. This year the distributor won IDG Workstation Distributor of the Year FY22/23 at the awards ceremony...

Axiz joins forces with Pure Storage

Sep 8, 2023

Axiz has announced its strategic partnership with Pure Storage, distributing its full portfolio including FlashArray, FlashBlade, Portworx, Pure Cloud Block Store and Fusion, all available on a subscription model. “As organisations advance their deployment of...

Commvault celebrates partners

Sep 8, 2023

Commvault hosted its 2023 SADC Partner Awards on 23 August 2023. Kate Mollett, regional director for Commvault Africa, comments: “We understand that our partners are not just stakeholders but integral members of our extended family. The Partner Awards serve as a...

Redington expands into SA

Sep 8, 2023

Redington is expanding to the South African market, offering more than 15 global brands and opening support offices in Durban, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, and Johannesburg. Viswanath Pallasena, CEO of Redington Middle East, and Africa, says: “We are excited to...

Redvine Networks collaborates with Lytn

Sep 8, 2023

Redvine Networks has collaborated with French software developer Lytn to combine machine learning (ML) and advanced artificial intelligence (AI) to build a solution exclusively for the African continent to proactively optimise network performance for customer...

FICO, LigaData partner in Africa

Sep 8, 2023

Global analytics software provider FICO has announced a partnership with LigaData to bring decision management and optimisation tools to telecommunications firms in Africa, the Middle East and Asia. LigaData and FICO will offer hybrid-cloud and SaaS...

Commvault celebrates partners

Aug 25, 2023

Commvault hosted its 2023 SADC Partner Awards on 23 August 2023. Kate Mollett, regional director for Commvault Africa, comments: “We understand that our partners are not just stakeholders but integral members of our extended family. The Partner Awards serve as a...

Pyramid Analytics, Smollan in international partnership

Aug 25, 2023

Global retail specialist Smollan has formalised an international reseller and implementation partnership agreement with decision and business intelligence (BI) software provider Pyramid Analytics. The agreement will see Smollan, via its data and technology business,...

Obituary: Caron De Fortier

Aug 17, 2023

Caron de Fortier, the HP printer and supplies business unit manager at Drive Control Corporation (DCC), has passed away. DCC has paid tribute to a colleague and friend. “Caron was an industry stalwart, navigating her career with impeccable work ethic and...

TCL Electronics partners with JD Group

Aug 17, 2023

TCL Electronics has signed a distribution partnership with JD Group, making the company’s televisions available at Incredible Connection and HiFiCorp stores across the country. “We are excited to join forces with JD Group and expand our presence in the vibrant...

ABB, Microsoft bring generative AI to industrial applications

Aug 16, 2023

ABB will collaborate with Microsoft on the integration of Azure OpenAI Service into the ABB Ability Genix Industrial Analytics and AI suite. The companies will work together on the implementation of generative AI technology to help industrial customers unlock insights...

PPT Group signs up with Microsoft Copilot

Aug 16, 2023

Management consultancy firm PPT Group will integrate the transformative capabilities of Microsoft Copilot, an AI-powered collaboration tool for Microsoft 365, into its portfolio of client services. “Platform shifts in technology have always defined the eras of...