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SMBs face multiple pandemic challenges

Jul 17, 2020

Despite the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown, South Africa’s small and medium businesses (SMBs) are optimistic – but there is a long-term jobs crisis looming. These are among the findings from Facebook’s Global State of Small Business Report,...

Intel unveils new Thunderbolt specs

Jul 17, 2020

Intel has revealed new details about Thunderbolt 4, the next generation of its universal cable connectivity solution, delivering increased minimum performance requirements, expanded capabilities and USB4 specification compliance. For the first time, Thunderbolt 4 will...

New verification for TERS aims to curb fraud

Jul 17, 2020

In a bid to ensure the Unemployment Insurance Fund’s Covid-19 Temporary Employee Relief Scheme does not fall prey to criminal elements as has happened, new and more stringent controls to verify banking details have been introduced. As a result of these changes, the...

Twitter hack scores on bitcoin scam

Jul 17, 2020

A large-scale hack of Twitter accounts, typically those with millions of followers, is part of a bitcoin scam. The hacked accounts asked followers to send bitcoin currency to a cryptocurrency wallet, with the promise that the sender would double it. Many of them...

Comstor focuses on SMEs, security

Jul 17, 2020

Cisco distributor Comstor has adapted several Cisco campaigns for the channel, as well as launching a new initiative of its own to help resellers address small businesses and security. All three initiatives have an objective of supporting partners with increasing...

GirlCode to host Virtual Hackathon

Jul 10, 2020

The global pandemic Covid-19’s impact on the vulnerable populations of our country is unprecedented, reminding us that the only thing that is constant is change. This year more than ever, we realise the importance of technology in our lives. With various lockdown...

Move to virtual events a modest success

Jul 10, 2020

A recent International Data Corporation (IDC) survey confirms that conferencing applications were already in wide use at home and at work prior to the Covid-19 outbreak. When the pandemic created the need to move in-person events to virtual meetings and conferences,...

E-commerce cements its place in SA retail

Jul 10, 2020

E-commerce, and specifically in the retail sector, has broken barriers regardless of the global pandemic’s lockdown restrictions. Global business-data platform Statista believes that the South African market will reach just over R62-billion this year, and show a...

Commvault, Microsoft deliver SaaS, cloud technology

Jul 10, 2020

Commvault has entered into a multi-year agreement with Microsoft that tightly integrates go-to-market, engineering, and sales of Commvault’s Metallic Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) data protection portfolio with Microsoft Azure. Commvault and Microsoft are bringing...

Smart home devices set for decline

Jul 10, 2020

Spending on smart home devices in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) is expected to decline 6% year on year in H2 2020, according to the latest insights from International Data Corporation (IDC). The global technology research and consulting firm’s Quarterly Smart...

Rectron signs up H3C distribution in SA

Jul 10, 2020

Rectron has become the South African distributor for H3C, which provides a portfolio of digital infrastructure products and solutions for digital transformation. Rectron will give the IT channel access to H3C’s digital infrastructure products and solutions, and the...

HPE SA appoints new channel leads

Jul 3, 2020

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) South Africa has appointed Sandile Dube and Tumi Kgonare as its new sales and channel manager and distribution team Lead respectively. Before joining HPE South Africa, Dube was the sales head for Britehouse, a division of Dimension...

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