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Insight Partners completes Veeam acquisition

Mar 6, 2020

Insight Partners has completed its acquisition of Veeam, at a valuation of approximately $5-billion. “Insight has been a trusted partner since 2013 when they made their first minority-stake investment in Veeam,” says Bill Largent, CEO of Veeam. “They are known for...

Altron Nexus confirms new MD

Mar 6, 2020

Altron has announced the confirmation of Mark Harris to the permanent role of MD of Altron Nexus. Andrew Holden, group chief operations officer, says Harris will report directly to him. Holden comments: “Mark has been acting as Altron Nexus MD for almost six months,...

The outlook for an investment downgrade

Feb 28, 2020

South Africans tend to obsess about the possibility of a ratings downgrade to junk status, but this focus could be misplaced. By Kathy Gibson Kyle Mandy, tax lead at PwC, believes Moody’s will give the country the benefit of the doubt for the next few months and see...

Rectron signs up Zebra distribution

Feb 28, 2020

Rectron has become the official distribution partner for Zebra Technologies in South Africa, effective January 2020. Zebra Technologies provides an extensive portfolio of scanning, data capture, wireless local area network (WLAN), and printing solutions. Matthew Hall,...

New Intel offerings target 5G infrastructure

Feb 28, 2020

Unlocking the full potential of 5G requires transforming network infrastructure from core to edge. Intel has made a sweeping set of hardware and software announcements, including the launch of the new Intel Atom P5900, a 10nm system-on-chip (SoC) for wireless base...

Apple, Samsung dominate smartphone top 10

Feb 28, 2020

Apple’s iPhone XR was the world’s most popular smartphone in 2019, easily outshipping all other models. Apple shipped 46,3-million iPhone XR smartphones last year, more than doubling the 23,1-million units in 2018, according to Omdia’s Smartphone Model Market Tracker...

Sage appoints new distribution partners in Africa

Feb 28, 2020

Sage has appointed three Authorised Sage Distributors in the SADC, East Africa and West African regions to serve as valued-added distribution partners for its small and medium business products and services. The new distribution partners are: * First Distribution will...

Mustek revenues up 11,3%

Feb 28, 2020

Mustek has reported revenue of R3,01-billion for the six months ended 31 December 2019, up 11,3% from the comparable period last year. The company saw operating profit of R116,47-million, level with last year. Headline earnings per share are 75.79 cents, up 9,1%, and...

Rectron flies high with DJI Enterprise drones

Feb 21, 2020

Rectron has concluded a dealer contract with DJI Enterprise, that will see the distributor offer the full DJI Enterprise range. Ruan Botha, DJI product manager at Rectron, says: “Through Rectron, the South African market will now have full access to the DJI Enterprise...

Kaspersky extends partner network

Feb 21, 2020

For the last 10 years, Kaspersky has been developing its business to provide value-added services to operators (xSP). This has entailed working with different partners all around the world, including major global and regional operators. Over the past six years, the...

Outdated ideas that harm your digital business

Feb 21, 2020

UK grocery chain Tesco generates $150-million in supply chain efficiencies via analytics. Oil and gas giant BP saves $7-billion a year with Internet of Things (IoT) sensors. Hershey saves $500 000 per batch of candy with machine learning and IoT. These examples of...

SAS aligns EMEA organisation around CX

Feb 21, 2020

As organisations focus on digital transformation, the role of enterprise software providers is shifting to advisory and consultative relationships focused on business outcomes. SAS is reshaping its customer-facing structure in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region...

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