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Short-term impact for wearables

Mar 22, 2020

The global wearables market is expected to grow 9,4% in 2020, reaching 368,2-million shipments according to new data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker. This marks a significant slowing of the market compared to...

Demand for Internet infrastructure up 30%

Mar 22, 2020

Internet infrastructure has experienced significant growth in demand due to the increased amount of people confined to their homes, consequently working and shopping remotely due to the enforced precautionary measures. Having most of our daily activities migrating to...

Corex limits operations during Covid-19

Mar 22, 2020

In light of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s call for action to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus Covid-19, Corex is limiting its operations for the next few days. As a precautionary measure, the distributor is closing its Johannesburg and Cape Town offices...

Server shipments grew 5,1% in Q4

Mar 22, 2020

The worldwide server market continued to grow in the fourth quarter of 2019 as revenue increased 5,1% and shipments grew 11,7% year over year, according to Gartner. In all of 2019, worldwide server shipments declined 3,1% and server revenue declined 2,5% compared with...

How Africa is handling Covid-19

Mar 22, 2020

More than 600 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in 34 countries in Africa as of 19 March, compared with 147 cases one week ago. Although the region has seen a significant increase in confirmed cases recently, there are still fewer cases than in other parts of the...

Aruba names Sherifa Hady as EMEA channel sales director

Mar 22, 2020

Aruba has announced the appointment of Sherifa Hady as the channel sales director for Europe, Middle East and Africa. In her role, Hady will oversee the channel team, working closely with them to build partnerships with resellers and distributors across the region,...

Leaders not trusted to manage disruption

Mar 13, 2020

Only 15% of business executives worldwide have confidence in their own top leadership successfully to manage disruption – including unexpected events like pandemics, technological advances, shifting demographics, and climate change. This is according to a global...

MyOffice seeks African partners

Mar 13, 2020

MyOffice, the Russian developer of software for collaborative work with documents, is developing a partner network for operation in the countries of Africa. The company is planning to create a two-level distribution channel for sales of software to government and...

Datacentrix brings home six HPE awards

Mar 13, 2020

Datacentrix received six awards from Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) at the HPE Partner Awards for 2019. The organisation was named as ‘HPE Hybrid IT Platinum Partner of the Year’, ‘HPE Storage Partner of the Year’, and ‘HPE Pointnext Services Delivery Partner of the...

Dimension Data unifies operations

Mar 13, 2020

Dimension Data is to operate under a single name as aims to deliver the changing technology needs of its clients. “As the market around us continues to evolve, we are conscious of the need to remain relevant by delivering products and services that enable our clients...

Gerald Naidoo appointed Technologiks CEO

Mar 13, 2020

Technologiks has announced the appointment of Gerald Naidoo as CEO. Naidoo will be responsible for growing the business locally, and across the continent. Having held top management positions at international leaders such as Unisys, CSC and HP, Naidoo holds a number...

Rob Shuter to step down from MTN

Mar 13, 2020

MTN group president and CEO Rob Shuter will step down from his role at the end of his fixed four-year contract in March 2021. The group made the announcement today (11 March 2020) in its financial report for the year ended 31 December 2019. For the year, subscribers...

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