Cybersecurity a resilient force TMT deal activity declines

Despite a decline in overall deal activity within the tech, media, and telecom (TMT) sector, cybersecurity has emerged as a resilient outlier. With escalating cyber threats globally, companies are prioritizing investments in cybersecurity capabilities, leading to a...

SA channel partners say data is key to growth

Channel partners in South Africa see data as both their biggest challenge and a major opportunity as they look to achieve growth and transition to recurring revenue models, according to new research. Westcon-Comstor surveyed more than 500 senior decision makers at...

Multicloud provides the best of both worlds

Kathy Gibson reports from Pinnacle Tech Tour – The multicloud environment is gaining in popularity as IT leaders opt for best-of-breed capabilities to achieve differentiated outcomes. “They want the cloud experience, with its flexibility,” says Ben...

Cloud complexities drive new challenges

Kathy Gibson reports from Pinnacle Tech Tour – Cloud computing was punted as the solution to any business and IT challenges – but has spawned new challenges of its own. There was $26-billion in wasted cloud expenditure in 2021, explains Nutanix’s...

Cyber resilience key to data protection, recovery

Kathy Gibson reports from Pinnacle Tech Tour – There is no longer any debate about whether organisations are going to be hit by cyberattacks – it’s a case of when it will happen, and how often. This is the word from Ganeshan Naidoo, a systems...

Removing the complexity from IT security

Kathy Gibson reports from Pinnacle Tech Tour – Technology has made a lot of things in our lives simpler – but it seems that cybersecurity and data protection has become more complicated. Jacques Smit, strategic partner executive at Acronis South Africa and...