Retailers pick Google Cloud over AWS, Azure

Google Cloud ranks as the number one cloud service provider to the retail sector, outpacing overall market leader AWS and second-placed Microsoft Azure. This is according to the latest research from Canalys’ Cloud Channels Analysis service, which assessed the...

SA top of the African charts for quality of digital life

South Africa ranks 59th in the world for its quality of digital life, but it came in top for Africa. This is according to Surfshark’s DQL Index 2020, which founds that South Africa surpasses Kenya, Nigeria, Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco in terms of its digital...

Yellow Pages partners with fintech to support SMEs

With the lockdown having impacted South African businesses, Yellow Pages has teamed up with Fundrr to offer loans for telecommunications and market support to businesses wanting to grow. Yellow Pages, which is a division of Telkom Business, provides support packages...

A clear virtual sales strategy is vital

It is critical for sales enablement leaders to implement a long-term virtual selling strategy as more field sales roles move to virtual sales positions, according to Gartner. “While many chief sales officers (CSOs) are not yet fully committed, the uncertain...

Overall decline for printer sales in EMEA

The overall Middle East and Africa (MEA) hardcopy peripherals (HCP) market contracted in both units and value in Q2 2020, according to the latest insights from International Data Corporation (IDC). The global technology research and consulting firm’s Worldwide...

Women in the IT channel make a difference

Despite tough times, women in the information and communication technology (ICT) industry raised a massive R61 106.11 to help the Sandton SPCA build a new sterile clinic. The money was raised through a Women’s Day initiative, 101 Donations, organised by Channelwise...