Coronavirus drives surge in PC sales

Volume sales of PCs through Western Europe’s largest distributors increased by 38% year-on-year in the first three weeks of March as the accelerating spread of coronavirus produced a surge in sales of remote-working devices, according to the latest data...
Xerox withdraws bid to acquire HP Inc

Xerox withdraws bid to acquire HP Inc

Xerox has withdrawn from its hostile takeover bid of HP Inc as the Covid-19 pandemic takes hold around the world. According to a statement from the company: “The current global health crisis and resulting macroeconomic and market turmoil caused by Covid-19 have...

Virus set to drive multi-cloud uptake

By 2022, over 90% of enterprises worldwide will be relying on a mix of on-premises/dedicated private clouds, multiple public clouds, and legacy platforms to meet their infrastructure needs. That’s according to the latest forecast from global technology research...

Eskom commits to continuing operations

Eskom says its operations will continue unimpeded through the national lockdown period. The company yesterday released the following statement: Eskom recognises the gravity of the recent outbreak of Covid-19, and the difficulties the country will have to endure in our...

Growth companies actively collect customer experience data

Companies that have seen a positive revenue growth collect more customer experience (CX) data than nongrowth companies, according to a recent survey by Gartner. The survey found that nearly 80% of growth organisations use customer surveys to collect CX data, compared...

Questions to ask before deploying remote tech

Over the past two decades, remote access became a stable, but often neglected, technology. Now, coronavirus (COVID-19) changed the way employees need to work. Organisations now have old virtual personal network (VPN) technologies lacking the required licenses, updated...