Van Graan joins Altron board

Van Graan joins Altron board

Stewart van Graan is joining the board of Altron as a non-executive director. Van Graan retired from Dell last month, having worked for the PC vendor for the last 14 years and becoming Enterprise Systems vice-president for EMEA and emerging markets. This portfolio...

The IT outlook for 2017

Kathy Gibson at IDC’s CIO Summit in Johannesburg – Forecasts for 2017 have been affected by turmoil in South Africa and the world at large, and CIOs may need to reconsider what they can expect to see in the industry this year. Business confidence had dropped before...

The challenges and opportunities in blockchain

Kathy Gibson at IDC’s CIO Summit in Johannesburg – Blockchain goes way beyond bitcoin, and some pundits are calling it the future of the Internet. It is certainly a reality, says Mike Rosen, vice-president: research strategic architecture at IDC. In South Africa,...

Michael Dell – still no regrets

Mark Davison at Dell EMC World in Las Vegas – We have heard from reliable sources that Michael Dell, chairman and CEO of Dell Technologies, has the incredible knack of turning up unscheduled at various meetings, often catching those gathered by surprise. We got...

Digital transformation top of mind in EMEA

Mark Davison at Dell EMC World in Las Vegas – To many people the hype around digital transformation is viewed as being confined mainly to the US, but nothing could be further from the truth as the reality of the 4th Industrial Revolution hits home globally. In fact,...

New networking capabilities from Dell EMC

Mark Davison at Dell EMC World in Las Vegas – Along with a raft of new products including new servers and a total revamp of its storage portfolio, Dell EMC has also announced new Open Networking capabilities to help customers transform their IT operations to lower IT...