Voting open for Channelwise Awards
It’s that time of year again, when South Africa’s IT reseller partners get to voice their opinion and vote for the vendors and distributors they most enjoy working with. Voting is now officially open for this year’s prestigious Channelwise Awards right here. “As we do...
Rolling out robotics in rural areas
Looking to a future where robotics are integral to learning in South Africa’s schools, the education nonprofit Good Work Foundation (GWF) is expanding its successful Open Learning Academy robotics and coding programme to include high school learners in Grades 8 and 9....
Power-efficient supercomputer adds muscle to scientific problems
A new supercomputer operated by the Flatiron Institute in New York City tops the latest Green500 List of the most power-efficient supercomputers in the world. The revised list, which ranks supercomputers based on the number of floating-point operations per second...
Innovators shortlisted for Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation
A shortlist of 15 African entrepreneurs and their pioneering technologies aimed at environmental rehabilitation, education, and human health and safety have been selected for the 2023 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, founded by the Royal Academy of...
Mobile, broadband the bright spots in Telkom results
Telkom SA delivered flat revenues as it continues to execute its growth strategy of migrating to new technologies. This, coupled with changes in the consumer product mix and increased operating expenses including costs related to load-shedding, saw group EBIDTA...
Tourism recovers to two-thirds of pre-pandemic levels
International tourism is on track to reach 65% of pre-pandemic levels by the end of 2022 as the sector continues to bounce back from the pandemic. An estimated 700-million tourists travelled internationally between January and September, more than double (+133%) the...
Embedded finance market to exceed $183bn by 2027
A new study from Juniper Research has found that revenue from embedded financial services will exceed $183-billion globally in 2027, increasing from just under $65-billion in 2022, and growing by 182% over the period. The report found that this expansion will be...
SA spending spree expected on Black Friday and during festive season
Just over 90% of South African buy now pay later (BNPL) customers plan to spend more online this festive season than last year, while 78% plan to shop on Black Friday, according to a survey of more than 1 600 customers by Payflex. "Our customer base has more than...
Another strong year of growth ahead for the IT channel
Revenue growth for European IT distributors in 2022 is forecast to stand at an impressive 3,7% versus the previous year - excluding telecoms - according to research group, Context. The figures represent an increase on the 3,2% year-on-year (YoY) growth predicted at...
Borderless recruitment no longer an exception
Fifty-eight percent of organisations report having at least some technology talent working in a fully remote borderless arrangement, according to a new Gartner survey, which says this number has doubled in the past three years. Gartner defines borderless workforce as...
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Where to get Canon’s refillable ink printers
Canon South Africa's recently released PIXMA G1400, PIXMA G2400 and PIXMA G3400 colour ink printers are now available to the local channel from official distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC). Featuring Canon's new Continuous Ink Supply System (CISS), the PIXMA...
Integrated, multi-dimensional business continuity
The discipline of business continuity management has changed - and the days of it being exclusively driven by IT are long gone. Redstor, a global provider of cloud backup services and data protection solutions, says businesses can no longer function in departmental...
SA lags in employment gender standards
While legislation has been passed to push for more employment of women in the workplace, it appears South Africa is lagging when compared to its counterparts. This is according to Sean Jones, CEO of Artisan Training Institute (ATI), who says: "The bottom line is that...
Kaspersky Total Security multi-device adds kid safety
Kaspersky Lab has unveiled the latest version of its Kaspersky Total Security - multi-device. Thanks to Kaspersky Safe Kids included, the new product will not only protect privacy and confidential information of users but also allow parents to better monitor...
NetApp advances data analytics performance
NetApp has announced new software for its NetApp EF-Series all-flash and E-Series storage arrays that dramatically boost the performance and value of data analytics applications. New generations of business intelligence applications such as Splunk, Hadoop, and NoSQL...
The top five IT headaches solved by the cloud
Companies across South Africa and the world are discovering that cloud computing is a pretty neat way to procure the services necessary to do business. Cost consistently comes up as the primary advantage of cloud solutions - but they have many benefits beyond the...
Sage X3 positions Sherwood for growth
Sherwood International, a specialist in providing customised in-bound supply chain solutions into Africa, has implemented the Sage X3 business management solution to boost efficiencies in its operations and gain better visibility into its business. SynergERP supported...
Remember governance in the rush to next-gen platforms
South African enterprises are actively looking to next generation application and analytics platforms, but they need to be aware that the platforms alone cannot assure quality data and effective data governance, warns Johann van der Walt, director of operations at...
BI: the sky is the limit in 2016
Business intelligence (BI) has never been a hotter topic. Over the last few years, 'big data' from multiple new data sources has driven game changing analytic use cases, and innovation has changed the face of BI as we know it. According to Markets and Markets, the BI...
Support for sponsorship rights holders, investors, suppliers
SponsorSA.com has launches its online web site giving property rights holders, investors and suppliers in the sponsorship industry a one stop shop for information on South African sponsorship opportunities. Sponsorship is a toolbox of marketing elements such as...
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