RS Components extends fibre-optic wire assemblies
RS Components is extending its portfolio of high-quality fibre-optic-cable assemblies with the addition of 90 new products from Rosenberger. RS is the only high-service-level distributor to offer fibre-optic products from Rosenberger, which offers the highest...
Building the foundations of an Industry 4.0 network
The first industrial revolution was based on the use of steam to power machines. The second centred on the use of electricity to supply energy to assembly lines. The third came about with the use of electronics and IT to further automate production. But all of that is...
How SMAC can increase competitiveness
Business management solution providers are under enormous pressure to reinvent their platforms as the upsurge of social, mobile, analytics and cloud (SMAC) technologies threatens to make traditional enterprise resource planning (ERP) software irrelevant. That's the...
Don’t ignore these enterprise megatrends
Guy Whitcroft, CEO at Westcon-Comstor Southern Africa, examines the megatrends driving enterprise computing. Technological change is the heartbeat of the IT industry and while it is easy to get sucked into the promise of self-driving cars, augmented reality and drones...
SimpliVity named a Leader in Hyperconverged Infrastructure
SimpliVity has been recognized as a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI), Q3 2016 report. SimpliVity's position as a Leader in Forrester's assessment of the 12 most significant hyperconverged infrastructure vendors was based on the...
Innovating for entrepreneurial success
Getting a foothold on the ladder to business success can take little more than a smartphone and the right attitude, as a growing ecosystem of auto spares resellers is proving. With Jonathan Ngwenya's chain of auto salvage yards at its hub, a network of panelbeaters,...
Lessons for SA’s SMEs from Pokémon Go
Enterprise development manager Scott Zambonini from Seda Nelson Mandela Bay ICT Incubator (SNII), says several lessons from the gaming phenomenon, Pokémon Go, are relevant to South African small businesses. Location-based mobile game Pokémon Go is perhaps the best...
SimpliVity receives NorthFace ScoreBoard Award
SimpliVity, a leader in hyperconverged infrastructure, has received the prestigious NorthFace ScoreBoard Award from Omega Management Group in recognition of achieving excellence in customer service and support. In addition, with a Net Promoter Score (NPS) of 90 in...
Going viral: influencing solution adoption
The modern conundrum. A business is facing a complex challenge, a need to transform productivity, reduce costs or drive sales, writes Paul Morgan, chief technical officer at Decision Inc. The result is investment into a solution which addresses this challenge using...
Professional services essential for implementing new systems
There is a shift in the way companies interact with their customers as people seek new ways of communicating with business, writes Jacques Malan, executive: operations as Jasco Enterprise. Many organisations are implementing new technology solutions to answer this...
Verint launches Robotic Process Automation
Verint Robotic Process Automation is a set of advanced capabilities that uses software robots to automate, manage and execute high volumes of time-consuming business processes around-the-clock each day. Leveraging the software, organisations can significantly reduce...
WASPA joins iWeek event
South Africa's Wireless Application Service Providers' Association (WASPA) joins South Africa's Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) for the first time as a partner in this year's iWeek XV. "South Africa's Internet consumers primarily use their mobile...