Guess who’s back in the channel?

Guess who’s back in the channel?

After seven years divided between senior executive positions in Dubai and the UK, a former kingpin of the local channel has returned to South Africa to take on, arguably, one of the biggest challenges of his illustrious career. Guy Whitcroft, widely credited with...

EMC announces Claude Schuck appointment

In line with its ongoing focus on the channel, EMC Southern Africa has appointed Claude Schuck as channel manager – formerly head of Dell’s Large Enterprise business unit, Schuck has almost two decades’ experience in the IT industry, including many years in the...

Esquire wins international channel award

Esquire Technologies has won the EMEA Channel Academy Multichannel Initiative of the Year Award for 2014. The EMEA Channel Academy: 2014 Awards took place in conjunction with regional channel event DISTREE EMEA. Distributors, retailers and vendors operating in the...

The future of distribution in the cloud

Over the past few decades a whole industry has built itself on the distribution and resale of hardware and software — an industry that is now under threat as software sales move online and entire services move into the cloud. But, says Jessica van Wyk channel...

Ricoh SA scoops honours for infant channel

Ricoh SA’s IT distribution channel has snagged top honours at a Ricoh EMEA awards ceremony in Spain after it was only established in July, 2013. Performance is measured by quantities sold, hardware revenue, consumables revenue, profit, growth and strategic channel...