by Adrian Henderson | Feb 5, 2019 | Analysis & Commentary
In spite of uncertainty on many geo-political fronts, global IT spending is predicted to grow yet again in 2019, with digital business technology platforms (and digitalisation) playing an increasingly large part. Leading research and advisory firm Gartner recently...
by Guy Duncan | Dec 5, 2018 | Analysis & Commentary
Microsoft is not the only tech giant to be investing in African cloud infrastructure. Amazon Web Services (AWS) will do so as well, the upshot being significant potential rewards for local businesses. South Africa is buzzing with the news that Microsoft and Amazon Web...
by Guy Duncan | Nov 28, 2018 | Analysis & Commentary
With tech giants Microsoft and AWS opening local data centres soon, are we about to witness a substantial cloud transition among regional businesses? As tech stocks continue to suffer losses, Apple has been one of the hardest hit, losing nearly $200 billion compounded...
by Adrian Henderson | Sep 20, 2018 | Analysis & Commentary
Many resellers offer a low number of cloud subscription services, meaning they’re missing a trick in terms of cross-sell opportunities and deepening their customer relationships. We’re in the midst of a digital and cloud technologies revolution. A recent...
by Guy Duncan | Aug 29, 2018 | Analysis & Commentary
Vendors are restructuring their business and channel models to focus on software, cloud and annuity income, causing legacy hardware resellers angst in their business operations. Distribution platforms can help. Writer Nick Booth shares some of the difficulties of...