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We list some of the latest products to hit the shores of South Africa. Dell Vostro 3558Category: LaptopBrand: DellRRP: R7 600 inclusive of VATDistributor: Drive Control Corporation, 011 201 8927Date...
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Resellers can profit from cloud if they help their South African customers truly benefit from it.South Africa’s IT sector is booming but the advent of cloud services means that every reseller in the IT...
View ArticleLuring reseller investment
Reseller margin will no longer come from product, but rather from customised services.No reseller wants to compete head-on with its technology vendors for the same margin. That’s especially true when...
View ArticleThe store of tomorrow
DIGITAL SIGNAGE IS ALREADY IMPRESSIVE. BUT IN THE FUTURE IT WILL LISTEN, RESPOND TO GESTURES, UNDERSTAND THE CONSUMER AND PERHAPS EVEN REPLACE STORES ENTIRELY. "We don’t go to shop anymore. We go to...
View ArticleBYOD: Opportunity or threat?
Bring Your Own Device turns enterprise IT on its head.Mobile computing is driving a sea change in the way software is purchased and deployed. A panel of mobility experts at ITWeb’s iPad in Enterprise...
View ArticleDell World: New products, new strategy
Dell’s annual tech conference, held in its home state of Texas, allows the company to connect with business and IT stakeholders, such as VPs, CIOs, developers, analysts and the international press. As...
View ArticleOfficejet Pro X451dw e-Printer
CATEGORY: PrintersBRAND: HPRRP: R 5 270 (inclusive of VAT)DISTRIBUTOR: Wietsche Labuschagne, AxizWorkgroup, 011 237 7000DATE OF AVAILABILITY: Available nowSPECIFICATIONSPrint up to 55ppm black and...
View ArticleDivest. Digital. Disrupt.
Gartner’s 2015 Symposium predicts turbulent times ahead for those businesses that don’t take note of the forthcoming disruptive digital storm. It’s said that Cape Town’s quick-changing climate means...
View ArticleThe retail challenge
Vendors, research houses and the media are quick to give their opinions on the trends and state of the ICT sector, but what is the reality for retailers? The Margin spoke to two Johannesburg-based...
View ArticleGaining skills faster
There is a great way of getting advanced certification training in the city of choice: using video collaboration technology to broadcast a live classroom to remote students.In the channel, vendors...
View ArticleWhere's the innovation?
Customers are demanding better experiences and technology is making it easier for companies to give them what they want.Once the mobile device and image industry’s darlings – Nokia and Kodak are now...
View ArticleA tale of the cloud and pirate’s death
Does licensing and software delivery through the cloud really spell the end of piracy? And how does it impact the channel?The days of software being delivered via CD and users having to punch in long...
View ArticleThe delicate position
Channel account managers – they’re often lynchpins in channel relationships, needing to balance the interests of two sides. But what makes them tick?At the centre of all the hustle and bustle of...
View ArticlePartner up
The Microsoft ecosystem is an increasingly complex one. How are you making sense of it?IN ASSOCIATION WITH AXIZ, DELL TECHNOLOGIES AND MICROSOFTAt last count, Windows was running on over 87% of the...
View ArticleSITA’s channel shakedown
The State IT Agency is attempting a radical overhaul of its supply chain to get better value and help grow SMEs. But this comes at the expense of larger, established channel players.Government is the...
View ArticleHuawei Eco Connect outlines the path to the hyper-connected world
SPONSORED: At Huawei's recent annual Eco Connect event at the Sandton Convention Centre, the company outlined what it considers the 'road to digital transformation'.SPONSORED: Alex Du Min, MD of Huawei...
View ArticlePartner up
The Microsoft ecosystem is an increasingly complex one. How are you making sense of it?IN ASSOCIATION WITH AXIZ, DELL TECHNOLOGIES AND MICROSOFTAt last count, Windows was running on over 87% of the...
View ArticleThis won’t hurt a bit
The pandemic has changed how we live and work, and while some might be enjoying the work-from-home routine, there are downsides.It is now roughly a year and six months since China first reported a...
View ArticleHP Inc's Pulford on people, planet, and purpose
Bradley Pulford is a well-known figure in South African IT, and is known universally as Brad. As he says, only his wife calls him Bradley, and then only when he’s done something wrong.After almost two...
View ArticleHPE GreenLake vs Dell Apex: The race is on
It’s time to find the as-a-service model you’ve always wanted.Once upon a time, there was technology that came in giant boxes and was stored in giant rooms and cooled by giant machines and came with...
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