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South African channel partners got the inside story on IBM’s new Power 11 at a Johannesburg launch today. The new techno...
30/07/2025

South African channel partners got the inside story on IBM’s new Power 11 at a Johannesburg launch today. The new technology promises to improve customers’ productivity and reduce costs, while paving the road to full artificial intelligence (AI) value.
First Distribution IBM

Kathy Gibson reports – IBM’s Power 11 launch is one of the company’s most significant in recent years: the new technology promises to improve customers’ productivity and reduce costs, while paving the road to full artificial intelligence (AI) value. The last couple of years have seen massive...

High-profile users alike – including South Africa’s National Treasury and the US’s weapons agency - have fallen victim...
24/07/2025

High-profile users alike – including South Africa’s National Treasury and the US’s weapons agency - have fallen victim to a newly-uncovered vulnerability in , which nation-state actors are believed to be exploiting.

High-profile local and global sites alike have fallen victim to a newly-uncovered vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint. In South Africa, National Treasury is among the customers affected, while international users like the US nuclear weapons agency have also been targeted. The Microsoft Security Re...

The latest issue of Channelwise is out. We cover where the channel stands as we enter the second half of 2025; how we ca...
13/07/2025

The latest issue of Channelwise is out. We cover where the channel stands as we enter the second half of 2025; how we can solve the IT skills crisis; updates on storage and accessories; and the women driving FD's Microsoft team.

Meet the women driving First Distribution's Microsoft Team, IT skills development" challenges and opportunities, accessories in the spotlight, a focus on storage, and the 2025 state of the Channel.

First they mapped the human genome, now researchers are looking for ways to create their own. And it could happen within...
27/06/2025

First they mapped the human genome, now researchers are looking for ways to create their own. And it could happen within the next decade …

A team of UK-based scientists are developing technology to create the first synthetic human chromosome. The ability to write large genomes has the potential to transform our understanding of human health, opening opportunities to develop cell therapies, climate-resistant crops and more. Ever since t...

AI has become a big part of our working lives, but with some significant gaps. A new BCG X study unpacks AI's impact on ...
26/06/2025

AI has become a big part of our working lives, but with some significant gaps. A new BCG X study unpacks AI's impact on work.
Boston Consulting Group

Kathy Gibson reports – While artificial intelligence (AI) is being integrated into most types of work, there are signs it might be flagging. This is among the headline findings from BCG X’s AI at Work report, which uncovered some unexpected trends as companies start integrating AI into their wor...

Maybe time to think about changing your passwords?
21/06/2025

Maybe time to think about changing your passwords?

What’s believed to be the single biggest data breach ever – a massive 16-billion records – has been exposed. Investigators at Cybernews, which uncovered the breach, believe the records are scattered across 30 different databases, and some records are or might be overlapping. Importantly, this ...

has overcome the major scientific hurdles, and believes it is now on track to build the world’s first large-scale faul...
10/06/2025

has overcome the major scientific hurdles, and believes it is now on track to build the world’s first large-scale fault-tolerant computer before the end of this decade.
IBM

IBM is on track to deliver scalable quantum computing by the end of this decade. Scientists from the IBM Quantum Data Center in Poughkeepsie, New York, believe they have cracked the science for quantum error correction and will be able to build the world’s first large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum...

The African SAP User Group ( ) held its biennial meeting this week in Sun City, where representatives from users, part...
05/06/2025

The African SAP User Group ( ) held its biennial meeting this week in Sun City, where representatives from users, partners and SAP shared solutions and learnings.
SAP African SAP User Group
Kathy Gibson reports back

The African SAP User Group (AFSUG) held its biennial Saphila meeting this week in Sun City, where representatives from users, partners and SAP shared solutions and learnings. Kathy Gibson reports How AI is transforming digital transformation Change has always been a constant – but in the last coup...

Gary Pickford is ending his 24-year tenure at Tarsus Distribution, and has resigned as CEO.
29/05/2025

Gary Pickford is ending his 24-year tenure at Tarsus Distribution, and has resigned as CEO.

By Mark Davison – After more than 24 years in various roles at the group, Gary Pickford, CEO of Tarsus Distribution, has resigned from the company. Group chief financial officer Emile Burger will take up the reins of the company from Pickford. “It is with a heavy heart that I am resigning from m...

Tarsus Distribution unpacks the AI capabilities of the newly-launched Surface Copilot+ PCs.Tarsus Distribution Microsoft...
26/05/2025

Tarsus Distribution unpacks the AI capabilities of the newly-launched Surface Copilot+ PCs.
Tarsus Distribution Microsoft Africa

In the dynamic, rapidly evolving business technology world, the introduction of Surface Copilot+ PCs is a significant step forward, combining high-performance hardware with sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities. These machines are meticulously crafted to address the needs of today....

is rapidly expanding its platform to embrace not just hyperconverged infrastructure ( ), but all aspects of cloud, on-...
16/05/2025

is rapidly expanding its platform to embrace not just hyperconverged infrastructure ( ), but all aspects of cloud, on-premise and edge infrastructure to truly enable its mantra of ‘run anything anywhere’.
Nutanix

Nutanix is rapidly expanding its platform to embrace not just hyperconverged infrastructure, but all aspects of cloud, on-premise and edge infrastructure to truly enable its mantra of ‘run anything anywhere’. Kathy Gibson attended Nutanix .Next in Washington DC to learn about the company’s lat...

stands to reap substantial benefits from artificial intelligence ( ) – but only if organisations are able to skill up ...
16/05/2025

stands to reap substantial benefits from artificial intelligence ( ) – but only if organisations are able to skill up in time. A new SAP report finds that organisations recognise the importance of AI , but there’s a big gap to plug.
SAP

Africa stands to reap substantial benefits from artificial intelligence (AI) – but only if organisations are able to skill up in time. This is among the findings from a new SAP report, ‘Africa’s AI Skills Readiness Revealed’, which provides research into how African companies are transformin...

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