In this promoted episode of the podcast, TechCentral speaks to representatives from Digital Generation (DG) and HP about the impact that Covid-19 has had on the local IT industry and how it’s shifted conversations with enterprise customers. DG marketing and sales specialist Michelle Budde kicks off the conversation with a look at how her company adopted to the Covid-19 and the associated lockdowns. She then talks about some of the challenges the industry has faced in securing stock in the pas...

“We had to suddenly cope with a lot of challenges: there were worldwide stock limitations, forecasting was a nightmare, there were a whole range of new security issues, and asset management became a major issue. But it wasn’t just about the technology; it’s everything that goes with it.” Warren Booysens, head of Architecture and Cloud Services at Digital Generation, opens up about how lockdown forced Digital Generation to push the envelope of client service. Digital Generation had to rapidly ...

A survey conducted by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) revealed that between March and April, 42.2% of the country’s businesses had indicated that they had run out of financial resources to continue operating during the Covid-19 outbreak. Some of the big named companies that have filed for bankruptcy include : Edcon (Edgars) Comair (Kulula) Divisions of Media24 Associated Media Publishing (Cosmo, House & Leisure and many more magazines) Caxton Magazines (People, Food &a...

These are rapidly changing times. January 1, 2020 heralded the arrival of a decade that will see us fully embrace 5G, artificial intelligence, multi-cloud and edge computing. The introduction of these, and other, new technologies offers up many opportunities – but also an almost equal number of complex challenges. For those of us in the IT industry, this means we need to be more prepared than ever to help our customers successfully navigate this constantly changing landscape. Being seen as a ...

Wi-Fi 6 is making headlines this year but it is a little more complicated than that. Yes things are going to be faster than before and range is going to be better, but it will also change connection speeds between devices in the home or at the office. If you are looking to understand a bit more about how this is going to work, you came to the right place. Let’s start with the basics. What is Wi-Fi 6? Wi-Fi 6, or 802.11ax is the newest version of a standard wireless network that tra...

South Africa has created it’s 1st to Smart Phone manufacturing company with the backing of Mara phones. This is going to be a Smart Phone manufacturing plant, the first one in South Africa, to improve the countries sluggish economy and create much-needed employment. President Cyril Ramaphosa, as part of the recently launched District-Based Development Model, will later this week launch the Mara Phone Plant at Dube Trade Port in KwaZulu-Natal. This is part of the district-based development ...