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South Africa based VM Consulting, the master distributor of Appian BPM in Africa entered the West African market by securing its first client in Angola. “We are proud to be associated and representing Appian in South Africa and Africa. VM Consulting is excited to be embarking on our first Appian project in Angola. VM Consulting will be delivering the Appian BPM Solution to the largest insurance business in Angola, ENSA Seguros de Angola, SA.” said Vanessa Miller, Managing Director for VM Consulting.Read More…

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Fujitsu has launched its first annual SELECT Awards, designed to publicly recognise the successes of SELECT Partner Programme participants in South Africa. Business-oriented awards celebrate hard financial performance in each of the three SELECT Partner certification levels, from which the Fujitsu Channel Team in South Africa will select a national Partner of the Year. A further six individual national awards will celebrate important ‘softer’ measures of success, such as solution innovation and ambassadorship on behalf of Fujitsu.Read More…

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Drive Control Corporation (DCC) the distributors for HP in South Africa announced the launch of all new refreshed HP ProBook range of laptops. “This is a great deal for the end users, where the key feature is upgraded specs without any increased cost. The standard hard drive specification has been upgraded from 320GB to 640GB, giving users even more space to store their documents, music and multimedia files,” says Deon Botha, HP PSG Business Unit Manager at DCC.Read More…

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Southern African construction company WACO Africa has implemented Mimecast Unified Email Management (UEM) to reduce complexity during migration to Microsoft Exchange.

Mimecast, the leading supplier of cloud-based e-mail archiving, continuity and security for Microsoft Exchange, was implemented by WACO Africa to assist in disaster recovery, business continuity and e-mail backup. WACO Africa was created through a buyout by management and an investment capital firm, resulting in the separation of the local operation’s management and back-office activities from those of its US and UK operations. Read More…

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Honeywell extended its presence in Egypt and North Africa with appointment of Giza Systems as its authorised systems integrator. This will enable Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) to establish a stronger local presence beyond its traditional installed base in the region. Together, HPS and Giza Systems will address all industrial sectors and fulfill customer needs by providing highly efficient and reliable services based on local support and expertise from Giza Systems, with global back-up from HPS.Read More…

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Leading South African distributor, Drive Control Corporation’s (DCC) unveiled its new strategy to increase customer awareness and retail presence by reaching an agreement with Makro for the mass market retailer to stock a range of Hewlett Packard (HP) and Western Digital (WD) products. This agreement builds on DCC’s existing relationship with Makro, supplying additional products to the consumer market while leveraging Makro’s extensive customer base and nationwide footprint. Read More…

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Nology South Africa unveiled its latest innovation Billion BiPAC 2075 Compact HomePlug AV 500 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter. This compact, clever device plugs straight into your wall sockets, enabling the use of existing power cabling to create a stable, fast network that allows you to connect multiple devices across a home or office environment without the traditional drawbacks of wireless technology. “Using wireless networking has often been the answer for people who do not wish to lay Ethernet cables, but speed and quality of the connection can impact bandwidth intensive applications. Read More…

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Epson recently announced the expansion of its team in South Africa to grow the highly potential Southern Africa market. Epson appointed a new channel sales manager, Hennie Crous, and he will be responsible for Epson’s Tier 1 distributors, and will be working hard with them at developing expansive business development strategies that reflect Epson’s growth aspirations in both South and southern Africa. Crous joins Epson from Fujitsu Technology Systems, where he brings with him a wealth of channel management experience. He has held senior positions within both vendors and distributors and was with HP for many years.Read More…

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Mustek recently signed the distribution agreement with Lenovo to distribute Think range being aimed at SMEs and the Idea range at retail outlets in South Africa to spearhead Lenovo’s expansion within the small and medium-sized business (SME) sector. “Although we’re already growing faster than the market, both in South Africa and globally, we have no intention of taking our foot off the accelerator,” says Henry Ferreira, country manager, Lenovo South Africa. “We’re targeting expansion in specific sectors, of which SMB is one of the most significant. Mustek has a decades-long track record of serving that market and provides us, in a single partnership, with a breadth and depth of reach that would otherwise take us much longer to achieve. Read More…

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ContinuitySA, largest business continuity solutions provider Africa, announced the appointment of Michael Davies to the new position of managing director. In this new role, Davies will assume full operational and financial responsibility for ContinuitySA. The current CEO, Allen Smith, will remain on in his current position, but will focus on overall group strategy and acquisitions. “Allen has been the driving force behind ContinuitySA’s growth into Africa’s market leader,” says Davies. “This move is part of a carefully constructed succession plan that will give the company the continued benefit of Allen’s wisdom and experience, while ensuring the smoothest possible transition to a new generation of leadership. Personally, I am delighted that I will benefit from Allen’s mentorship in my new role.”Read More…

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LINKdotNET, announced that Waseem Arsany has been appointed as thew new CEO. Arsany will be responsible for leading a team of more than 1200 experts, and executives of LINKdotNET. Serving several hundreds of thousands of customers, and being the biggest ISP in the Egyptian market for over 19 years with its outreach, expertise, and excellent record LINKdotNET bears a huge responsibility towards the Country and the Egyptian society providing the best possible internet service to support the need for knowledge, and progression.
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Canon Middle East, announced that it is assuming responsibility over operations in East African markets as part of a strategy to enhance the delivery of support services to channel partners in the region. To mark its new alliance with Canon partners from Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Somalia, Eritrea, Rwanda and Burundi, a kick-off meeting was organised at The Palace hotel, Dubai where the company also discussed its strategy and highlighted the exciting opportunities in markets across East Africa.Read More…