It is an understatement to say this year has been like no other, as companies strived to enable a fast Digital Transformation, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Leading Value Added Distributor, Mindware, was ready to help its partners and make sure the suitable resources – from its wide portfolio of vendors – […]

Fortinet, a global leader in broad, integrated and automated cybersecurity solutions, has announced it has acquired Panopta, a SaaS platform innovator that provides full stack visibility and automated management of the health of an enterprise network, including servers, network devices, containers, applications, databases, virtual appliances and cloud infrastructure. Ken Xie, Founder, Chairman of the Board […]

ExtraHop, a leader in cloud-native network detection and response, has announced a new distribution agreement with Exclusive Networks, a specialist IT security distributor, to cover five countries across Europe including Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Netherlands. The agreement spans the entire portfolio of ExtraHop security and cloud products and services. Exclusive Network’s sole focus is […]

ServiceNow has announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Element AI, a leading Artificial Intelligence (AI) company with deep AI capabilities and some of the world’s brightest AI minds. Element AI will significantly enhance ServiceNow’s commitment to build the world’s most intelligent workflow platform, enabling employees to work smarter and faster, streamline business decisions […]

Comstor, a Cisco distributor and part of Westcon-Comstor, has announced the official launch of Stay Connected, Stay Productive, the company’s latest go-to-market strategy and expansion of its previous campaign, Stay Safe, Stay Connected. The new campaign includes a selection of support kits incorporating Cisco solutions to address the ongoing needs of businesses and vertical markets, […]

Riverbed has announced expanded product capabilities and strong market momentum of Client Accelerator, with nearly 100% sequential growth, as IT organisations look to accelerate business-critical applications and performance of remote employees as increasingly more employees work from anywhere. Delivered in a software form factor, Client Accelerator extends best-in-class optimisation and acceleration technology all the way […]

The HPE Digital Life Garage was officially launched in Dubai this year and is the first in a series of the company’s worldwide innovation centres from the company. Located in the heart of the Innovation Hub of Dubai, the multi-million-dollar HPE Digital Life Garage consists of four pillars: The Digital Innovation Showcase, the Digital Life […]

Comstor, a Cisco distributor and part of Westcon-Comstor, has announced that Cisco has awarded it the 2020 Cisco Distributor of the Year for Sub-Saharan Africa at the vendor’s annual Partner Summit Awards for the region. The event which was hosted virtually this year attracted partners and distributors from across the region. As one of the […]

With a view to strengthening its security capabilities and portfolio, Mindware, a value-added distributor (VAD), has signed a partnership agreement with Vade Secure, a global provider of predictive email defence solutions. In term of the agreement, Vade Secure for Microsoft 365 – the only native email security solution for Microsoft 365, will be made available […]

Tony Bartlett, Director, Data Centre Compute at Dell Technologies, South Africa, explains how Edge Computing has impacted the channel. Edge Computing has been garnering significant attention and has already started making an impact on how organisations think about working with data, defying boundaries beyond the use of data centres. Business happens at the edge – […]