Spies to take on new CEO role
By Mark Davison – After more than six months in the wilderness, one of the local IT channel’s most respected executives, Pierre Spies, is returning to the realm he relishes – as CEO of one of the country’s biggest distributors. Following lengthy negotiations,...Seacom to increase IP investment in 2014
Seacom will focus on renewing its IP network in 2014, upgrading to new equipment to ensure that its enterprise customers have the best possible network experience. CEO Mark Simpson says that, although Seacom is probably best known for its undersea fibre cable...MB Tech plans R80m SecureData acquisition
MB Tech, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MB Technologies, has made an offer to acquire the entire issued ordinary share capital of SecureData for an amount of about R86,3-million. The deal would involve MB Tech buying 227 128 521 SecureData shares by way of a scheme of...AxizWorkgroup is tops again
AxizWorkgroup has once again scooped the prestigious Channelwise Distributor of the Year Award, having been voted by resellers as their favourite distribution partner for 2013. The distributor swept the boards, winning no fewer than five out of eight category awards:...