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Top five channel trends to watch in 2022 Spencer Chen, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Rectron South Africa   The pandemic has left the channel in unchartered waters; challenging many of the assumptions that we once had about channel structures, according to a  survey  from the 2112 Group. But it’s not all bad. In fact, COVID-19 has been a catalyst for transformation across the industry; transformation that is long overdue.   As vaccine rollout strengthens, the hope is also that the next wave won’t be as severe with more people having had at least one shot. With this comes the opening up of the economy, which will bring business opportunities to the channel. We should see channel players starting to run more in-person events to bring personal connections back to business.   Some of the market trends that dominated 2021 will carry into 2022. Supply will continue to impact the local channel, but the situation is stabilising. A major challenge that the world faces is...

  Werner Engelbrecht, General Manager, Kyocera Document Solutions South Africa. Every year, organisations produce, manage and store billions of documents, yet little time is spent on finding ways to streamline workflow and eliminate the day-to-day inefficiencies that are slowing businesses down and costing them money. With people continuing to work from home, remote workforces need to securely access, edit and approve documents digitally and, while digital transformation was already high on the agenda before the pandemic, many businesses are unsure of the best digitisation approach. In addition, the Protection of Personal Information act (POPIA) and other legal requirements are placing more pressure on business to improve the management, costs, control, and security of their documents. A total document solution (TDS) assessment comprises of a hardware review, a needs assessment, and use assessment to help determine how an organisation uses printers, how it prints, what it prints an...

Much like the Protection of Personal Information ACT (POPIA), which became fully operational from 1 July 2021, and substantially impacts the recording and disclosure of personal information, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a European Union (EU) law that gives consumers greater protection and control of their personal data.   Being a global system, SAP Business One has been GDPR compliant since 2018. The same GDPR system compliance processes are relevant to POPIA in South Africa, which is great news for local customers.   Compliance in four easy steps Andre Adendorff, Director of Presales at Seidor Africa, says there are four easy ways in which SAP Business One makes compliance with POPIA easier for organisations that may be feeling the heat when it comes to POPIA readiness. 1.      With SAP Business One, organisations can easily determine and discover which data held in the system is personal, through the identification of natural persons....