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It’s not just technical anymore – the new role of CIOs

What is keeping CIOs awake at night? This was the question on everyone’s lips at the recent CIO Summit in Cape Town, which saw IT decision-makers from a broad range of businesses and industries acro…

The new style of IT is coming: are you ready?

This year’s HP ExpertOne Technology & Solutions Summit [ETSS] saw several trending topics emerge that have interesting implications for those in the ICT industry. The one question that seemed to und…

Aptronics recognised for its empowerment of women in business

The Top Women in Business and Government publication named Aptronics as a leader in gender empowerment among South African business in 2014. The publication surveyed 6 400 companies to compile an accu…

Aptronics involved in developing and growing the pool of ICT resources

Aptronics committed to transforming the information communication technology (ICT) sectors through skills development. Aptronics has seen real value and results come out of its skills development and …

The second phase of virtualisation

Today, server virtualisation has almost become a de facto commodity that businesses are utilising in their IT infrastructure. Even so, one of the common concerns is how it can become “invisible”, …

Automation is the answer, but what is the question?

Cloud: it’s the evolution in ICT that CIOs know they can’t afford to ignore yet aren’t quite sure how to go about implementing. If you’re struggling with which business applications and servic…

Aptronics presents the future at HP World 2014

Aptronics was a proud platinum sponsor of HP World 2014, which was held at the Sandton Convention Centre on 13 May 2014. Hundreds of decision-makers from Southern Africa attended the event for a close…

Addressing the skills shortage in IT

Don’t let the number of IT graduates fool you, there is still a lack of technical skills in the industry. Here’s what we need to do about it. More people are choosing to pursue careers in IT than …

Aptronics shows its commitment to education

Aptronics has shown its commitment to and support of education through continued community–building initiatives, including partnerships with local schools in the country to ensure that learners’ t…

Making networking work for you

Networking is often the last thing to be considered when upgrading an entire environment, but, with the growth in virtualization, this is a potential pitfall, as networks today now have to contend wit…

Is there really business value in cloud computing?

By definition, a stampede is a mass impulse that encourages a group of people or animals to run with no clear direction or purpose. A situation of this nature can often cause damage. Without a common …

Cloud computing – Where does your data go when the service dies?

Right now, thousands of South African businesses are facing the same challenge – to upgrade technical infrastructure on the basis of long-term capital investment or to embrace emerging hosted soluti…

5 Things to consider before embracing cloud

Despite the popularity of cloud computing, many of the services associated with this often misunderstood and somewhat ambiguous product sector are still in their infancy. To some degree, the frantic r…

Aptronics’ senior architects qualify for HP Master ASE certification

Aptronics exceeded HP’s minimum requirements for platinum partnership status after five of the company’s senior architects achieved certification of the HP Master ASE course and exam in October 20…

Aptronics wins big at the HP Partner Awards

Aptronics walked away with four accolades at the HP Partner Awards ceremony, held at Urban Tree in Sandton on 14 November 2013.

The future of networking? SDN

More often than not, when it comes to upgrading an IT environment the network component is the last thing companies look at. With the advent of storage, server and other forms of virtualisation that�…

Hybrid cloud – To be or not to be?

Cloud computing, like many emerging paradigms before it, is beginning to demonstrate a growing maturity within the market. In response technical decision makers are gradually realising that this model…

Aptronics turns 20

Aptronics has formally celebrated its 20th anniversary milestone – marking two decades since the company first began operating from founder and CEO, Anil “Appie” Pema’s garage in 1993.