Author: Farhad Suleman

If the lockdown has delivered one lesson to small and medium-sized businesses (SME’s) it is that to be sustainable and success requires that the business has digital capabilities. The lockdown imposed by the South African government in late March 2020 in a bid to curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus accelerated the previously slow pace of digital transformation taking place within SMEs. As remote working rapidly became the norm, those businesses with digital capabilities had the advantage given that they were able to continue to operate and service clients. Digital laggards, on the other hand, were forced to play…

A global pandemic and the ensuing lockdown implemented in South Africa disrupted businesses across most sectors, putting small and medium-sized businesses, in particular, under immense pressure. If 2020 has taught us one thing it is the extent to which we have come to rely on the Internet. An increasingly connected world has resulted in higher customer expectations than ever before which is shifting the business rules of engagement. Those organisations that had adopted digital technologies prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and were able to carry on operating reaped the rewards as countries around the world went into lockdown and businesses…

Simple and reliable is certainly the way most SME owners would like to describe their internet access, and with wireless, that is exactly what you get. With only basic hardware required (an antenna on your property and a router), you can be connected instantly . Microwave wireless access offers similar speeds to fibre but it does not require the use of cables. This means there is no danger of cable theft, it is quicker to install and causes less disruption to clients because there is no need to dig up roads and driveways. As long as technicians can get LOS…