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INTRODUCTION

Remaining Relevant has been pulled from the dream to empower SMBs, to help them future-proof their businesses for continued success. Brainchild of Gary Pickford (CCO) and Anton Herbst (CEO), this definitive guide is set to create value for the Southern African SMB market, and act as a valuable reference to help channel partners build power partnerships.

Focusing on ambient C-suite anxiety and the constantly changing needs of businesses and consumers, Gary and Anton draw on their own experience - transforming a legacy business into a new-generation distribution company - to share insights and strategies your business can use to sharpen its competitive edge. In addition, Tarsus Distribution interviewed several real-life CEOs from a variety of industries, to find out just how universal current trends and troubles really are.

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Latest Trends

Embracing the future: SMBs under pressure to modernise networks faster

By Gary Pickford, Managing Director Over the past three years, most small and medium businesses (SMBs) have accelerated their investments in cloud computing and hybrid working...

14 Dec

Intelligent Edge

Embracing the future AIaaS to catalyse growth and productivity for SMBs

By Gary Pickford, Managing Director, Tarsus Distribution Artificial intelligence (AI) is already hard at work in many large enterprises for applications ranging from detecting...

15 Nov

Cybersecurity

Future-ready: SMB cybersecurity market is set to explode

By Gary Pickford, Managing Director As the digital economy grows, so does digital crime. This reality means that cybersecurity is one of the segments of the ICT market that can be...

27 Oct

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Chapter Eleven: Balancing on the edge of strategic vision and growth trajectory

“Finding the right balance between planning and execution, and between strategy and operations.” Covered in Chapter 11 Key insights Working on your business – not just in it Find...

3 Apr

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Chapter Ten: Futureproof your business and ensure ongoing relevance

Hyperconverged. Hyperconnected. Hyper-competition. Hyperbole? Covered in Chapter 10 Key insights How can you manage hyper-everything? Hyper-competition is the wave of the future...

10 Mar

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Chapter Nine: Innovation and the transformation of print

The future of the office: Less paper, but not paperless. Covered in Chapter 9 Key insights It’s print, but not as we’ve known it Taming paper chaos The rise and rise of the MFP...

13 Dec

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Chapter Eight: Logistics: The physical engine of ecommerce

“Third-party logistics (3PL) helps businesses keep pace with the fulfilment demands of the connected customer.” Covered in Chapter 8 Key insights The digital economy balances on...

29 Nov

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Chapter Seven: From VUCA to BANI: How to learn to stop worrying and love the chaos

“We are in an age of chaos, an era that intensely, almost violently, rejects structure. It isn’t simple instability, it’s a reality that seems to actively resist efforts to...

25 Oct

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Chapter Six: It’s not a security threat, it’s a business threat

Interpol’s African Cyberthreat Assessment Report shows South Africa has the third-highest number of cybercrime victims in the world at an annual cost of R2.2-billion.1 Covered in...

10 Oct

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Chapter Five: Business Insights: Digitisation, digitalisation, and digital transformation

It’s not a digital transformation, it’s a transformation of your business. Covered in Chapter 5 Key insights Harnessing digital tools to solve your business problems Setting a...

14 Sep

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Chapter Four: Data, data, everywhere, and not an insight to be seen

Data insights hold the key to making better and more profitable business decisions. Covered in Chapter 4 Key insights Tuning into data signals to drive better business performance...

5 Aug

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Chapter Three: The Modern Workplace Is Tech-Enabled And People-Oriented

The experiences of the pandemic underline that the old approach to managing and refreshing IT infrastructure simply isn’t good enough anymore. Covered in Chapter 3 Key insights...

25 Jul

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Chapter Two: Towards A Sustainable Strategy For Excellence From Anywhere

Hybrid work will be part of the future for many small and medium businesses (SMBs). Getting it right is about people, process, policy and technology. Covered In Chapter 2 Key...

11 Jul

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Chapter One: Successful digital transformations start with people, not technology

Digital technologies promise to change everything for the people in your business. Your big challenge is to blend human creativity and empathy with machine efficiencies in your...

20 Jun

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Remaining Relevant: Foreword

Small and medium businesses (SMBs) are hurtling toward an undefined future, where current technology roadmaps to success are quickly becoming outdated and irrelevant. Browse any...

19 Jun