Ethan Searle
Business development director, LanDynamix.
Upon acquiring his Hons BCom, marketing, from the University of Johannesburg, Searle followed his passion for the fast-moving business technology arena. He joined LanDynamix in 2017 in the capacity of technology advisor, with responsibility for guiding the company's entrepreneurial customer base on risk mitigation, enhanced operational efficiencies and cost reduction − all of which can be achieved through technology enablement.
Avoid the legacy versus digitalisation trap
Automation needs to bridge systems and business processes, as technology needs to be positioned properly to deliver consistent outcomes.
The real legacy tech trap
Legacy tech is often viewed in isolation as a tech issue, but it’s advisable to look beyond hardware and software to include business processes.
Taking a business approach to cyber security
The costs of implementing robust cyber security measures can be significant, but are an essential investment in the business.
Cyber security is business issue not technical one
Companies need to define the business problem of a possible cyber security breach, and recognise the need for multiple layers of defence.
Automation caveats and how benefits far outweigh them
Implementing automation can help companies streamline processes, reduce costs, improve accuracy and increase productivity.
Automation and its business value proposition
Adopting automation can help companies get the most out of existing personnel and permanently reduce the cost of doing business.
Insights into driving exceptional revenue growth
Sales enablement must be an ongoing process of benchmarking, evaluation, training, support and tech to ensure sales teams are equipped to drive growth.
The advantages of hardware as a service are immense
Why outsourcing ownership of IT assets, specifically hardware, is the latest burgeoning trend that boils down to both common sense and good business sense.
Avoid ‘IT supervillain’ status with help from outsourcing
Unpacking the status of the ‘IT superhero’, who is trying to desperately navigate the end-user blame game, while ensuring the entire functionality of the company.
Envisioning calmer times for harassed IT managers
Reaching out to all under-pressure IT managers seeking the Holy Grail of 'peace of mind' in a perfect world of no end-user problems.
Costing cloud and weighing up use cases
There are misconceptions that the cloud offers dramatic savings and will allow companies to eliminate the cost of buying hardware and maintaining it.
A business owner’s guide to selecting the right IT partner
How C-suite executives tasked with finding the right IT partner can avoid the virtual minefield of myriad offerings, extravagant claims and self-praise.