A analysis of the annual reports of SA’s top technology companies – those with a market capitalisation above R1bn – show that Datatec CEO Jens Montanana is the highest paid CEO, at least among companies listed on the JSE. Montanana pipped MTN Group CEO Sifiso Dabengwa to the post, earning nearly US$3m in salary
Despite slowing growth as a result of a weakening economic environment, JSE-listed technology group Datatec says it is still on target to meet its full-year growth forecasts. The group on Wednesday published an interim management statement covering the four-month period between
Westcon, the distribution arm of JSE-listed IT group Datatec, will acquire Iberian and Latin American multinational security, virtualisation and data centre distributor Afina Group in a deal worth as much as €50m (R516m). The deal is being done by way of Westcon’s acquisition
Johannesburg- and London-listed technology distribution and services group Datatec has topped US$5bn in annual sales for the first time. In the financial year ended 29 February 2012, the group reported sales of $5,03bn, up 17% from $4,3bn a year earlier
Logicalis, a subsidiary of JSE- and London-listed technology group Datatec has offered to acquire Corpnet, a Brisbane, Australia-based provider of IT services including data centre, cloud computing and managed services to the Queensland midsized and enterprise markets. The deal, which will be worth
JSE-listed information and communications technology group Datatec said on Thursday its subsidiary Westcon has agreed to acquire Netpoleon, an Indonesian distributor of IT security, networking and convergence solutions. The value of the deal has not been disclosed. Netpolean also provides managed and training services
Datatec, SA’s biggest listed technology group, said on Tuesday that its subsidiary, Westcon, had acquired Sentronics, a local value-added distributor of security systems. Datatec did not disclose the value of the deal. Westcon is Datatec’s biggest subsidiary
Datatec, the largest technology company listed on the JSE, has declared a maiden interim dividend after turning in a strong financial performance in the six-month period to the end of August. The multinational IT group, which has its primary listing in
Datatec subsidiary Logicalis has acquired Netarx, a supplier of Cisco products and services in the US mid-west, for a maximum consideration of US$34m, to be settled with cash and deferred Datatec shares. Netarx, based in Detroit
When Dimension Data unveiled its new brand identity and logo last week, it released two separate images of its chairman, Jeremy Ord, one from the 1980s, the other more recent, to illustrate to staff why
