New MD for HPE SA as Ntuli moves to regional role
Sandile Dube has been appointed as acting-MD for Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) in South Africa, effective 1 January 2022. Current MD President Ntuli has been promoted to a pan-regional role as director of HPE GreenLake Cloud Services across the UK, Ireland, Middle...
Chip shortages will drive automotive OEMs to make their own
By 2025, chip shortages and trends such as electrification and autonomy will drive 50% of the top 10 automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to design their own chips, according to Gartner. As a result, it will give them control over their product roadmap...
Study finds which data-driven security practices work
Security teams that have a modern, cloud-based IT are more likely to maintain pace of business, as it's twice as likely their technology is kept up to date. This is one of the findings from Cisco's latest cybersecurity report, Security Outcomes Study Volume 2, which...
Private 5G networks on the drawing board
New research shows that just over half of companies (51%) in the UK, US, Japan, and Germany planning to deploy a private 5G network will do so within the next six to 24 months to improve security, reliability, and speed. According to , "Private 5G here and now", a new...
Data maturity still tops leadership agenda
The growth rate of companies' data maturity has almost doubled since 2018, from 8% to 15%. Thirteen percent of companies are at the highest level of data maturity in 2021, compared with only 3% in 2015, according to a survey of more than 1 100 companies across...
Data centre switch sales hit all-time high
Global data centre switch revenue was up 11% year-over-year in 3Q 2021, reaching an all-time high. According to a recent report by Dell'Oro Group, Arista and white box switch suppliers captured most of the growth and gained more than one point of revenue share each....
Enterprise WLAN market maintains growth
Growth rates remained strong in the enterprise segment of the wireless local area networking (WLAN) market in the third quarter of 2021 (3Q21) as the market increased 11,9% year over year to $1,9-billion. In the consumer-class WLAN market, revenues declined 7,3% in...
Tourism body calls for end to blanket travel restrictions
The World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) of the United Nations calls out against the introduction of blanket restrictions on travel, as witnessed in recent days. The call echoes the concerns raised by UNWTO Members during the 24th UNWTO General Assembly (30 November-3...
Africa’s savannah conservation land in a bad way
New research suggests that over 80% of Africa's savannah conservation land is failing or deteriorating with just 10% in a state of success or recovery. The study, published in Conservation Letters, assessed the performance of 516 protected areas and community...
SAIPA announces Olympiad winners
The South African Institute of Professional Accountants (SAIPA) has awarded the winners of its National Accounting and Maths Olympiad (NAMO). "This year, we took the competition in a whole new direction and the results were outstanding," says Professor Rashied Small,...
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Stakeholders came together during the Microsoft 365 Summit South Africa: The Future of Hybrid Work to discuss the big question on everyone's mind: how do we adopt hybrid work, with a view to maintaining and enhancing work culture, productivity and well-being? Speakers...
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What security trends to expect in 2022
Cybersecurity trends for 2022 include nuclear ransomware 3.0, a major power station/utility provider will be crippled, disinformation powered by deep fakes, the rise of dark economy M&A and more. This is according to KnowBe4, in its 2022 cybersecurity predictions...
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Project management plays a more crucial role in the growth of every business than ever before, writes Heinrich de Leeuw, MD of Seidor Africa. For businesses to survive in a post-pandemic world, project management solutions are more crucial than ever. According to a...
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Is your disaster recovery plan really a security hazard?
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Loyalty will be top of mind in 2022
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Moving to the cloud: is it right for your business?
If the pandemic taught us one thing, it's that remote work is a viable alternative to large, expensive offices and IT infrastructure and hardware. "Many South African businesses have slashed their office space after realising that they could save money while still...
New opportunities as channel engages with RPA
Digital transformation has become the priority for organisations of all sizes, resulting in a dramatic shift in the role of IT. As we move into 2022, it’s rapidly becoming clear that IT no longer supports the business – today, IT is the business. Brian Little, chief...
Tyme completes $180m capital raise
Tyme, one of the fastest growing digital banking groups globally, has successfully secured investments from Tencent and CDC to complete its $180-million Series B capital raise. The investments from Tencent and CDC are pegged at an additional $70-million. Tencent is a...
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