PMI ticks up in August

Sep 1, 2022

The seasonally adjusted Absa Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) ticked up to 52.1 points in August from 47.6 in the prior month. The business activity index rose back above the neutral 50-point mark for the first time since March. Since then, output was hampered...

Applications open for ISPA Inspires sponsorship

Sep 1, 2022

South Africa’s Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA) is inviting applications for its “ISPA Inspires Educational Sponsorship” for the 2023 academic year. Applications open today (Thursday, 1 September) and will close on Friday, 30 September 2022. Applications...

Multiplatform ransomware gains steam

Sep 1, 2022

In line with the trend for the cross-platform ransomware, Kaspersky has discovered new ransomware gangs that learned to adapt their malware to different operating systems at the same time – and therefore cause damage to more organisations. The recent...

New tools to build, run, manage cloud-native apps

Sep 1, 2022

Enterprises are under increasing pressure to digitise their businesses by modernising app development and IT operations, as traditional approaches simply cannot deliver the competitive advantages or rapid innovation that businesses need today. Developers and IT teams...

VMware adds automation to ease hybrid work model implementation

Sep 1, 2022

A majority of companies have implementted or plan to implement a hybrid work model moving forward. However, supporting a hybrid work model creates new speedbumps for IT. At its VMware Explore conference in San Francisco, VMware outlined how autonomous workspaces...