Cisco partners with Jozi My Jozi on inner city revitalisation

Kathy Gibson reports form Johannesburg - Cisco and Jozi My Jozi today launched a new partnership aimed at harnessing technology to help develop the Johannesburg inner city. The new initiative, Masibambisane, is part of Cisco’s global 40 Communities social impact...

New battery factory drives industrialisation, job creation

Kathy Gibson reports - Actom has opened a new assembly line for locally-assembled LiFePO₄ battery energy storage systems (BESS). Yesterday, the company also announced that is expanding manufacturing capacity for its high voltage equipment. These moves are significant...

Herotel brings Amazon’s Leo satellite services to SA

Kathy Gibson reports – Herotel has signed a distribution agreement with Amazon to bring its Leo Constellation satellite service to South Africa. Set to go live in 2027, South Africa will be among one of the first countries in the world to connect to the low earth...

Social media the top culprit as deepfake fraud grows

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AI could improve accuracy of Earth-observing satellites

Cloud cover can keep optical instruments on satellites from clearly capturing Earth’s surface – but artificial intelligence could go a long way towards mitigating this. Still in testing, JPL’s Dynamic Targeting uses AI to avoid imaging clouds, yielding a higher...

End-user spending on information security to hit $213bn

Worldwide end-user spending on information security is projected to reach $213-billion in 2025, up from $193 billion in 2024, according to Gartner. Spending is estimated to increase 12,5% in 2026 to total $240-billion. “Established security spending will continue as...

High interest rates and cost-of-living crises still burden salaries

The average nominal take-home pay slipped in June, according to the BankservAfrica Take-home Pay Index (BTPI), which tracks about 4-million salary earners in South Africa. "At R15 492, the average nominal take-home pay for June was down from May, but still 6% up on...

PC sales through distribution return to growth

Distributor revenue remained flat year over year at $19,5-billion in the second quarter of 2024 (2Q24), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) North America Distribution Tracker (NADT). As expected, Network Infrastructure sales saw a double-digit...

Duxbury reaches 40-year milestone

Duxbury Networking celebrates its 40th birthday tomorrow (26 July 2024). The distributor, founded by CEO Graham Duxbury, a motor racing Hall of Fame inductee, has seen a number of changes and challenges over four decades in the IT industry. "This milestone wouldn't be...

A quarter of Paris open WiFi spots unsafe

Kaspersky experts have analysed nearly 25 000 free WiFi spots in Paris prior to the opening of the Summer Olympic Games and Paralympic games. Their analysis has revealed that almost 25% of these networks had weak or no encryption, making users vulnerable to personal...

Bright young minds showcase their talents

A total of 262 learners from Johannesburg recently gathered at Wits University to showcase their innovative science and engineering innovations for the Eskom Expo for Young Scientists Regional Science Fair. The fair was one of 38 regional science fairs planned in all...

The rise and rise of AMD

Intel's market share has shrunk by 20%, while AMD has gained significantly - controlling nearly 22% of the global processor market by Q3 of 2024, according to new analysis from Stocklytics.com. "Intel's manufacturing fumble in recent years has resulted in long delays...

Visa, Absa roll out women advocacy programme

Visa, in collaboration with Absa, has rolled out its advocacy programme, She's Next, across South Africa. The initiative, which spans across the globe, aims to create an inclusive and equitable environment for women-led businesses with networking, mentoring and...

AI and accelerated computing drive energy efficiency

AI and accelerated computing are delivering energy efficiency for many industries. It's progress the wider community is starting to acknowledge, writes Dion Harris, head of data centre product marketing at Nvidia. "Even if the predictions that data centers will soon...

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Orange, Google Cloud partner on data, AI and edge computing

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Tech Wise Solutions appointed as Zecurion distributor for Africa

Zecurion has awarded Tech Wise Solutions distribution rights for its products on the African continent. Garry Kondakov, director for African business at Tech Wise Solutions, says that as a progressive supplier of modern IT security technology, Tech Wise's relationship...

DVT appoints Karl Fischer as CMO

Software development and technology services company DVT has appointed Karl Fischer in a new role as chief marketing officer. Fischer has been with DVT for five years as an MD of the East Coast region in South Africa and more recently DVT's Coastal region as well as...

Ecosystem stakeholders agree that SA needs a Startup Act

A co-created and tailor-made national Startup Act will be a powerful tool for empowering entrepreneurs and addressing key developmental issues in South Africa - although case studies from other African countries show that it will require prolonged and widespread...

MTN launches MTN Arena mobile gaming platform

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Vodacom’s Just4You gives customers double their data

Vodacom is giving customers who buy selected bundles using the Just4You platform, a 100% bonus on daily, weekly and monthly bundles. This means that customers who buy selected data bundles via the My Vodacom App and USSD will receive double the value of their data...

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