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

Deepfake attacks are growing, and costing people more. Scial media is the main culprit

Muse highlights privacy, copyright issues in AI training

Copyright and privacy issues under the spotlight as Meta withdraws Muse feature

PC shipments tank as memory crunch bites

Worldwide PC shipments fell 4,9% year-over-year in Q2 2026 to 68,2-million units, according to IDC — the first decline after nine consecutive quarters of growth. A persistent memory chip shortage drove the reversal, pushing vendors to pull inventory forward as far as...

How Intel and HP engineered next-gen AI PCs

AI PCs are a new class of laptops designed to deliver AI-enhanced experiences — from productivity to creativity — that adapt to users’ needs and enhance people’s lives. For HP’s Intel-based AI PCs, Intel contributed more than just hardware like its Intel Core Ultra...

AI deployment study uncovers surprising trends

Kathy Gibson reports - While artificial intelligence (AI) is being integrated into most types of work, there are signs it might be flagging. This is among the headline findings from BCG X’s AI at Work report, which uncovered some unexpected trends as companies start...

Cellular POS terminal installed base to reach 189m in 2027

Cellular connectivity has become a very popular option for POS terminals and was incorporated in 52% of the devices shipped in 2023. The wireless technology has an important role in facilitating the global adoption of electronic payments, as it enables the rollout of...

When the love of your life is a serial scamster

Kathy Gibson reports from Gitex Africa Morocco 2024 -Cyber scams worldwide have cost more than $55-million and impact everyone, at all levels of society. But we still don’t have systems in place to effectively help the victims. One of the world’s best-known scam...

GenAI and its role in perpetrating and defending against cybercrime

Kathy Gibson reports from Gitex Africa Morocco 2024 - Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has the potential to help improve cybersecurity defences – but it can be a powerful threat actor too. No-one is safe, says Ravi Bhat, chief technology and commercial...

Call for better African cyber resilience collaboration

Kathy Gibson reports from Gitex Africa Morocco 2024 - African countries should make a concerted effort to combine resources in their bid to build regional cyber resilience. This is the call from Dr Albert Antwi-Boasiako, director-general of the Ghana Cyber Security...

Africa comes under [cyber]attack

Kathy Gibson reports from Gitex Africa 2024 – A massive 74% of African organisations have experienced attacks in 2023 – 18% more than in 2022. Phishing is the main attack vector, at 75% of attacks. Significantly, 57% of African organisations were not prepared with a...

PC sales slump sees shipments slashed by 100m units

Over the past two years, PC shipments plummeted by more than 100-million units, according to research group Stocklytics, which adds that 2023 culminated in a historic low for the industry. Global PC shipments fell from approximately 342-million units in 2021 to around...

Local retailers can expect an uptick in sales

South African retailers should get set for a recovery in retail sales between 2024 and 2026, according to a new report conducted by the Bureau of Market Research (BMR) on behalf of fintech, Capital Connect. The report shows that total real retail sales are forecast to...

85% of SA marketers have adopted AI but mistrust persists

Salesforce has released its latest State of Marketing report, sharing insights from over 4 800 marketing leaders across 29 countries, including South Africa. The report covers the latest trends on how marketers are evaluating and implementing AI into their operations;...

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Why organisations are adopting cloud-based payroll, HR

Cloud-based services are becoming ubiquitous across the full spectrum of business functions and applications. This growth is being fuelled by many factors, including gaining more flexibility in features, better compliance, and more control and cost compared to using...

A new era for application software

With technology innovation taking place at a more rapid rate than before, companies have access to new ways of doing things. And with the willingness to embrace change a priority amongst local decision-makers, these are exciting times for the market. By James van den...

December’s private equity deals total $11,79bn

Total technology industry private equity deals in December 2019 worth $11,79-billion were announced globally, according to GlobalData's deals database. The value marked an increase of 17,05% over the previous month and a rise of 16,7% when compared with the last...

Mande is new MD of Altron Arrow

Altron has announced the appointment of Warren Mande as MD of its subsidiary Altron Arrow. Mande, who has been with Altron for 17 years, joined the company as a graduate trainee working for Altron Bytes Document Solutions (Altron BDS), where he rose through the ranks,...

First African Healthcare Information Exchange to launch

CareConnect, a non-profit organisation founded by three of the largest medical insurance administrators and three of the largest hospital groups in South Africa, has selected InterSystems to implement HealthShare Unified Care Record and HealthShare Patient Index....

SAB Zenzele BB-BBEE scheme winds down

When the South African Breweries (SAB) Zenzele BB-BEE scheme winds down in April 2020, the scheme will have generated almost R14-billion in value for South Africa. Created with the intention of generating sustainable ownership and economic wealth opportunities for...

First Technology scoops HPE Partner Awards

First Technology National has been recognised as the HPE Hybrid IT Gold Partner for the second consecutive year. "We appreciate being acknowledged for our hard work and commitment we have shown in our partnership with HPE," says services director Eugene Maritz. "We...

Rectron ups its game with MSI

Rectron has inked a distribution deal with MSI, a premium gaming brand headquartered in Taiwan with offices around the globe. The agreement will see Rectron become the official distributor of MSI notebooks in South Africa, effective January 2020. Jaco Oosthuizen,...

Aruba acknowledges Datacentrix’s 2019 successes

Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, has named Datacentrix as the winner of its 2019 Over-achievement Award. The award was presented to Datacentrix at the Aruba ACE conference, which took place in Athens, Greece, at the end of 2019. "Datacentrix is Aruba's...

The Learning Resource: The Admin Assistant

Administration assistants are the indispensable and capable all-rounders that makes the business tick. In a recent book called Linchpin, Seth Godin asks the aspirational reader one simple question – Are you indispensable? In many jobs this answer is often ‘No’ but not...

DevOps Engineer at Parvana Recruitment – Western Cape Cape Town

About our client:Looking for an opportunity to make impactful contributions that benefit society? Joining this dynamic, organised and innovative employer will allow just that, all while earning well and working alongside a global team of specialists. You will be able...

BI Analyst at Parvana Recruitment – Western Cape Cape Town

About our client:Over the past 20 years, our client has built a stellar reputation in the development and system integration space. Through their extremely ethical values, they have earned the trust and respect of their clients. They prioritise finding effective...

SAP WM Consultant (Expert) 0977 TT – Gauteng Pretoria

Understand the business requirements, preparing AS-IS, and TO-BE documents and get sign-off from users for functional and/or technical design document(s).Proactively propose solutions to improve the support of (new) business processes.Providing business case input in...

C# .Net Developer

C# /.NET DeveloperWe are looking for an experienced C# Developer to join our client's team and take responsibility for all aspects of Software Development from planning, design, coding, deployment, and operational support. Their team is responsible for the systems...

Product System Specialist (Loan Management)

Psybergate is an IT company that builds bespoke software solutions and provides highly skilled resources to its clients.We are looking for a Product System Specialist (Loan Management) to join our financial services client based in Sandton for a 6-months contract...

Technical Business Analyst at Parvana Recruitment

About the client:This forward-thinking property developer is highly successful and growing rapidly building on the principles of design excellence, sustainability, and community enrichment, their developments boast beautiful and intuitively designed apartments...

Software Developer – Java (Senior) at Parvana Recruitment

About our client:Our client is a leading provider of telco, payments, retail software - they have a global client base with a strong R&D focus. They are great believers in continuous improvement and fast adapters to new tech and constantly changing business needs....

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