CFOs plan their largest spending on sales
Chief financial officer (CFO) plans to increase 2025 budgets for the sales, information technology and marketing functions indicate a continued push to fuel growth, according to Gartner. “For the second consecutive year, growth is a key executive priority and the...
Searches for ‘AI agents’ skyrocket
Search interest for “AI agents” has seen a massive increase, with a 900% increase in demand in the last 12 months, according to Google Trends data analyzed by Finbold research. By 9 March, the ‘score’ hit 100 - the highest possible number - with most traffic...
Dark web swarms with info on GenAI
Kaspersky's Digital Footprint Intelligence service has found nearly 3 000 dark web posts mainly discussing use of ChatGPT and other LLMs for illegal activities. Threat actors are exploring schemes, from creating nefarious alternatives of the chatbot to jailbreaking...
Five cybersecurity trends to watch in 2024
The year ahead presents cybersecurity defenders with a host of new challenges as threat actors continue to evolve their tactics, writes Zaheer Ebrahim, solutions architect at Trend Micro MEA, who shares the top insights from the security specialist's latest research -...
Massive jump for Ethereum addresses
Ethereum's native token, Ether (ETH), ended 2023 with an 85% gain, ranking just in the middle of the best performers in the crypto space. According to data presented by Stocklytics.com, the number of unique ETH addresses active on the network has jumped by 740 000 in...
Best and worst value games of 2023
In a recent study highlighting the most cost-effective games of 2023, Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition emerged as the top title while Nascar Arcade Rush and Peppa Pig: World Adventures were identified as offering the least value. The research, conducted by social...
MSSA announces esports titles to be played
Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) has announced which esports title will be played at the organisation's school championships and leagues. They are as follows: Period/genre # Title Platform Players FPS a CS GO PC 5 v 5 b Valorant PC/console 5 v 5 Sport c FIFA '24...
Digital bank in African first with LEO satellite connectivity
The first bank branch of a South African digital bank has gone live on the Eutelsat OneWeb LEO satellite, connected via Q-Kon's Twoobii Smart Satellite Services. This represents a major milestone for satellite connectivity on the African continent as it's not only a...
After three years on Mars, Ingenuity helicopter mission ends
NASA's history-making Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has ended its mission at the Red Planet after making dozens more flights than planned. While the helicopter remains upright and in communication with ground controllers, imagery of its 18 January flight sent to Earth...
Leading transformation is top priority for CFOs
Leading digital transformation efforts in the finance function is the top area CFOs are focused on in 2024, according to a recent survey by Gartner. The survey of 185 CFOs, conducted through September and October 2023, revealed that improving finance metrics, insights...
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Top IT trends of 2019 so far
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Small enterprises need big data too
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Even Superwoman needs a sicknote occasionally
As South African Women's Day rolls round again, we can draw satisfaction from the small victories achieved along the way. For instance, we have successfully challenged the old 'weaker sex' stereotypes, writes Mosima Selekisho, director of Signium Africa....
Venezuelan military under attack by cyber spies
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Software AG gets highest IIoT use case scores by Gartner
Gartner, in its new Critical Capabilities for Industrial IoT Platforms report, has given Software AG the highest score in every use case in the report - Monitoring Use Case, Predictive Analytics for Equipment Use Case, and Connected Industrial Assets Use Case for its...
Cyber security key as public sector education transforms
The implementation of South Africa's far-reaching schools digitisation plans is a welcome development; but cyber security transformation should take place simultaneously to mitigate cyber risk to all levels of education departments, and to learners themselves. Ron...
Ericsson, Telefónica make 5G car manufacturing a reality for Mercedes-Benz
Ericsson is teaming up with Telefónica Germany to enable 5G car production via a private 5G network for Mercedes-Benz at the company's Sindelfingen plant in southern Germany. All production systems and machines in the new-build Factory 56 will be connected and...
Chatbots enable a better customer experience
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CA Southern Africa appoints new channel partner
CA Southern Africa has announced the appointment of a new channel partner - Cyber Sentinel, a cyber security services company with a dedicated team of information security experts, business analysts and software engineers. According to Cyber Sentinel principal...
LG Counts on G+D Mobile Security
LG has launched the LG Pay mobile payment service supporting Mastercard and Visa in the US, the first market outside of its home country South Korea. The Convego CloudPay service from G+D Mobile Security is used for deployment, provisioning and lifecycle management of...
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