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

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

Old Mutual sounds alarm on skyrocketing deepfake scams

Old Mutual has urged South Africans to be on high alert as deepfake scams become increasingly sophisticated and widespread, with scammers now using artificial intelligence (AI) to create convincing fake videos, voices, and images to defraud unsuspecting individuals...

Chris Norton joins Kaspersky as GM: sub-Saharan Africa

Kaspersky has appointed Chris Norton as its new GM for sub-Saharan Africa, with the goal of driving Kaspersky’s expansion across the continent. Kaspersky has been operating in Africa since 2009. In 2024, Kaspersky’s business in Africa achieved standout performance,...

ChatGPT drives 10x surge in phishing attacks

Email phishing attacks have increased dramatically by more than 10-times since the introduction of ChatGPT. Some firms reported a rise of as high as 1265% in these attacks according to an analysis by Stocklytics.com. Apart from creating AI tools like WormGPT, Dark...

WLAN revenues plummet in 4Q

According to a recently published report from Dell'Oro Group, 2023 was a roller coaster ride for wireless LAN (WLAN) vendors. Revenues were elevated in the first half of the year but contracted sharply in 4Q 2023. Despite the end-of-year correction, annual WLAN...

AMD extends FPGA portfolio

AMD has announced the AMD Spartan UltraScale+ FPGA family, the newest addition to the extensive portfolio of AMD Cost-Optimised FPGAs and adaptive SoCs. Delivering cost and power-efficient performance for a wide range of I/O-intensive applications at the edge, Spartan...

All systems go for ZANOG@iWeek2024

It's just a few days to go until ISPs, network operators, techies, public officials, executives, students, legal professionals and others with an interest in the internet descend on Somerset West near Cape Town for ZANOG@iWeek2024. The line-up for the 12 to 14 March...

AR/VR headsets surged during the holiday season

As macroeconomic pressures eased and new products launched, the global market for augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR) headsets grew 130,4% year over year during the fourth quarter of 2023 (4Q23), according to new data from the International Data Corporation...

Digital signage market to rise to $45bn

The global digital signage market size is predicted to attain $45,94-billion by 2030, according to a new report by Grand View Research. The market is expected to witness a CAGR of 8,1% over the forecast period owing to increasing demand from end-use industries, which...

Financial crime compliance an expensive exercise

Financial crime compliance costs increased for 98% of financial institutions in 2023, with the total cost of financial crime compliance in EMEA reaching $85-billion. This is according to LexisNexis Risk Solutions' latest "True Cost of Financial Crime Compliance Study...

AI seen to impact customer experience

Artificial intelligence (AI) is having an impact on customer experience, according to research conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Experian. The study found that 65% of surveyed business leaders believe that AI has positively transformed their customer...

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Datacentrix joins SolarWinds partner network

Datacentrix has announced a partnership with IT management software provider SolarWinds. SolarWinds serves more than 300 000 customers worldwide ranging from small businesses to large enterprises. "The multi-vendor monitoring solutions for on-premises, cloud, or...

SUSE Manager 4 makes IT transformation cost-effective

As more enterprises make the transformation to a more agile infrastructure leveraging hybrid and multi-cloud, the need for simplified, centralised infrastructure management continues to grow. SUSE has announced the availability of SUSE Manager 4 and SUSE Manager for...

What’s next on the road to digital innovation?

South Africa's small businesses face a number of challenges: a declining economy, skills shortages and more. By Colin Timmis, general country manager at Xero SA National statistics agency, Statistics South Africa recently revealed that the economy contracted by 3,2%...

PayU expands operations to Southeast Asia

PayU, the payments and fintech business of Naspers, has acquired a majority stake in Red Dot Payment, a Southeast Asia focused online payment solutions provider. With this transaction, PayU expands into the Southeast Asia region and brings the total amount deployed in...

Oracle expands Autonomous Data capabilities

Oracle has expanded its Autonomous Database capabilities to help meet the needs of enterprise customers who want to move their most mission-critical workloads to the cloud. The Oracle Autonomous Database Dedicated service provides customers with the highest levels of...

Tech Relief launches in SA

Solutions builder Black Beard has joined forces with female tech champions GirlCode Tech Relief, in an initiative designed to collect and utilise old tech devices. Tech Relief aims to collect and distribute 'old' technological devices that are collecting dust in...

What does omnichannel mean for insurance?

For insurers, embracing digital and customer-centricity is really important as they strive to offer customers consistently exceptional experiences. According to Accenture, adapting to changing customer expectations using digital solutions is a fundamental part of...

Cloud security must be prioritised

For many South African organisations, the cloud is becoming an indispensable part of the standard operating procedure required for the digital landscape. And, thanks to the arrival of multinational data centres in the country, more decision-makers are experimenting...

The significance of communication satellites

There are many different types of satellites. They are classified by their function to do a specific job, writes Dr Dawie de Wet, CEO of Q-Kom. The satellite must be designed specifically to fulfil its role. The following are a few examples of different types of...

Raspberry Pi 4 headed for SA

The Raspberry Pi 4 has been launched - but South African fanatics will have to wait a little longer to get their hands on these microcomputers. RS Components South Africa assures users that once these latest offerings from the Raspberry Pi Foundation get Independent...

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