Take-home pay slows again in April
The average nominal take-home pay in April 2025 recorded a second consecutive month of moderation, according to the BankservAfrica Take-home Pay Index (BTPI), which reflects data from approximately 3,8-million salary earners. With economic headwinds mounting and...
Technology critical for African agriculture’s future
Technology - particularly artificial intelligence (AI) – plays a critical role in enhancing agricultural productivity and reducing poverty across the continent. This is one of the findings from a white paper highlighting the trends shaping the agricultural landscape...
Manufacturing Survey highlights lower business confidence
Load shedding, challenges at the ports and political uncertainty weighed on manufacturer confidence during the first quarter of 2024. According to the Q1 Absa Manufacturing Survey, business confidence dipped 5 points to 21, which is significantly lower than the...
Cybersecurity a resilient force TMT deal activity declines
Despite a decline in overall deal activity within the tech, media, and telecom (TMT) sector, cybersecurity has emerged as a resilient outlier. With escalating cyber threats globally, companies are prioritizing investments in cybersecurity capabilities, leading to a...
SA channel partners say data is key to growth
Channel partners in South Africa see data as both their biggest challenge and a major opportunity as they look to achieve growth and transition to recurring revenue models, according to new research. Westcon-Comstor surveyed more than 500 senior decision makers at...
Multicloud provides the best of both worlds
Kathy Gibson reports from Pinnacle Tech Tour - The multicloud environment is gaining in popularity as IT leaders opt for best-of-breed capabilities to achieve differentiated outcomes. "They want the cloud experience, with its flexibility," says Ben Steyn, pre-sales at...
Cloud complexities drive new challenges
Kathy Gibson reports from Pinnacle Tech Tour - Cloud computing was punted as the solution to any business and IT challenges - but has spawned new challenges of its own. There was $26-billion in wasted cloud expenditure in 2021, explains Nutanix's Gerhard Fourie. But...
Cyber resilience key to data protection, recovery
Kathy Gibson reports from Pinnacle Tech Tour - There is no longer any debate about whether organisations are going to be hit by cyberattacks - it's a case of when it will happen, and how often. This is the word from Ganeshan Naidoo, a systems engineer from Dell...
Removing the complexity from IT security
Kathy Gibson reports from Pinnacle Tech Tour - Technology has made a lot of things in our lives simpler - but it seems that cybersecurity and data protection has become more complicated. Jacques Smit, strategic partner executive at Acronis South Africa and Africa,...
Micro-segmentation secures network traffic
Kathy Gibson reports from Pinnacle Tech Tour - Cybersecurity is the biggest risk facing organisations in 2024, putting resellers under pressure to provide effective security solutions. Pinnacle Enterprise distributes the Guardicore Centra solution, a...
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ICT employers, professionals invited to have their say in 2019 Skills Survey
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