AMD launches full-stack compute for agentic AI

AMD has launched its next-generation AI infrastructure and physical AI portfolio, led by AMD Helios rackscale solutions now in production and set to be be deployed by at gigawatt scale. At its Advancing AI 2026 event yesterday, AMD chair and CEO Dr Lisa Su said: “The...

Does SA have what it takes to stay off the FATF greylist?

On 24 October 2025, the Financial Action Task Force removed South Africa from its list of jurisdictions under increased monitoring, 32 months after being placed there in February 2023. The reforms that got it off the list were real: new legislation, better beneficial...

OpenAI agent goes rogue and raids digital library

A rogue OpenAI agent is responsible for a completely autonomous attack on Hugging Face’s production infrastructure. The AI models responsible were being tested at the time, and managed to hack into the popular digital library, compromising some internal datasets and...

Transnet on track with R129bn recovery

Transnet will spend more than R129-billion over the next five years to restore the organisation’s sustainability and credibility. This is the word from group chief executive Michelle Phillips, addressing delegates at the SAPICS Conference in Cape Town. Phillips told...

Meta rolls out new anti-scam initiatives

Meta has announced a new wave of tools, tips, and partnerships to help people around the world recognise and avoid online investment and payment scams which continue to evolve in scale and sophistication. From proactive platform alerts to global law enforcement...

AI and cybersecurity: SA’s next battleground

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming a double-edged sword in the world of cybersecurity and, in South Africa where cybercrime is on the rise, AI presents both an opportunity and a threat. “From sophisticated cyberattacks to AI-driven defence mechanisms,...

Teraco connects to Google’s Joburg cloud region

Teraco will offer connectivity directly through Google Cloud Interconnect at its Isando Campus to the Google Cloud Johannesburg region. This follows Google's announcement last week of the launch of the Google Cloud region in Johannesburg, its first on the African...

Cyber safety should be on the business agenda every day

Safer Internet Day (today, 6 February) is aimed at making both individuals and companies more aware of the ever-more prevalent cyber risks that they could fall foul of. And make no mistake: Cybercrime is a particularly serious threat to South African businesses....

Play your part in making the Internet better

Safer Internet Day is a campaign designed to encourage everybody - from kids to parents to educators - to play their part in creating a better Internet. Renee Tarun, deputy chief information security officer at Fortinet, highlights the importance of this initiative...

Best practices to ensure a safer Internet

From cyberbullying to digital identity, Safer Internet Day aims to raise awareness among young people of online issues. But they're not the only ones who need to be aware of online safety, writes Sean Richards, technical consultant at Evolve Business Group. Businesses...

Multichoice rejects Canal+ offer, notes share purchase

Multichoice has rejected an acquisition offer from Groupe Canal+, while disclosing that the French company has been buying up shares in the group. In the first of two separate SENS announcements this morning, Multichoice points out that Groupe Canal+ has acquired an...

Public employment programme delivers positive stimulus

New research indicates that the largest component of South Africa's Presidential Employment Stimulus (PES) programme is beneficial to economic growth as it also has an indirect positive effect on non-programme employment and wages. The study, commissioned by the...

Registration opens for Internet industry event

Next month sees the Internet Service Providers' Association of SA (ISPA) and the ZA Network Operators' Group (ZANOG) co-hosting ZANOG@iWeek2024, South Africa's most influential and anticipated annual internet industry event. Registration is now open for this three-day...

Kaspersky shares cyberthreat data with Interpol

Kaspersky has contributed to the fight against transnational cybercrime by taking part in operation Synergia, involving Interpol and its Gateway project partners -- an initiative promoting collective efforts of national law enforcement and private sector organisations...

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Data may have become the new oil, but many consistently fail to protect such a valuable resource, writes David McMurdo, regional director: South Africa at Veritas Technologies. Over a thousand mobile phones, laptops and hard drives are lost or stolen each day. Stored...

Technology at the core of employee engagement and talent retention

Next-generation core systems technology like Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Talent is redefining the process of employee engagement and talent retention. This is according to Bernadette Froelich, human capital manager at Microsoft Gold Certified partner DAC Systems....

World Backup Day – a reminder to liberate your backup

World Backup Day on Sunday 31 March brought into sharp focus the importance of regularly backing up data - but there is more to this aspect of data management that businesses can ill-afford to neglect. This is according to global data management SaaS specialist...

Altron appoints risk and compliance exec

Altron has announced the appointment of Sayeeda Khan as group executive: risk and compliance, with effect from 1 April. "We see corporate governance, positive control posture and compliance as a critical foundation for our growth strategy. It is for this reason that...

Ruckus targets high-demand entry level WiFi with Corex

Ruckus Networks has announced that ICT distributor, COREX has been appointed as an official reseller and service partner for Ruckus Unleashed - a controller-less WLAN solution that enables small businesses to affordable deploy reliable, carrier-grade WiFi in minutes....

Nokia showcases Factory in a Box 2.0

Nokia is showcasing the second generation of its Factory in a Box at Hannover Messe 2019, taking place this week. The container is a proof of concept that demonstrates how Industry 4.0 solutions can be packed, transported and brought back into service in a matter of...

Better WiFi insights from Linkyfi and Westcon-Comstor

Westcon-Comstor has signed a distribution agreement with WiFi disruptor Linkyfi, which will enable customers to better manage access to WiFi networks whilst providing marketing insights, no matter the networking hardware platform. Linkyfi is both a public WiFi access...

Fujitsu Celsius C780 rack workstation accelerates performance

Fujitsu takes performance of rack workstations to new levels with the new Fujitsu Celsius C780, designed to provide flexible and secure remote access to applications with high GPU demands. The Celsius C780 delivers full workstation performance from one single rack...

HP targets counterfeits in East Africa

HP's ACF team, alongside local African authorities, have conducted two successful operations to stop the trade of counterfeit cartridges for HP printers across Uganda and Mozambique. Firstly, In September and October 2018, HP's ACF team and local authorities raided...

Automation Anywhere expands operations to Africa

Robotic process automation company Automation Anywhere has announced the expansion of its operations in Africa and (Rest of the World) ROW countries, with plans to open an office in Johannesburg. To lead the company's expansion, Sriram Narayanan has been appointed...

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