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As AI adoption grows, more security alerts are ignored

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Roman telescope aims to travel 1m miles into space

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Climate change is redrawing the malaria map in Africa

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4Sight Holdings acquires HR specialist XFour Group

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Nexalus, Intel partner on cooling

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AMD showcases AI solutions from data centre to PCs

At its Advancing AI event this week, AMD was joined by Microsoft, Meta, Oracle, Dell Technologies, HPE, Lenovo, Supermicro, Arista, Broadcom and Cisco to showcase how they are working with AMD to deliver advanced AI solutions spanning from cloud to enterprise and PCs....

Africa’s Top 100 business opportunities to watch in 2024

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Key actions for I&O leaders to navigate economic headwinds

In the face of continued economic headwinds, only 12% of infrastructure and operations (I&O) leaders rate their function's performance as exceeding CIO expectations, according to a new Gartner survey. "I&O leaders must support senior leadership by proactively...

Security violations by staff do as much harm as hacking

Employee violations of an organisation's information security policies are as dangerous as external hacker attacks according to a recent study from Kaspersky. In the last two years, 19% of cyber incidents in businesses in South Africa occurred due to employees...

An analysis of Black Friday trends

During the Black Friday period of 2023, with campaigns spanning multiple sectors, including health and beauty, retail, food and beverage, home improvement, and fashion and clothing, we saw a varied set of trends, writes Graeme Stiles, MD of Algorithm Agency....

Biometrics redefines the security and user experience

As the demand for heightened security and seamless user experiences continues to grow across various sectors, advanced biometric technologies are poised to redefine the authentication and identity verification processes, according to GlobalData. From ensuring secure...

Mixed fortunes for Ethernet switch and router markets

The worldwide Ethernet switch market grew revenue 15,8% YoY to $11,7-billion in the third quarter of 2023 (3Q23), says IDC, while the total worldwide enterprise and service provider (SP) router market recorded $3,7-billion in revenue in 3Q23 - a YoY decline of 9,4%....

Webb reveals mysterious features hiding in near-infrared light

Like a shiny, round ornament ready to be placed in the perfect spot on a holiday tree, supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A) gleams in a new image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. While all is bright, this scene is no proverbial silent night. Webb’s NIRCam...

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Wesbank customers get DebiCheck

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Dimension Data wins global Cisco awards

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Diepsloot learners use AI, robotics for community solutions

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All the winners at AfricaCom 2018

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